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.”
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.
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.
“A just response to the D.C. Protests”
Professor Maurice Jackson reflects on the response to the 2020 protests in Washington.
Read more.
Upcoming Events in the History Department
March 8
Virtual Villa Le Balze: The Women of the Medici Family
Villa Le Balze, Virtual @ 3:00 pm
March 18
Virtual Event @ 1:00 pm
April 13
Online @ 7:00 pm
April 15
Online @ 5:30 pm
April 16
Online @ 7:30 pm
Recent News
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 diffe…
Spies and Scholars Awarded Thomas J. Wilson Prize by Harvard University Press
July 30th, 2020
Good news for GU History Professor Gregory Afinogenov’s book: Spies and Scholars: Chinese Secrets and Imperial Russia’s Quest for World Power.