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Analyzing Ceramics Sheds Light on Xenophobia, 1300 Years Too Late
“How do you know what people in the 7th century thought about outsiders? According to Xin Zheng (C’23), you should examine their pottery.”
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Which Witch: Two Professors Use Historical Research to Teach Class on Different Forms of Witchcraft from Around the World
“The ‘study of witchcraft is an entry point into everything that makes us human.'”
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Professor Marcia Chatelain Awarded Pulitzer Prize in History
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.
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Professor Mireya Loza and the Making of “Girlhood (It’s Complicated)”
“There is no better time to think about how girls shaped American History and how girls have always been on the frontline of change.”
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MA Student Tianna Mobley Examines Effects of Slavery in History of the White House
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.
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Spies and Scholars Awarded Thomas J. Wilson Prize by Harvard University Press
Good news for GU History Professor Gregory Afinogenov’s book: Spies and Scholars: Chinese Secrets and Imperial Russia’s Quest for World Power.
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A Juneteenth wake-up call — how the slave trade shaped U.S. policing
“America just really needs to start being honest”
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A just response to the D.C. protests
“In the 2020 D.C. protests, no lives have been lost, no buildings have been destroyed and no troops were wanted or needed.”
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Prof. Charles King wins Francis Parkman Prize from Society of American Historians
“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.”
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Teaching in an Uprising: Readings on Race and Democracy
“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.”
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