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[Georgetown History @GUHistory]

Congratulations to Tommy Batterman! Did we mention Tommy was a History major? Huzzah!

[Georgetown University @Georgetown]

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. https://t.co/iMyguNgpsU

[Nicole Albrecht @NAlbrecht0808]

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: https://t.co/qZaqWOsSHQ

[Georgetown History @GUHistory]

This afternoon!

[American Historical Association @AHAhistorians]

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 https://t.co/Fd4rwMqGwJ

[Georgetown History @GUHistory]

Hooray for Erica Lally, recipient of a
2023-24 Charlotte W. Newcombe Fellowship! https://t.co/w7qJz88fpR

[Georgetown History @GUHistory]

Today at 3! Book launch for The Secret Police and the Soviet System: New Archival Investigations, edited by Prof. Michael David-Fox @MortaraCenter
https://t.co/CqKfwEnujQ

[Georgetown History @GUHistory]

Prof. Amy Leonard answers your questions about the history of witches. #Halloween @HoyaHistorian
https://t.co/KE0FJggqa9

[Nicole Albrecht @NAlbrecht0808]

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: https://t.co/w3GyZKD5J8

[Georgetown EGSA @GeorgetownEGSA]

@Yale @nyuniversity @astrologygf @GU_ENGL @BUDeptofEnglish 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!

[Georgetown Graduate Studies @GradGeorgetown]

Double Hoya, Erica Lally, receives Charlotte Newcombe Fellowship to support dissertation writing. Discover her take on writing as a researcher: https://t.co/R5L6vDnL1R.

#GeorgetownUniversity #GradHoyas #GraduateSchool #HigherEd – @GUHistory @Georgetown @ctzns_schlrs @Reson8tr

[Georgetown History @GUHistory]

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!

[American Historical Association @AHAhistorians]

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. https://t.co/LaIsgprOPA

[Georgetown History @GUHistory]

Oct. 19-20, ICC Auditorium: Brazil in Transition @GeorgetownCLAS
@GUGovt @georgetownsfs
https://t.co/itaV1vhwdx

[Georgetown History @GUHistory]

More great research from GU History PhD candidate Cooper Wingert

[Cooper Wingert @cooperwingert]

Excited to share my article in the latest issue of Civil War History: https://t.co/CO4SKxKCUS

I introduce new archival evidence revealing that two African American companies participated in the Gettysburg Campaign. (1/2)

[Georgetown History @GUHistory]

Nice story in @thehoya about Yuan Gao's research into Chinese environmental history @asianstudiesgu
https://t.co/XionceXjsl

[Georgetown MASIA @asianstudiesgu]

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--> https://t.co/0c3TWhhWQ5

[Nicole Albrecht @NAlbrecht0808]

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 (https://t.co/w3GyZKD5J8)

[Nicole Albrecht @NAlbrecht0808]

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

[STIA @STIAGeorgetown]

Celebrating our colleague and former @STIAGeorgetown director Kathy Olesko’s contributions to the history of science and her recent retirement. @EuropaSaxa @GUHistory @georgetownsfs

[Georgetown History @GUHistory]

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. https://t.co/rEVwHzRyIU