Archive: History
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Wise Fools: College Students Reflect on First-Year
Last year, we took the opportunity to ask fresh faces on campus about themselves and their plans for their career at Georgetown. This year, we revisited with those students to…
October 19, 2022
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Georgetown Professor Wins James Beard Award for Story of Black America Told Through Fast Food
Georgetown historian Marcia Chatelain won the James Beard Award for her book Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black. …
June 13, 2022
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Analyzing Ceramics Sheds Light on Xenophobia, 1300 Years Too Late
This spring, Xin Zheng, a double major in art history and history, presented his paper on the depiction of ethnic minorities in Tang Dynasty (618-907) pottery at the SUNY New…
June 7, 2022
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History Professor Wins Guggenheim to Explore Japanese History
Jordan Sand, a professor of Japanese history and culture, has been named a 2022 Guggenheim Fellow. Japan, which has been around for more than 1,300.…
May 4, 2022
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What Do Running a Marathon and Researching a Ph.D. Have in Common? A New Memoir Explores the Connection
Vanessa Corcoran, an advising dean in Georgetown College and a professor in the Department of History, is celebrating International Women’s Day with the publication of her new…
March 7, 2022
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Earliest African DNA Paints Vivid Picture of Ancient Human Lives
Kathryn de Luna, a history professor at Georgetown, is an author of a new paper examining the earliest DNA ever recovered from. …
March 2, 2022
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Why Democrats Can’t Govern Effectively, According to a Historian
Michael Kazin, Ph.D. and a professor in the Department of History at Georgetown, wants to chart a course forward for the Democratic party by studying its long evolution – from…
February 28, 2022
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The Untold Story of the Windy City: Georgetown Professor Paints New History of Mexican Americans in Chicago
Mike Amezcua’s new book, Making Mexican Chicago, tells the story of the Windy City as it was built by its Mexican and Mexican-American population, exploring the ways in which…
February 18, 2022
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Has the Black Death’s Impact Been Overstated? New Medieval Data Complicates Understanding
Timothy Newfield, an assistant professor in the Department of History, is the co-author of a new paper on the impacts of the bubonic.…
February 17, 2022
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Which Witch: Two Professors Use Historical Research to Teach Class on Different Forms of Witchcraft from Around the World
Alison Games, Ph.D. and Dorothy M. Brown Distinguished Professor of History, and Amy Leonard, Ph.D., professor of History and director of undergraduate studies, co-instruct the…
October 29, 2021