@GUMedHum

A cross-campus @Georgetown Main & Med initiative. Learning, development, & discovery at the intersection of humanities, health, & society

 Washington, DC
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Joined December 2019
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Calling all Georgetown undergraduate, graduate, and medical students! As add/drop approaches, check out our #Fall2024 courses to fill any gaps in your schedule.
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Calling all @georgetownuniversity students! Apply by OCTOBER 14 for a chance to receive up to $2,000 funded towards your unique medical humanities research project and an opportunity to showcase your work at the end of the school year!
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Discover exciting research and education opportunities in medical humanities! Expand your horizons and find your niche in this cutting-edge interdisciplinary field. Don’t miss out! #MedicalHumanities #StudentOpportunities #ResearchMixer
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Looking for a class to add to your fall schedule? Check out MHUM 3330 Laughter is the Best Medicine with Professors Langlieb and Spike! This course offers students an opportunity to study how humor can apply to medicine. If you are interested, register now on MyAccess!
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Congratulations to all our research fellows and graduating seniors for presenting your work at the Medical Humanities Research Showcase on April 25! To learn more about the senior capstone and research fellows projects, visit the link in bio. We are all proud of your hard work!
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Georgetown Medical Humanities Initiative retweeted
Lakshmi Krishnan, MD, PhD@TheLakshmiK
14 May 2024
Delighted to see this out in @JournalHMAS. Thanks @steerewilliams and Laura Hirshbein for wonderful editorial help & the peer reviewers for making it inestimably better. #pandemics academic.oup.com/jhmas/advan… @GUmedhum

Pandemic Forms

Abstract. Narrative structures, though invisible to the naked eye, guide our understanding of pandemics. Like curves and graphs, we can plot them, identify

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Looking for a captivating class to take in #Fall2024? Register for any of our #MedicalHumanities classes below today!
Georgetown Medical Humanities Initiative@GUMedHum
10 Apr 2024
Calling all Georgetown undergraduate, graduate, and medical students! As course registration approaches, check out our #Fall2024 COURSES to cap off your semester.
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Big congratulations to the Georgetown Bioethics Bowl team for placing second at this year’s National Bioethics Bowl! The team was coached by Medical Humanities Alum Leigh Meyer and Medical Humanities faculty Jeffrey Spike.
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We are now opening our job posting for program assistants to undergraduate students! Apply by May 15 at seo.georgetown.edu/jobxJobde…
Georgetown Medical Humanities Initiative@GUMedHum
5 Feb 2024
[GRADUATE STUDENT JOB OPPORTUNITY] We are hiring a graduate student program assistant for the next academic year! Apply through the link in our bio! Job description, responsibilities, and qualifications are detailed in the job application.
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Congratulations to our very own @NIchnussa, inaugural director of @HumanitiesGU!!!
Nicoletta Pireddu@NIchnussa
1 May 2024
My warmest thanks to @GUCareerCenter for recognizing me with a "2024 Faculty Career Champion Award" for "the meaningful impact on students’ journeys toward their careers.” It is a privilege to make a difference in students' lives @Georgetown.
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Happening right now!
Lannan Center@TheLannanCenter
25 Apr 2024
Tonight at 6PM, author @ClaireDederer will talk about her bestseller "Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma" with book critic and @GU_ENGL professor @MaureenCorrigan! Join us in the Arrupe Multipurpose Room, or via Zoom: bit.ly/Claire-Dederer-Zoom
An Evening with Claire Dederer, author of Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma. Thurs, April 25th at 6PM. Arrupe Multipurpose Room & Livestreamed. "Claire Dederer asks: Can we love the work of Hemmingway, Polanski, Miles Davis, or Picasso? Should we love it? Does genius deserve special dispensation? Is male monstrosity the same as female monstrosity? Maureen Corrigan (Nicky and Jamie Grant Distinguished Professor of the Practice in Literary Criticism) will interview Claire Dederer about her New York Times Notable Book and national bestseller, Monsters. A Public Humanities Event sponsored by the Georgetown Deans' office, Department of English, and the Lannan Center. Images: Claire Dederer headshot, and cover of "Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma.”

