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PODCAST: Upcoming Play Remembers Life, Legacy of Jan Karski

PODCAST: Upcoming Play Remembers Life, Legacy of Jan Karski

By Grace Buono September 29, 2021

https://soundcloud.com/multimedia-editor/jankarskiproduction-92821-209-pm When Derek Goldman, co-director of the The Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics at Georgetown University and professor...

Pelosi Celebrates WWII Vet and Georgetown Prof Jan Karski at Event Featuring Faculty, Artists

Pelosi Celebrates WWII Vet and Georgetown Prof Jan Karski at Event Featuring Faculty, Artists

By Jemima Denham December 4, 2020

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) joined a panel of politicians, artists, faculty and students reflecting on the legacy of celebrated Georgetown University professor Jan Karski in a Dec. 3 event that...

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Storied Statues Reveal Georgetown’s History

By Jasmine White September 22, 2017

Walking across Georgetown’s campus, it is easy to notice subtle relics of the university’s rich history — statues and memorials are woven between modern buildings and dormitories, occupying an important...

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David Strathairn plays Professor Jan Karski in this poignant reading of Karskis tales from the Second World War.

Staged Reading Illuminates Professor’s Story

By Grace Wydeven December 12, 2014

As the lights dim in Gonda Theater, an elderly actor playing the role of Jan Karski slowly emerges and takes his trademark place on a black bench at the center of the stage. This image of Professor...

Panel, Reading Mark Karski Centennial

By Katherine Richardson April 25, 2014

The university celebrated the centenary anniversary of the birth of Jan Karski, a late Georgetown professor and a member of the Polish World War II resistance, on Thursday afternoon with a panel discussion,...

Remembering a Legacy of Faith and Engagement

By Tessa Pulaski February 10, 2014

Beside White Gravenor Hall, a man sits upright on a bench next to a chessboard, engaged in critical thought forever cast on our campus. Jan Karski, a beloved professor of government from 1954 to 1984,...

Professors Once Mentored by Academic Legends

By Lacey Henry March 15, 2013

With professors like former Secretary of State Madeline Albright and journalist E. J. Dionne teaching undergraduates every semester, Georgetown students are no strangers to sharpening their minds in the...

Karski Honored for Legacy of Faith and Action

By Christopher Zawora January 19, 2013

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Polish Ambassador to the U.S. Ryszard Schnepfhonored late Georgetown professor and World War II resistance fighter Jan Karski Monday night. “A...

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