Georgetown University Lecture Fund

Join us for A Conversation with R.F Kuang!

Rebecca F. Kuang (SFS’18) is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Poppy War trilogy and Babel: An Arcane History. We are excited to host R.F. Kuang for a conversation about her books, the impact of her experiences at Georgetown, her experience as a Marshall Scholar, and her post-grad studies of Chinese history and East Asian languages. The event will be moderated by Atharv Gupta (SFS’23) who was recently awarded the Rhodes Scholarship.

Please join the Lecture Fund in welcoming retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer in a conversation with Jennifer Griffin on March 16th at 2:30pm in Gaston Hall.

The Honorable Stephen Breyer is a retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Born in San Francisco in 1938, he is a graduate of Stanford, Oxford, and Harvard Law School. He taught law for many years as a professor at Harvard Law School and at the Kennedy School of Government. He has also worked as a Supreme Court law clerk (for Justice Arthur Goldberg), a Justice Department lawyer (antitrust division), an Assistant Watergate Special Prosecutor, and Chief Counsel of the Senate Judiciary Committee. In 1980, he was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit by President Carter, becoming Chief Judge in 1990. In 1994, he was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Clinton. He has written books and articles about a range of legal topics, including administrative law, economic regulation, and the U.S. Constitution. His books include Active Liberty (2005), Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge's View (2010), The Court and the World (2015), and The Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics (2021). His wife, Joanna, was born in Great Britain and is a retired clinical psychologist. They have three children—Chloe, Nell, and Michael—and six grandchildren.

Admission is on a first-come, first-served basis. Queuing does not guarantee a seat in the hall. The first-come, first-served line opens at 10 am on the 2nd floor of Healy Hall. Doors to Gaston Hall open at 1:30 pm for the 2:30 pm event.

We're excited to welcome Mindset by DIVE Studios co-founders Eric Nam and Brian Nam to campus for a town hall event on mental health with Georgetown psychology department's Professor Kushlev! Join us on February 8th at 6pm in Lohrfink Auditorium in the Hariri building! Check out or on Instagram for more details!

Tickets can be purchased for $5 on Campus Groups (https://georgetown.campusgroups.com/Vibe/rsvp_boot?id=2019662)! There is limited space in this event, so get your tickets soon- you don't want to miss out on this unique experience!

Join us for a discussion of the history of Georgetown in relation to slavery, featuring the descendants of the 272 slaves who were initially enslaved by the Jesuits of Maryland. The event is this Thursday, February 2nd in the ICC auditorium.

Spring 2023 Recruitment Timeline is here!

Welcome back to campus Georgetown! Some of our highlights from the fall included musician LaRussell, social entrepreneur Nadya Okamoto and the founder of Call Your Mother, Andrew Dana! We are looking forward to our plans in the Spring.. stay tuned.

As an author, entrepreneur, and organizer, Nadya Okamoto is a leading voice in the menstrual movement space. Moderated by Georgetown University Women's & Gender Studies Professor and founder of Blueberry Hill Strategies Sara Collina, join Nadya for a discussion about her journey in fighting period poverty through social enterprise as a GenZ CEO with over four million followers on TikTok.

With one of its locations just a few blocks from campus, Call Your Mother is a popular local bagel and deli business that has exploded in growth since the opening of its first location in 2018. Moderated by Georgetown McDonough School of Business Professor and Founding Director of the Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative Jeff Reid, join Dana for a reflection on his journey in the DC food scene and Call Your Mother’s role in uplifting and giving back to the DC community.

Georgetown Alum Dan Helfrich will be on the Hilltop to discuss his day job in Consulting, but more importantly his role as a play-by-play announcer of Georgetown Soccer matches!

Join us for a conversation with American writer and veterans advocate Barbara Mujica on November 4th!

Join us for a lecture by celebrated Chicago-based artist and architect, Amanda Williams. Williams’ practice employs color as an operative means for drawing attention to the complex ways race informs how we assign value to the spaces we occupy. Her installations, sculptures, paintings, and other works seek to inspire new ways of looking at the familiar and in the process, raise questions about the state of urban space and ownership in America.

Join us at 8pm on Wednesday Oct. 12th in Reiss 283!

Please join the Lecture Fund on September 22nd for a talk with Georgetown’s first Hip Hop Artist-in-Residence Marco Pavé and Larussell followed by a performance from Larussell.

Join us tomorrow to meet the board and hear more about the Lecture Fund!

Come check us out at one of our info sessions. The link to the applications are in our bio

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Join us at Copley Formal TOMORROW February 28th at 7 PM to hear from Georgetown alum discuss life after Georgetown and his unconventional rise to fame!

Georgetown University Lecture Fund updated their business hours.

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