Prof. Dagomar Degroot Contributes to UN Human Development Report
September 8th, 2022
Today’s climate crisis has no precedent in Earth’s history, owing to the combination of its speed, eventual magnitude, global scale and human cause.…
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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.
GU History in the UN Human Development Report
History Professor Dagomar Degroot contributed to the 2021/2022 United Nations Human Development Report.
Take a look at the Report.
The Frederick Douglass Anthology
History Major Dami Kim (COL ’24) has assembled a collection of the noted abolitionist’s works.
A Story in Ceramic
Undergraduate student Xin Zheng (C’23) is studtying how 7th-century ceramics can shed light on ancient xenophobia.
Which Witch: Teaching Witchcraft Around the World
How Professors Amy Leonard and Alison Games seek to make witches more human.
Read the full, enchanting, story here.
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The Frederick Douglass Anthology
August 30th, 2022
History Major Dami Kim (COL ’24) has assembled a collection of the abolitionist, writer, and orator’s most prominent works.…
Analyzing Ceramics Sheds Light on Xenophobia, 1300 Years Too Late
June 9th, 2022
“How do you know what people in the 7th century thought about outsiders? According to Xin Zheng (C’23), you should examine their pottery.”…
Which Witch: Two Professors Use Historical Research to Teach Class on Different Forms of Witchcraft from Around the World
November 3rd, 2021
“The ‘study of witchcraft is an entry point into everything that makes us human.'”…