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.”…
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Phillips Collection: Spotlight on Xin Zheng
History undergraduate senior Xin Zheng is the Makeba Clay Diversity Fellow at the Phillip Collection.
Check out the spotlight on Xin Zheng and his work.
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.
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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.…
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.”…