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Literature and cultural studies

The Relationship of Philosophy and Law

The Relationship of Philosophy and Law

Legal scholar Robin West says literature and humanities are important in legal studies because one ought to understand law in the culture that creates it.

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Students Receive Study-Abroad Scholarships

Georgetown students to study world regions critical to American interests while serving U.S. federal departments or agencies with national security responsibilities.

Facilitating Research: GUROP

Now enrolling about 140 students a semester, GUROP matches faculty mentors with students to carry out research projects.

Professor Reviews Paolo Mantegazza's Writings

In her recent book, Georgetown Italian Professor Nicoletta Pireddu presents Paolo Mantegazza's works along with her extensive introduction and notes on the reputed renaissance man.

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From Trash to Cash

Associate University Editor Anne Glenzer talks with associate professor Matthew Tinkcom about the effect eBay and other online auctions have on consumer culture and society.

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Georgetown University Forum

Creative Destruction: News for the 21st Century

Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive officer of News Corporation, discussed the changing news media landscape.

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Faculty publications

Tim Raphael. "Staging the Real: Breaking the ‘Naturalist Habit’ in the Representation of History." Theatre Topics 9.2 (1999): 127-139.

Patrick Laude. "’Laughter and the religious gap’." Risum sacer - Sacrum risibile - Interaktionsfelder von Sakralität und Gelächter im kulturellen und historischen Wandel. Ed. Katja Gvozdeva, Werner Röcke. Bern: Internationaler Verlag des Wissenschaften Peter Lang, 2008.

Mark McMorris. "Discrepant Affinities in Caribbean Poetry: Tradition & Demotic Modernism." Contemporary Literature 47.3 (2006): 505-522.

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