The Future of the Humanities Project

The Future of the Humanities Project

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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Events

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Apr
14
2025

“I Am All Improper, and You Must Give Me Up.”

In Henry James’ short novel Daisy Miller: A Study (1878), a very contemporary young American woman travels with her family to Vevey, Switzerland, and Rome, defying contemporary mores and insisting upon doing what she wants. Demanding personal agency, she loses the opportunity to encounter European…

Series

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The Christian Literary Imagination

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…

Videos

Cultural Encounters in Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice” (Video)

March 24, 2025

Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes

How Will the World Satisfy Its Colossal Need for Electricity? (Video)

March 19, 2025

Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes

Humanizing the Enemy: Don Quixote and the Moors (Video)

March 17, 2025

Duration: 1 hour 0 minutes