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.
Prof. Maurice Jackson received the Distinguished Leader Award from the Georgetown University Black Alumni Council recognizing his contributions to historical scholarship and the Washington, D.C. community.
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Awardee Timothy Newfield, an associate professor in the biology and history departments, will investigate the origins of smallpox by tracing its historical and epidemiological roots.
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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.
How Space Shapes Human History and Why the Future May Be in Asteroids
November 20th, 2025
GU’s Ask a Professor series digs into Prof. Dagomar Degroot’s new book to learn about the threats posed by cosmic events and discover Prof. Degroot’s vision of a human civilization settling in asteroid cities while preserving Earth’s climate.…
History Professor Maurice Jackson Explores the ‘Rhythms of Resistance and Resilience’ in DC
October 23rd, 2025
The athletes and musicians of Rhythms of Resistance and Resilience take complex ideas and apply them in ways that are understandable, and that’s “the most difficult thing to do,” said Jackson. Throughout the book and exhibit, Jackson hopes to do something similar. …
The Hoya: Citizen Historians Document Smithsonian Fearing Censorship Efforts
October 10th, 2025
Two Georgetown University history professors are leading a group of volunteers to archive exhibits across the Smithsonian Institution in anticipation of federal directives that could alter or remove museum content.…
History Prof. James Gustafson Joins the College as Davis Visiting Professor
October 6th, 2025
Gustafson is teaching two courses this semester: History of Iran and Environmental History of Iran. The first course covers Iran’s social and cultural history from the Persian Empires of antiquity to the modern Islamic Republic. The second is a seminar that explores how climate change and environmental hazards have shaped modern Iran’s history. …
