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A recent gift to Georgetown University Library, now digitized and made available online, provides poignant and valuable insight into the Atlantic slave trade. 鈥淎s historians,鈥�

August 20, 2020

Professor Featured in Series on Ulysses S. Grant Discusses Monuments, Movements and Memorialization

Marcia Chatelain, a Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor in the Department of History and African American Studies and author of Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black鈥�

June 16, 2020

The pandemic and its disproportionate effect on black people combined with new acts of violence against them have created deep pockets of pain in the university鈥檚 black鈥�

June 15, 2020

海角论坛 Hosts Virtual Teach-In, From COVID to Minneapolis: Structural Racism in America

鈥淚t pains me that we gather under the context of COVID-19 and the ongoing structural violence of anti-black racism,鈥� says Soyica Colbert, moderator of the panel, Vice Dean of鈥�

June 4, 2020

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