The Department of History at Georgetown University is a collegial community of undergraduate majors, graduate students, alumni, and more than 40 full-time faculty members. Our faculty is broadly international in its range of skills and interests and we are known as a leader in global, trans-regional, and comparative history; we bring equal dedication to our scholarship and our students, recognizing that the synergy between research and teaching is a source of excellence in both.
Adam Rothman, Professor in the Department of History and Director of the Georgetown Center for the Study of Slavery and Its Legacies is a recipient of the 2024 President’s Award for Distinguished Scholar-Teachers.
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The Unsung History of the Third French East India Company and the Shaping of the Modern World: Prof. Elizabeth Cross speaks about her new book, Company Politics, and the lasting legacy of the Third French East India Company.
NASA’s Apollo 11 Moon Quarantine Broke Down: The New York Times interviewed Prof. Dagomar Degroot about his new article on the Apollo Program’s quarantine protocols – and their shortcomings.
The Georgetown Global Cities Initiative speaks with Prof. Mike Amezcua, who was recently awarded the First Book Prize from the Immigration and Ethnic History Society, about what it means to be an urban historian.
Comparative Planetology, No “Planet 2.0”Apr. 18
A Natural History of the FutureApr. 18
Cello Concert, Dinner, Stargazing, and SETI Art DisplayApr. 18
The Concept of Planetary ProtectionApr. 19
The Perspective of the Next Generation of Earth and Space ScientistsApr. 19
Interview with Robby Turner (CAS ’24): Kalorama Summer Research Fellowship Scholar
March 13th, 2024
Robby Turner (CAS ’24) discusses his paper, “Images of an Illusory Past: The Role of History in the Changing American Far-Right” By Lindsey Gradowski (CAS ’24) Historical research does not…
Interview with Pace Schwarz (CAS ’23): Kalorama Summer Research Fellowship Scholar
March 13th, 2024
Pace Schwarz (CAS ’23) discusses his paper, “Reviving Class Discourse in the Language of Occupy Wall Street” By Lindsey Gradowski (CAS ’24) Pace Schwarz did not plan on majoring in…
Interview with Angela Nguyen (CAS ’24): Kalorama Summer Research Fellowship Scholar
March 13th, 2024
Angela Nguyen (CAS ’24) discusses her paper, “Redefining War Crimes: The Bertrand Russell Tribunal’s Expansion of the Definition of War Crimes” By Lindsey Gradowski (CAS ’24) Angela…
History Alumnus wins Rhodes Scholarship
November 17th, 2023
Thomas Batterman (C’22), a researcher who investigates war crimes at the Department of Justice and who made new discoveries about a medieval plague while at Georgetown, has won the 2024 Rhodes Scholarship…
