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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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Approaches to the Modern City
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.
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First Generation College Student Studies Race, Identity and Community in Thesis on Ben’s Chili Bowl
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.
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Professor Timothy Newfield – “Nothing was the same: Historical parallels for the coronavirus should be avoided like the plague”
“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”
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Professor Jamie Martin – “This Is Not the Time to Let the Market Decide,” The New York Times
“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.”
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Professor Chandra Manning’s History 396 class featured by the Organization of American Historians
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