Join Georgetown University Art Galleries for a panel discussion on the role of the humanities as a tool to address health injustice and democracy. This conversation will feature experts across the fields of art, journalism, medicine, and advocacy.
Moderated by Jaynelle Hazard
Welcome remarks by Dr. Lakshmi Krishnan
Monday, October 27 | 6:00 - 8:00 PM | Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Gallery
Jordan Weber is a New York-based regenerative ecologies sculptor and activist who works at the intersection of social justice and environmental apartheid through grass roots arts collaborations in industrially polluted communities such as E. Detroit, N. St. Louis, N. Minneapolis, Los Angeles, E. Brooklyn, N. Philadelphia, N. Omaha and Des Moines.
Nikole Hannah-Jones is the Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of the 1619 Project and a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine investigating racial inequality and injustice – earning a MacArthur Fellowship, a Peabody Award, George Polk Awards and National Magazine Awards.
Amani C. Morrison, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of African American Literature and Culture in Georgetown University’s English Department and researches Black engagements with place and property through a cultural and historical lens. Morrison is the Lead Principal Investigator for the 2023-2025 Mellon Sawyer Seminar on "Creative Placemaking, Black Restorative Ecologies, and Black Spatial Futures.”
Dr. Lakshmi Krishnan is a cultural historian of medicine, medical humanities scholar, and physician. She is Founding Director of the Georgetown Medical Humanities Initiative, with a primary appointment in Medicine and affiliate joint appointments in the Department of English and Georgetown Humanities Initiative. Her research explores how medical knowledge is constructed and applied across different scales.
Jaynelle Hazard is the Director and Chief Curator of Georgetown University Art Galleries and an Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of Art and Art History. Her career has been dedicated to amplifying diverse voices within the canon, presenting work by pioneering artists, and bringing audiences together for discovery.
This event is presented in partnership with the Georgetown University Medical Humanities Initiative and the Georgetown Lombardi Arts and Humanities Program
