

Art and Performance
The focus of the visual and performing arts at Georgetown is the development of imagination and creativity, a priority anchored in the university’s liberal arts curriculum and Jesuit tradition of educating the whole person.
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The Film and Media Studies Program is an interdisciplinary academic program in the College of Arts & Sciences offering an undergraduate minor that explores the relations between media, power, and social justice.

Laboratory for Global Performance and PoliticsGeorgetown Unit
Housed in the Walsh School of Foreign Service, the Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics (The Lab) harnesses the power of performance to humanize global politics. The Lab believes that theater can counter polarization through the empathy it enables in a live communal setting.
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Major in Art History
The Department of Art and Art History in the College of Arts & Sciences sponsors this undergraduate major in art history. Students study a range of art and architectural works within historical and cultural contexts and develop skills in visual observation and analysis.

M.A. in Art and Museum Studies
The Department of Art and Art History sponsors this master's degree program in art and museum studies. The program brings together the academic study of art museums with museum practice; it emphasizes the international contexts of museums in the modern world.

Major in Theater & Performance Studies
The Department of Performing Arts in the College of Arts & Sciences sponsors this undergraduate major in theater and performance studies.
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Announcing Historic Conference “Seeing Sudan” Featuring Zeinab Badawi and Other Acclaimed Artists and Intellectuals
In September 2025, Georgetown University in Qatar is hosting a three-day conference to transform the way the world views Sudan. The academic dialogue will also offer participants the chance to engage with Sudan’s culture in the midst of crisis.
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