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Mia Abatecola/The Hoya | Writers discussed themes of displacement, disability, war and incarceration and students preformed at the Lannan Literacy Festival, themed The Writer in the World, from March 19 to 21.

Lannan Literary Festival Highlights Experiences of Writers from All Backgrounds

By Mia Abatecola, Special to The Hoya March 22, 2024

Writers tackled themes of displacement, disability, war and incarceration and students performed compilations of pop, jazz and classical piano at the inaugural biannual Lannan Literary Festival from March...

Cobb Addresses Structural Racism

By Patricja Okuniewska April 15, 2016

Speakers discussed race relations in America at the Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice’s “A Dream Deferred: Black in the USA” symposium April 11 and 12. The two-day symposium featured...

Black Lives Matter Activists Reflect on Activism, Origins

By Jesse Jacobs April 15, 2016

Leaders from the Black Lives Matter movement, including Baltimore mayoral candidate DeRay Mckesson, encouraged students to engage in issues of racial injustice in a panel in Copley Formal Lounge hosted...

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The Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice, located on the fourth floor of New North, received an endowment of $4 million from the Lannan Foundation.

Lannan Center Receives $4 Million

By Patricja Okuniewska March 24, 2015

The Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice received a $4 million endowment from J. Patrick Lannan (CAS ’60) and the Lannan Foundation upon its 25th anniversary to permanently establish itself...

Forum Draws Literary Cast

By Elizabeth Rowe April 9, 2010

On April 6 and 7, Georgetown University hosted the annual Lannan Literary Symposium titled "Literacy, Literature and Democracy," which brought numerous distinguished guests to campus, including writer...

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