Courses
Enroll in “Literary Prose: Around the World in 40 Stories” taught by writer Rabih Alameddine through Sept. 1st.
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President John J. DeGioia celebrates the Lannan Foundation and its ongoing support of Georgetown University’s Lannan Center with a special dinner hosted in Riggs Library.
President John J. DeGioia delivers a speech from the podium inside Riggs Library at a dinner held on April 19, 2023. 
Lannan Advisory Board Chair Carolyn Forché reads a few poems from the podium, inside Riggs Library. 
From left to right: Sharron Lannan with Lannan Foundation board members Marian P. Day, Andrea Lannan Tuch, Mary Plauche, Penn Szittya, David Ungerleider, and Hetherington inside the President’s Room. 
2023 Lannan Fellows William McCall, Elizabeth Pecoraro, Miles McInerney, Elina Choi, and Kristen Abram at the President’s Room reception. 
President John J. DeGioia with Lannan Advisory Board Director Carolyn Forché. 
Dr. Cynthia Schneider with Brenda Coughlin, Executive Director of the Lannan Foundation. 
Dr. Amy Kenny, Dean Rosario Ceballo, and Dr. Andria Wisler. 
Lannan Center Director Aminatta Forna delivers a speech from the podium inside Riggs Library. 
Sharron Lannan (daughter of the late J. Patrick Lannan) gives a speech from the podium inside Riggs Library.
We are pleased to announce the newly appointed Lannan Visiting Chair, Rabih Alameddine. Rabih Alameddine is the author of six critically acclaimed novels, most recently The Wrong End of the Telescope (Grove Press, 2021), winner of the Pen/Faulkner Prize in 2022. He was recently named a finalist for the 2023 Joyce Carol Oates Prize. Alameddine begins his three-year appointment as the Lannan Foundation Visiting Chair this fall 2023.
About Us
Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice at Georgetown University is a literary, critical, and pedagogical undertaking devoted to the situation of poetry and poetics in the contemporary world.
Events
Lannan Center hosts a variety of programs throughout the academic year, including our Readings and Talks Series and Symposia.
Education
The Center fosters critical inquiry among students and faculty into the aesthetic, social, political, and cultural implications of the language arts. It gives pedagogical emphasis to innovative learning and writing, and embraces connections between poetry and other art forms.
Featured Videos
Lannan Center Events
“In the Hour of War: Poetry from Ukraine” Anthology Reading on Tuesday, November 7th at 7PM ET.
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Student and Faculty News
Carolyn Forché has been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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