HIST 480 Helps Bring Lincoln's Letters into the Digital Age
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.