Dagomar Degroot Receives 2026 Dan David Prize for Research on Climate History
June 18th, 2026
The prestigious award is considered the world’s largest history prize, and winners receive $300,000 each to support their future endeavors.…
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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.
Black Alumni Council Honors History Prof.
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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Prof. Newfield Awarded $100K Magis Prize
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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Award for Distinguished Scholar-Teachers
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 Company France Kept
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.
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The Power of History: Book Recommendations With History Professor Adam Rothman
May 1st, 2026
Rothman, who studies 19th-century U.S. history with a focus on the history of slavery and emancipation, shares the books that have shaped his understanding of the past and why they matter today.…
Seaweed, Colonialism and a Fulbright Grant Bring Ph.D. Student to Japan’s Cultural Capital
April 13th, 2026
Now a Ph.D. candidate in history at Georgetown, Barkalow is spending a year immersed in Japanese language, history and culture through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.…
The Hoya: Prof. Mustafa Aksakal Argues New Reasons for Ottoman Decline in New Book
February 3rd, 2026
In “The War That Made the Middle East,” Mustafa Aksakal, a history and Turkish studies professor, argues the Ottoman Empire actually collapsed due to a mixture of external developments, including imperialist ambitions and the breakout of World War I. …