Archive: History
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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…
April 24, 2020
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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…
April 21, 2020
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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. …
April 9, 2020
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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.…
March 16, 2020
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Noted Filmmaker Ken Burns Talks to Undergraduates About Storytelling
Austin Riddick (C’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…
March 2, 2020
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Chemistry, History, Psychology: College Professors from Varied Disciplines Recognized as Provost’s Distinguished Professors
Since 2016, a small group of faculty are selected each year to receive the honor of the Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professors. These educators have made a huge impact in…
February 7, 2020
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Golden Arches: New Book Explores McDonald’s, Civil Rights and Politics
Department of History professor Marcia Chatelain, Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor and author of South Side Girls: Growing Up in the Great Migration (2015),…
January 10, 2020
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Justinianic Plague Not a Landmark Pandemic?
Until recently, the Justinianic Plague was thought to have killed up to half of the population of the Mediterranean between 541 and 750 CE. Departments of Biology and History…
December 2, 2019
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Georgetown Professor Launches Remembering YoU, a Community Archiving Initiative to Preserve Historic U-Street Neighborhood
Department of History Professor Ananya Chakravarti is working to preserve the rich history of one of Washington’s most culturally vibrant neighborhoods. She and Georgetown…
November 6, 2019
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Three College Professors Honored With Prestigious Research and Teaching Awards
Alison Mackey, Department of Linguistics, John McNeill, Department of History, and Cristina Sanz, Department of Spanish and Portuguese joined Italo Mocchetti, Georgetown…
November 5, 2019