Cosmic Luck: NASA’s Apollo 11 Moon Quarantine Broke Down
June 9th, 2023
Low-likelihood and high-consequence risks really matter… mitigating them is one of the most important things that governments can do.…
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.
The Company France Kept
Prof. Elizabeth Cross speaks about her new book, Company Politics, and the lasting legacy of the Third French East India Company.
Learn more about the FEIC and its company politics
Apollo 11’s Moon Microbe Mishaps
The New York Times interviewed Prof. Dagomar Degroot about his new article on the Apollo Program’s quarantine protocols – and their shortcomings.
Read the NYT’s article, “Cosmic Luck”
Finding the Latinx City
An conversation between Pedro A. Regalado and Prof. Mike Amezcua on LatinX Urban History.
In Dialogue with Prof. Mike Amezcua
The Georgetown Global Cities Initiative speaks with Prof. Mike Amezcua about what it means to be an urban historian.
Upcoming Events in the History Department
All Upcoming Events- 4:30 pm
- ICC 662
Brazil in Transition ConferenceOct. 19
- 1:00 pm
- ICC Auditorium, Main Campus, Georgetown University
Brazil in Transition ConferenceOct. 20
- 9:00 am
- ICC Auditorium, Main Campus, Georgetown University
Reconsidering (Re)Construction: State-Building and PowerOct. 26
- 10:00 am
- ICC 662
Recent News
Finding the Latinx City with Mike Amezcua and Pedro A. Regalado
June 7th, 2023
One of the questions that guided me early on concerned the role of Latinx people as custodians of that space. What innovations did they mobilize to survive?…
In Conversation with Prof. Mike Amezcua
May 4th, 2023
We look at urban space and ask “how did this come about?” The city and all that’s associated with it – from people, to buildings, to pigeons, to toxins, becomes the site of engagement for us…
Spotlight on Xin Zheng: Phillips Collection
January 19th, 2023
“Xin Zheng is the Makeba Clay Diversity Fellow, and will support The Phillip Collection’s Institutional History Project.”…