Outstanding Undergraduate Work in the Midst of Pandemic
June 3rd, 2021
Academic year 2020 – 21 delivered a series of challenges , requiring faculty , staff and students to demonstrate resilience and to reimagine the life of the univers…
Welcome to Georgetown History
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.
Undergrad Projects Amid the Pandemic
Highlighting outstanding undergraduate work done in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pandemic/Academic
A spotlight on GU History Professors Amy Leonard and Kathryn Olesko and their leadership during COVID-19.
See how they’re helping keep Georgetown running.
Scandals, Scholars, Scientists: Three Books from Georgetown History
How three books from Georgetown History came to be.
A Juneteenth wake-up call – how the slave trade shaped U.S. policing
A MarketWatch interview with PhD Candidate Luke Frederick on Policing in Antebellum America
Read the whole interview.
Upcoming Events in the History Department
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Recent News
Professor Mireya Loza and the Making of “Girlhood (It’s Complicated)”
February 26th, 2021
“There is no better time to think about how girls shaped American History and how girls have always been on the frontline of change.”
MA Student Tianna Mobley Examines Effects of Slavery in History of the White House
January 26th, 2021
The project aims to bring awareness to slavery’s role in the foundation of the United States through its involvement in the erection of one the most prominent symbols of freedom and democracy in the nation: the White House.
Pandemic/Academic
September 25th, 2020
As the Fall Semester continues and October approaches , it is readily apparent that this school year – unsurprisingly – is progressing a bit differently than…