50th Anniversary Weekend Schedule
Schedule updated: October 2019
Friday, November 1, 2019
3:00 ā 6:00 pm: Registration and schmoozing, Alumni House (36th & O Streets NW)
4:00 pm: Historical Walking Tour of Campus led by Richie Mullaney, Cā18, Meet at Alumni House
5:30 to 7:00 pm: Welcome reception, with music by the Georgetown Jazz Ensemble, Alumni House (36th & O Streets NW)
Saturday, November 2, 2019
8:45 am: Reconnect with old friends over breakfast, Copley Formal Lounge
9:30 am: Opening Comments from Dean Chris Celenza, Georgetown College
9:45 ā 11:15 am: Looking Backward, Looking Ahead: American Studies Then and Now, Copley Formal Lounge
featuring:
Ron Johnson, former Director
Brian Hochman, Director
Erika Seamon, core faculty, former Director
George Keating, Cā71
Frank McDonough, Cā72
Syl Sobel, Cā77
Lizzy Whitehorn, Cā01
11:30 ā 12:45 pm: Lunch and Memories: Pigs, Backpacks, and Pebbles, Copley Formal Lounge
1:00 ā 2:00 pm: From the Jesuit Plantation to GU272: American Studies and Georgetownās Past, Copley Formal Lounge
featuring:
Sharon Leon Cā97, History, Michigan State University
Bernie Cook, Cā90, Gā91, College Associate Dean, American Studies, and Founding Director, Film and Media Studies
Adam Rothman, History
Allysa Lisbon, Cā19
Charlotte Jackson, Cā20
2:15 ā 3:15 pm: Back to the Classroom I
āMore than a Thrill: Why Horror Films Matterā, Caetlin Benson-Allott and Colva Weissenstein, American Studies, Georgetown, MAGUIRE 102
āThe Audacity of Growth: Boosterism and the Roots of Detroitās Demiseā, Karen Miller, Cā75, History, Oakland University, WHITE GRAVENOR 206
āU.S. Refugee and Asylum Policy in the 21st centuryā, Maria Cristina Garcia, Cā82, American Studies, Cornell University, HEALY 103
āSports Personalitiesā, Skip Lane, American Studies, Georgetown, WHITE GRAVENOR 211
3:30 ā 4:30 pm: Back to the Classroom II
āThe Depression in Black and White: Documentary Photography in 1930s Americaā, Brian Hochman, English and American Studies, Georgetown, HEALY 103
āFighting over Emily Dickinsonā, Seth Perlow, English and American Studies, Georgetown, WHITE GRAVENOR 211
āSlavery, Science, and Migration: Perspectives on Race, Gender, and Inequality From Three American Studies Scholarsā, Erin Battat, Cā97, Writing Program, Wellesley College, Kimberly Hamlin, Cā96, American Studies, Miami University, Karen Woods Weierman, Cā93, English, Worcester State University, WHITE GRAVENOR 206
6:00 ā 10:00 pm: Reception, followed by dinner, music and dancing, Healey Family Student Center
Welcome from Erika Seamon
Film screening, introduced by Hugh Cloke
Dinner
Dancing
Sunday, November 3, 2019
10:00 ā 12:00 pm: Brunch, Copley Formal Lounge
Greetings from Bob Groves, Provost
Designing the Futures of Georgetown
Randy Bass, Vice Provost for Education