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13 Nov 2023
Congratulations to Tommy Batterman! Did we mention Tommy was a History major? Huzzah!
12 Nov 2023
Thomas Batterman (C’22), a researcher who investigates war crimes at @TheJusticeDept and who made new discoveries about a medieval plague while at Georgetown, has won the 2024 Rhodes Scholarship — the oldest and most competitive international scholarship. bit.ly/40AAlBW
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10 Nov 2023
In a couple of weeks, our second session of the Global Humanities Series organized by @GUHistory is coming up - this time we are discussing the role of international organizations in reconstruction processes. Join us at @Georgetown or online: georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/r…
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6 Nov 2023
This afternoon!
30 Oct 2023
Join us on November 6 at 4 PM ET for a #WashingtonHistorySeminar on “The Struggle for Iran: Oil, Autocracy, and the Cold War, 1951-1954” with David Painter and @gbrew24 and commentator Mary Ann Heiss. @TheWilsonCenter #AHAOnline us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
ALT The logo of the Washington History Seminar. A green illustration with Washington, DC monuments clustered together. The text Washington History Seminar is underneath, followed by American Historical Association.
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3 Nov 2023
Hooray for Erica Lally, recipient of a
2023-24 Charlotte W. Newcombe Fellowship! thehoya.com/georgetown-ph-d-…
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2 Nov 2023
Today at 3! Book launch for The Secret Police and the Soviet System: New Archival Investigations, edited by Prof. Michael David-Fox @MortaraCenter
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31 Oct 2023
Prof. Amy Leonard answers your questions about the history of witches. #Halloween @HoyaHistorian
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25 Oct 2023
Join us tomorrow for our first session of the GHSS Reconsidering (Re)construction at @GUHistory featuring @natasha_wheatl, @RosalindParr, Manoel Rendeiro Neto, and myself at 10 a.m. EST. Zoom link: georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/r…
6 Oct 2023
Still a few weeks to sign up for the first session of Reconsidering (Re)construction Global Humanities Series. Visit our website for more detail: reconstruction-series.george…
Sign-up link:
georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/r…
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20 Oct 2023
CONFERENCE IS TODAY!!!
6/6, our closer, is 'Dis-Abling Narratives,' at 4:10pm in New North 311, featuring Callie Martindale of Miami University @UofMiamiEnglish and Oscar (Zhenhao) Yu of @GUHistory!
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19 Oct 2023
Double Hoya, Erica Lally, receives Charlotte Newcombe Fellowship to support dissertation writing. Discover her take on writing as a researcher: bit.ly/3Q2GJNm.
#GeorgetownUniversity #GradHoyas #GraduateSchool #HigherEd – @GUHistory @Georgetown @ctzns_schlrs @Reson8tr
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19 Oct 2023
Congratulations to Gregory Afinogenov on winning the Provost's Distinguished Achievement in Research Award for his book *Spies and Scholars*, and to Ananya Chakravarti on her appointment as a Sonneborn Interdisciplinary Collaboration Chair. Go History!
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19 Oct 2023
In #AHAPerspectives, learn more about the AHA’s 2023–24 NASA fellows, @Andrew_J_Ross_ (@GUHistory) and @hdernity (@PrincetonHist), and the bold new frontiers they’ll be exploring over the next year. historians.org/research-and-…
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16 Oct 2023
Oct. 19-20, ICC Auditorium: Brazil in Transition @GeorgetownCLAS
@GUGovt @georgetownsfs
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28 Sep 2023
More great research from GU History PhD candidate Cooper Wingert
26 Sep 2023
Excited to share my article in the latest issue of Civil War History: muse.jhu.edu/pub/14/article/…
I introduce new archival evidence revealing that two African American companies participated in the Gettysburg Campaign. (1/2)
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26 Sep 2023
Nice story in @thehoya about Yuan Gao's research into Chinese environmental history @asianstudiesgu
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13 Sep 2023
In just under a week, the @GUHistory and ASP will kick off the "Asia in Depth" event series for this Fall. We will host PhD candidate Yuan Gao for a talk on her project, Tigers and Locusts: Environmental Changes in Late Qing Xinjiang. RSVP now--> eventbrite.com/e/asia-in-dep…
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13 Sep 2023
Very excited to announce our first hybrid session of "Reconsidering (Re)construction" Global Humanities Series on October 26, featuring @natasha_wheatl @RosalindParr and Manoel Rendeiro Neto. Join the event via this Zoom link (georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/r…)
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12 Sep 2023
Join us for the fully hybrid Georgetown Global Humanities Series - "Reconsidering (Re)construction" in 2023/24. Also, keep tuned for the announcement of our first panel line-up and the link to join the event. @georgetown @GUHistory
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7 Sep 2023
Celebrating our colleague and former @STIAGeorgetown director Kathy Olesko’s contributions to the history of science and her recent retirement. @EuropaSaxa @GUHistory @georgetownsfs
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23 Aug 2023
First day of the 2023-2024 academic year! Welcome to all new and returning students. Let's make history together! Many thanks to our faculty and staff who have worked so hard to prepare for this day. history.georgetown.edu/
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