@GUHistory

Official Twitter feed of Georgetown University History Department. Retweets are not endorsements.

Joined September 2013
Congratulations to Tommy Batterman! Did we mention Tommy was a History major? Huzzah!
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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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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This afternoon!
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…
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Hooray for Erica Lally, recipient of a 2023-24 Charlotte W. Newcombe Fellowship! thehoya.com/georgetown-ph-d-…
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Today at 3! Book launch for The Secret Police and the Soviet System: New Archival Investigations, edited by Prof. Michael David-Fox @MortaraCenter georgetown.edu/event/book-la…
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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…
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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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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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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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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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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More great research from GU History PhD candidate Cooper Wingert
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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Nice story in @thehoya about Yuan Gao's research into Chinese environmental history @asianstudiesgu thehoya.com/georgetown-phd-c…
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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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Georgetown History retweeted
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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Georgetown History retweeted
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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Georgetown History retweeted
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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