Spies and Scholars Awarded Thomas J. Wilson Prize by Harvard University Press
July 30th, 2020
Good news for GU History Professor Gregory Afinogenov’s book: Spies and Scholars: Chinese Secrets and Imperial Russia’s Quest for World Power.
Welcome to Georgetown History
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.
Scandals, Scholars, Scientists: Three Books from Georgetown History
How three books from Georgetown History came to be.
A Juneteenth wake-up call – how the slave trade shaped U.S. policing
A MarketWatch interview with PhD Candidate Luke Frederick on Policing in Antebellum America
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“A just response to the D.C. Protests”
Professor Maurice Jackson reflects on the response to the 2020 protests in Washington.
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Prof. Charles King Wins Francis Parkman Prize from Society of American Historians
Upcoming Events in the History Department
September 29
“Agitate!”–Frederick Douglass and Ireland
Virtual Event. RSVP for link to Webinar @ 5:00 pm
September 30
“Such a Time As This”: Racial Justice and the University
Remote Online @ 12:00 pm
October 1
The History of Anti-Blackness in China and Sino-Black Relations
Online @ 4:00 pm
October 29
Humanities in Action. The Art and Craft of Podcasts: Teaching, Learning, Researching
Online/Webinar @ 5:00 pm
November 17
Humanities in Action. Digital Humanities: Practices and Reflections
Online/Webinar @ 5:00 pm
Recent News
Scandals, Scholars, Scientists: Three Books from Georgetown History
July 20th, 2020
Georgetown History is proud to note that we had three faculty publications released in quick succession back in Spring: Professor Gregory Afinogenov’…
A Juneteenth wake-up call — how the slave trade shaped U.S. policing
June 20th, 2020
“America just really needs to start being honest”
A just response to the D.C. protests
June 18th, 2020
“In the 2020 D.C. protests, no lives have been lost, no buildings have been destroyed and no troops were wanted or needed.”