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More than 100 Georgetown students, staff, faculty, alumni and descendants of individuals enslaved and sold by the Maryland Province of Jesuits in 1838 participated in a weeklong鈥�

May 8, 2020

Professor Michael Kazin Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Department of History professor Michael Kazin was recently elected a member of the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The historian joins a group of accomplished鈥�

May 4, 2020

First Generation 海角论坛 Student Studies Race, Identity and Community in Thesis on Ben鈥檚 Chili Bowl

Sonali Mirpuri (C鈥�20) was interested in studying how first-generation Indian students such as herself navigated the intersections of race, identity and community at Georgetown.鈥�

April 30, 2020

Ph.D. Student Matthew Johnson Speaks of the Importance of Studying the History of Our Earth

Ph.D. candidate Matthew Johnson studies modern environmental history, starting from the beginning of the second industrial revolution, when fossil fuels enabled people to鈥�

April 24, 2020

Professor Dagomar Degroot and Ph.D. Student Emma Moesswilde Podcast Their Way Through Climate History

Environmental historian Dagomar Degroot and Ph.D. student Emma Moesswilde have revamped Climate History, a podcast created by the Department of History professor that explores鈥�

April 21, 2020

Georgetown Creates New Course for Students Returning from Study Abroad that Analyzes COVID-19

Georgetown University was one of a few institutions to create a new academic term specifically for students who were asked to return home from their study abroads due to COVID. 鈥�

April 9, 2020

History and Science: Georgetown Professor Shows Why Collaboration Across Disciplines Important

Professor Kathryn de Luna is one of four faculty members in the Department of History to participate in the new HyperHistory Hub as part of the Georgetown Humanities Initiative.鈥�

March 16, 2020

Noted Filmmaker Ken Burns Talks to Undergraduates About Storytelling

Austin Riddick (C鈥�20), who is working on a documentary to help garner support for a person he believes is wrongly convicted, got the chance to ask questions about storytelling鈥�

March 2, 2020

Chemistry, History, Psychology: 海角论坛 Professors from Varied Disciplines Recognized as Provost鈥檚 Distinguished Professors

Since 2016, a small group of faculty are selected each year to receive the honor of the Provost鈥檚 Distinguished Associate Professors. These educators have made a huge impact in鈥�

February 7, 2020

Golden Arches: New Book Explores McDonald鈥檚, Civil Rights and Politics

Department of History professor Marcia Chatelain, Provost鈥檚 Distinguished Associate Professor and author of South Side Girls: Growing Up in the Great Migration (2015),鈥�

January 10, 2020