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Join a walking tour of campus buildings and sites with connections to Georgetown’s history and ongoing work in Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation. Led by Professor Adam Rothman, Director of the Center for the Study of Slavery and Its Legacies, the walking tour coincides with DC Emancipation Day 2024, commemorating the anniversary of the signing of […]
The Georgetown University Office of the President announced the four winners of the 2024 President’s Awards for Distinguished Scholar-Teachers March 15. Faculty nominated the 2024 winners — Finance Professor Reena Aggarwal, Biology Professor Sarah Stewart Johnson, Neuroscience Professor Kathleen Anne Maguire-Zeiss and History Professor Adam Rothman — last fall for the award, which has recognized...
The Georgetown University Office of the President announced the four winners of the 2024 President’s Awards for Distinguished Scholar-Teachers March 15. Faculty nominated the 2024 winners — Finance Professor Reena Aggarwal, Biology Professor Sarah Stewart Johnson, Neuroscience Professor Kathleen Anne Maguire-Zeiss and History Professor Adam Rothman — last fall for the award, which has recognized...
Join the Center for the Study of Slavery and Its Legacies to commemorate Douglass Day, an annual program that marks the birth of Frederick Douglass. Although Douglass never knew his birthdate, he chose to celebrate every year on February 14th. This year’s Douglass Day will feature the general correspondence of Frederick Douglass from the Library of […]
Following Georgetown University's efforts to acknowledge and amend its history with slavery, Loyola University Maryland officially published a report detailing its own connections to slavery.