How Professor Maurice Jackson's new book on DC's Jazz history came to be
Catch up on all the news from inside Georgetown's History Department
Finding Empathy in a Divided Society
MA student Thana Hassan delivers TEDx Talk on how the Libyan Civil War has personally impacted her life--and how art has opened a window to empathy and healing
Exploring Slavery at Georgetown
Delve into the efforts of the Working Group on Slavery, Memory, & Reconciliation, led by members of Georgetown's History Department
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.