Department of History | Columbian College of Arts & Sciences | The George Washington University

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Web Name: Department of History | Columbian College of Arts & Sciences | The George Washington University

WebSite: http://history.columbian.gwu.edu

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Examining the Past to Understand the future Studying history through today s lensWho We AreWith an unparalleled location in the nation s capital, award-winning faculty and access to some of the most important research repositories in the world, the GW Department of History offers an ideal platform from which to explore our past. Undergraduate and graduate students are exposed to a diversity of topics, from the Africa diaspora to the Cold War, from imperialism to urbanization, from the founding of Islam to Jewish history, from race relations to labor, law and politics. Students graduate with the knowledge and analytical tools necessary for success in a wide range of careers.The Washington, D.C., area offers a front-row seat to history. Students are immersed in their surroundings through trips to museums, battlefields and historical sites including the Folger Shakespeare Library, the Jamestown Settlement, the Gettysburg Battlefield, the Society of the Cincinnati and George Washington s Mount Vernon estate.Through the department s collaborative relationships with institutions throughout the region, students also have extraordinary access to historical documents at the National Archives, the Library of Congress, the National Security Archiveand the Smithsonian Institution.Farah Al-Nakib,BA 01Author,Kuwait Transformed: Oil and Urban Life [Senior year] was the first time I ever studied Kuwait s history. ... Being able to unearth unused documents about the subject I was researching was really thrilling. I didn t quite know it back then, but that experience officially turned me into a historian. History by the Numbers Commemorating History’s Dark Chapter PhD student Ashley Valanzola is researching the stories of six extraordinary Jewish women Holocaust survivors who worked to honor the memory of lives lost. Student-Led Exhibition, George Washington and His World, Opens at the GW Museum Seventeen students in Prof. Denver Brunsman's course, "George Washington and His World," curated an exhibition of the same name about how Alexandria, Mount Vernon, and Washington, D.C., shaped George Washington. GW is committed to digital accessibility. If you experience a barrier that affects your ability to access content on this page, let us know via the Accessibility Feedback Form.

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The GW History Department offers rigorous academics, award-winning faculty and access to the National Archives, the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian.

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