Prof. Newfield Awarded €10 Million to Solve Enduring Mystery of the Black Death
December 18th, 2024
It’s a riddle that Timothy Newfield, a historical epidemiologist and environmental historian in Georgetown’s College of Arts & Sciences, hopes to finally solve nearly 700 years later.…
One Student Historian’s Dedication to Preserving Memories of the Forgotten
November 7th, 2024
Patrick Grey (G’29) never saw the field of history as a potential career path until he discovered his passion for teaching and storytelling during an oral history project in college. “Once I gained experience from talking to people, getting to know their stories and how they view historical events, I knew history was a force for good,” said Grey.…
Rethinking Research: Latin America Through The Eyes of a Brazilian Specialist and Argentinian Historian
October 1st, 2024
During Hispanic Heritage Month, as we celebrate accomplishments by Latinx and Hispanic individuals, it is also important to recognize the ongoing research efforts on countries in Latin America. Meet two doctoral students conducting research on the history of local and international migration and regional agriculture and its wider effects in Latin America.…
Prof. Adam Rothman in The Hoya: Pursue Accountability and Justice
September 5th, 2024
This year, Georgetown University added a new element to the core curriculum called “Pathways to Social Justice” (PSJ). This curriculum introduces students to the idea of justice that runs through Georgetown’s values, from community in diversity to faith that does justice.…
In “Facing Georgetown’s History,” Student Artists Reflect on the GU272
April 8th, 2024
Starting April 8, Lauinger Library will host an exhibition on its Fourth Floor Community Gallery reflecting on Georgetown University’s role in the injustice of slavery and the legacies of enslavement and segregation in our nation. “Facing Georgetown’s History Through Art” will showcase multifaceted artwork from the capstone projects of students in Prof. Adam Rothman’s History 099: Facing Georgetown’s History course from 2021 to 2023. …
Interview with Robby Turner (CAS ’24): Kalorama Summer Research Fellowship Scholar
March 13th, 2024
Robby Turner (CAS ’24) discusses his paper, “Images of an Illusory Past: The Role of History in the Changing American Far-Right” By Lindsey Gradowski (CAS ’24) Historical research does not…
Interview with Pace Schwarz (CAS ’23): Kalorama Summer Research Fellowship Scholar
March 13th, 2024
Pace Schwarz (CAS ’23) discusses his paper, “Reviving Class Discourse in the Language of Occupy Wall Street” By Lindsey Gradowski (CAS ’24) Pace Schwarz did not plan on majoring in…
Interview with Angela Nguyen (CAS ’24): Kalorama Summer Research Fellowship Scholar
March 13th, 2024
Angela Nguyen (CAS ’24) discusses her paper, “Redefining War Crimes: The Bertrand Russell Tribunal’s Expansion of the Definition of War Crimes” By Lindsey Gradowski (CAS ’24) Angela…
History Alumnus wins Rhodes Scholarship
November 17th, 2023
Thomas Batterman (C’22), a researcher who investigates war crimes at the Department of Justice and who made new discoveries about a medieval plague while at Georgetown, has won the 2024 Rhodes Scholarship…
Cosmic Luck: NASA’s Apollo 11 Moon Quarantine Broke Down
June 9th, 2023
Low-likelihood and high-consequence risks really matter… mitigating them is one of the most important things that governments can do.…
Finding the Latinx City with Mike Amezcua and Pedro A. Regalado
June 7th, 2023
One of the questions that guided me early on concerned the role of Latinx people as custodians of that space. What innovations did they mobilize to survive?…
In Conversation with Prof. Mike Amezcua
May 4th, 2023
We look at urban space and ask “how did this come about?” The city and all that’s associated with it – from people, to buildings, to pigeons, to toxins, becomes the site of engagement for us…
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.”…
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.”…
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.'”…
Professor Marcia Chatelain Awarded Pulitzer Prize in History
June 11th, 2021
During the 105th Pulitzer Prize ceremony, Marcia Chatelain was chosen as this year’s winner in the category of history for her work, Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America.…
Outstanding Undergraduate Work in the Midst of Pandemic
June 3rd, 2021
Academic year 2020-21 delivered a series of challenges, requiring faculty, staff and students to demonstrate resilience and to reimagine the life of the university in a remote setting. Our…
Professor Mireya Loza and the Making of “Girlhood (It’s Complicated)”
February 26th, 2021
“There is no better time to think about how girls shaped American History and how girls have always been on the frontline of change.”…
MA Student Tianna Mobley Examines Effects of Slavery in History of the White House
January 26th, 2021
The project aims to bring awareness to slavery’s role in the foundation of the United States through its involvement in the erection of one the most prominent symbols of freedom and democracy in the nation: the White House.…
Pandemic/Academic
September 25th, 2020
As the Fall Semester continues and October approaches, it is readily apparent that this school year – unsurprisingly – is progressing a bit differently than in years past. The COVID-19 pandemic…
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.…
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’s Spies and Scholars: Chinese Secrets and…
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.”…
Prof. Charles King wins Francis Parkman Prize from Society of American Historians
June 10th, 2020
“With this elegant and wide-ranging study, King has turned a story of ideas into a true narrative, with vivid, important characters in whom those ideas live and develop.”…
Teaching in an Uprising: Readings on Race and Democracy
June 3rd, 2020
“In the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder by four police officers, we’ll still read these texts, but understanding our discussions would be informed by events through which my students were living—and, likely, participating in—I wanted to offer some contemporary contextual readings by historians and other social scientists to guide us.”…
Approaches to the Modern City
May 18th, 2020
This site was created by participants in the seminar “Approaches to the Modern City” at Georgetown University in Spring 2020. The course explored themes in the history of modern cities around the world. Each student chose one city to study over the course of the semester.…
First Generation College Student Studies Race, Identity and Community in Thesis on Ben’s Chili Bowl
May 4th, 2020
After meeting with the family that started the famous Ben’s Chili Bowl chain in Washington, D.C., Mirpuri gained rare insights that helped her complete a thesis on the microhistory of this community staple. …
Professor Timothy Newfield – “Nothing was the same: Historical parallels for the coronavirus should be avoided like the plague”
April 27th, 2020
“Despite the instinct to look to the past for ways forward, it can be unhelpful – and even harmful – to do so when it comes to pandemics”…
Professor Jamie Martin – “This Is Not the Time to Let the Market Decide,” The New York Times
April 22nd, 2020
“The success of this [WWI Allied] wartime supply system also showed how powerful international cooperation can be during a global crisis. It was no coincidence that several of the officials who had run this system moved into powerful positions at the League of Nations after the war, and one later helped to found the European Union. The League of Nations pioneered some of the earliest forms of international cooperation in matters of public health, economic policy and the policing of contraband.”…
Telling the Whole Story
February 13th, 2019
Sydnie Sousa is a Senior undergraduate student in the Department of History at Georgetown. In addition to working as a Resident Advisor, Campus Tour Guide, and for the Office of Admissions, she also…
