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.”…
