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Historical Topics, research

A Forgotten Greek–Turkish Textbook: Mukālemāt-ı Türkiye-i Rûmiye ve Rûmiye-i Türkiye by Ioannis P. Miliopoulos

Fatma Esen On Sunday, November 2, 2025, Mary Tezak and I wandered through the Feriköy Antique Bazaar in Istanbul, looking for anything connected to our research on Hatay and Trabzon. Deep inside the market, we stopped at one of the largest stalls, crowded with old photographs and press materials. Digging through a box of mixed papers, postcards, newspapers, a wedding card written in Armenian, a … Continue reading A Forgotten Greek–Turkish Textbook: Mukālemāt-ı Türkiye-i Rûmiye ve Rûmiye-i Türkiye by Ioannis P. Miliopoulos

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State of the Field: Latin American History

Ariel David Greenberg Just as Latin American history has been influenced by broader shifts in the field of history towards subjects such as the study of family, epidemics, and science, the field of Latin American history is increasingly being shaped by systems theory in analyzing the first genuinely global highways and institutions. It analyzes and interrogates the networks that operated as the highways of the … Continue reading State of the Field: Latin American History

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Esperanto, Nationalism, and Bureaucracy in the League of Nations: A Language Caught in the Crossfire

Aidan Pritchard From its humble beginnings as an unnamed language in 1887, to the forefront of the League of Nations’ debate on auxiliary languages, Esperanto – meaning ‘one who hopes’ – has aimed to promote global peace and cooperation. The artificial language’s inventor, Ludwik Zamenhof, had grown up in Bialystok, Poland, a city populated by Poles, Russians, Germans, and Jews. The city’s linguistic barriers exacerbated … Continue reading Esperanto, Nationalism, and Bureaucracy in the League of Nations: A Language Caught in the Crossfire

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An Open Letter To National Archives Museum From A Journalist

Archit Mehta In Fall 2023, Archit authored “Decoding Systemic Racism in the Artifact ‘Slaves Build Capital and White House’ at the National Archives Museum” for the Critical Discourse Analysis class at Georgetown University’s MA Communication, Culture and Technology. Since then he has presented this work at the 2024 annual conference of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH – the founders of … Continue reading An Open Letter To National Archives Museum From A Journalist

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The Witch of Northampton: On ancestry research and family lineage

Maddie Densmore My interest in genealogy began well before I became a historian. In fact, it began well before I fully understood what it even was. As a child, I found myself watching a documentary show with my mom from time to time — “Who Do You Think You Are.” Adapted from a British version of the same name, it follows celebrities as they team up … Continue reading The Witch of Northampton: On ancestry research and family lineage

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Graduate Students Reflect on Their Summer Research

From DC to Krakow, Georgetown history graduate students spent their summers conducting research across the globe. We sat down with Megan Huang (second-year MA), Maddie Densmore (second-year MA), and Megan Emery (second-year PhD) to discuss their experiences and tips and demystify the historical research process.  Tell us about your summer research! What is your research topic and where did you go? Megan Huang: I interned … Continue reading Graduate Students Reflect on Their Summer Research

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