ALT An Evening with Claire Dederer, author of Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma. Thurs, April 25th at 6PM. Arrupe Multipurpose Room & Livestreamed. "Claire Dederer asks: Can we love the work of Hemmingway, Polanski, Miles Davis, or Picasso? Should we love it? Does genius deserve special dispensation? Is male monstrosity the same as female monstrosity? Maureen Corrigan (Nicky and Jamie Grant Distinguished Professor of the Practice in Literary Criticism) will interview Claire Dederer about her New York Times Notable Book and national bestseller, Monsters. A Public Humanities Event sponsored by the Georgetown Deans' office, Department of English, and the Lannan Center. Images: Claire Dederer headshot, and cover of "Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma.”

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Get excited for this Thursday when we'll be hosting our annual Medical Humanities Research Showcase! We can't wait to see what our research fellows and seniors in the minor have in store
Georgetown Medical Humanities Initiative@GUMedHum
11 Apr 2024
Join us on April 25 in celebrating the scholarship from this year's medical humanities research fellows and seniors at our annual Medical Humanities Research Showcase & Brunch! Food and drink will be provided.
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Just one week before we celebrate our #MedHum research fellows and seniors. See you there!
Georgetown Medical Humanities Initiative@GUMedHum
11 Apr 2024
Join us on April 25 in celebrating the scholarship from this year's medical humanities research fellows and seniors at our annual Medical Humanities Research Showcase & Brunch! Food and drink will be provided.
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Join us on April 25 in celebrating the scholarship from this year's medical humanities research fellows and seniors at our annual Medical Humanities Research Showcase & Brunch! Food and drink will be provided.
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Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made to [email protected] by April 20. A good faith effort will be made to fulfill requests.
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Calling all Georgetown undergraduate, graduate, and medical students! As course registration approaches, check out our #Fall2024 COURSES to cap off your semester.
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We will be joining @GeorgetownFMST and @GUPsychology for a screening of "Confessions of a Good Samaritan" and a Q&A with Director Penny Lane today April 9. Be sure to swing by!
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HEAL focuses on the intersections of Health within structural inequities. Beyond specialized CALL courses, the HEAL fellowship offers access to industry professionals, an internship, and cohort-based programming. Deadline extended to 4/19! Apply here: thecall.georgetown.edu/the-c…
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Passionate about communications, event management, content creation, and/or website management? We are still seeking graduate students for our #MedicalHumanities Program Assistant position. Apply today! seo.georgetown.edu/jobxJobde…
Georgetown Medical Humanities Initiative@GUMedHum
5 Feb 2024
[GRADUATE STUDENT JOB OPPORTUNITY] We are hiring a graduate student program assistant for the next academic year! Apply through the link in our bio! Job description, responsibilities, and qualifications are detailed in the job application.
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Lannan Center@TheLannanCenter
21 Mar 2024
Today is the third and final day of our Lannan Literary Festival! Join us for an evening full of performances and the featured event with authors @dwaynebetts and Zeke Caligiuri at 6:30PM. bit.ly/LannanLitFest2024 #LannanLitFest
Photos of Reginald Dwayne Betts and Zeke Caligiuri. Renowned authors Reginald Dwayne Betts (Felon: Poems) and Zeke Caligiuri (This is Where I Am) offer their thoughts on the intersection of literature and the prison system as they discuss the impact of incarceration in shaping their writing lives, creative processes and narratives. Thursday, March 21st at 6:30 pm in the Copley Formal Lounge. Banner - 3 images: 1. A group of people on a boat 2. A person holding a book with pages swirling around 3. A person reading behind bars.

ALT Photos of Reginald Dwayne Betts and Zeke Caligiuri. Renowned authors Reginald Dwayne Betts (Felon: Poems) and Zeke Caligiuri (This is Where I Am) offer their thoughts on the intersection of literature and the prison system as they discuss the impact of incarceration in shaping their writing lives, creative processes and narratives. Thursday, March 21st at 6:30 pm in the Copley Formal Lounge. Banner - 3 images: 1. A group of people on a boat 2. A person holding a book with pages swirling around 3. A person reading behind bars.

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