The Future of the Humanities Project at Georgetown University brings together scholars across disciplines to discuss critical issues at the intersection of the humanities and public life.
The project is a collaboration between the Georgetown University Humanities Initiative and the Las Casas Institute, Blackfriars Hall, Oxford.
The project was launched with a November 2018 conference at Oxford University on “The Future of the Humanities,” featuring a keynote address by Dr. Terry Eagleton, and has since sponsored more than a dozen events in Oxford, London, and Washington, DC.
The Future of the Humanities Project is led by Professor Michael Scott, senior advisor to the president of Georgetown University, a leading Shakespeare scholar, and a fellow at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford.
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Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice (1595-1596) was written at a time when England was embarking on economic development through trade. Venice is an example of how such an economy can flourish, but it also shows the dangers of encounter that it can bring. In this talk, Michael Scott will consider…
Over the course of the 2019-2020 academic year, the Future of the Humanities Project sponsored a series of lectures in collaboration with Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford on the topic “Christian Shakespeare: Question Mark,” including an address…
Over the course of the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 academic years, the Future of the Humanities Project sponsored a series of webinars on the Christian literary imagination in collaboration with Campion Hall, Oxford, and Blackfriars Hall, Oxford. The…
March 3, 2025
Duration: 1 hour 1 minutes
February 24, 2025
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes
February 10, 2025
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes
