News Archive

June 18th, 2026

The prestigious award is considered the world’s largest history prize, and winners receive $300,000 each to support their future endeavors.…

May 1st, 2026

Rothman, who studies 19th-century U.S. history with a focus on the history of slavery and emancipation, shares the books that have shaped his understanding of the past and why they matter today.…

April 13th, 2026

Now a Ph.D. candidate in history at Georgetown, Barkalow is spending a year immersed in Japanese language, history and culture through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.…

February 3rd, 2026

In “The War That Made the Middle East,” Mustafa Aksakal, a history and Turkish studies professor, argues the Ottoman Empire actually collapsed due to a mixture of external developments, including imperialist ambitions and the breakout of World War I. …

January 20th, 2026

“We are proud to see Professor Gannon’s work recognized with the NUI Irish Historical Research Prize,” said Fr. David J. Collins, S.J., a professor and chair in the Department of History. “This award is particularly meaningful because it validates the global approach to history that we champion here at Georgetown.…

December 16th, 2025

In Catholic teaching, the Virgin Mary is understood to bring people together under her “mantle,” guiding them toward Jesus. She is a bridge and a unifier. At the College of Arts & Sciences, Vanessa Corcoran, an advising dean and medieval historian, teaches the course, Mary Through the Ages, which examines the figure of Mary from interreligious and intercultural perspectives. …

December 16th, 2025

Ten Georgetown University students are researching the life of American Red Cross founder Clara Barton in collaboration with a National Park Service site to bolster the content of the site’s exhibits and website content.…

November 20th, 2025

GU’s Ask a Professor series digs into Prof. Dagomar Degroot’s new book to learn about the threats posed by cosmic events and discover Prof. Degroot’s vision of a human civilization settling in asteroid cities while preserving Earth’s climate.…

October 23rd, 2025

The athletes and musicians of Rhythms of Resistance and Resilience take complex ideas and apply them in ways that are understandable, and that’s “the most difficult thing to do,” said Jackson. Throughout the book and exhibit, Jackson hopes to do something similar. …

October 10th, 2025

Two Georgetown University history professors are leading a group of volunteers to archive exhibits across the Smithsonian Institution in anticipation of federal directives that could alter or remove museum content.…

October 6th, 2025

Gustafson is teaching two courses this semester: History of Iran and Environmental History of Iran. The first course covers Iran’s social and cultural history from the Persian Empires of antiquity to the modern Islamic Republic. The second is a seminar that explores how climate change and environmental hazards have shaped modern Iran’s history. …

August 22nd, 2025

Arens said his Georgetown education and his time interning on Capitol Hill as an undergrad helped him prepare for the IPS program. “The global mindset and intercultural awareness I was able to cultivate through my Georgetown education contributed immensely to making my experience in the IPS valuable,” Arens said. …

May 6th, 2025

I believe the medical humanities are not solely an academic discipline, but a mechanism for achieving health justice. Pairing the medical humanities minor with a major in history allowed me to pursue education in medical history…learning from disciplines that are not traditionally included in historical training.…

April 29th, 2025

Ten Georgetown University students from campuses in the United States and Qatar recently came together in India for an immersive research experience as part of the interdisciplinary course Indian Ocean Research Colloquium.…

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.…

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.…

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.…

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.…

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. …

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…

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…

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…

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…

June 9th, 2023

Low-likelihood and high-consequence risks really matter… mitigating them is one of the most important things that governments can do.…

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?…

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…

January 19th, 2023

“Xin Zheng is the Makeba Clay Diversity Fellow, and will support The Phillip Collection’s Institutional History Project.”…

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.…

August 30th, 2022

History Major Dami Kim (COL ’24) has assembled a collection of the abolitionist, writer, and orator’s most prominent works.…

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.”…

November 3rd, 2021

“The ‘study of witchcraft is an entry point into everything that makes us human.'”…

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.…

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…

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.”…

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.…

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…