Showcasing the research and creative works of Georgetown’s distinguished faculty—works made possible through deep engagement with Library collections, services, collaborative research partnerships, and our talented Library staff.
This exhibition invites you to experience the breadth, rigor, and imagination of scholarship flourishing across the University, and to celebrate the faculty whose work expands knowledge, shapes public understanding, and inspires our students.
The works presented here offer a curated glimpse into Georgetown’s vibrant intellectual and creative life, highlighting exemplary scholarship, innovation, and artistic practice.
Faculty whose projects have benefited from Library support are warmly encouraged to submit additional work for consideration in future exhibitions, as we continue to illuminate the many ways the Library partners in the creation and amplification of new knowledge.
Facing Georgetown's History: A Reader on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation
Co-edited by Adam Rothman and
Elsa Barraza Mendoza
Georgetown University Press, 2021
Facing Georgetown's History is a collection of primary sources, essays by scholars, and articles by journalists that document Georgetown's history of slavery and the school's recent efforts to come to terms with that past. This reader provides a powerful example of the research, teaching, and thoughtful discussion underway at Georgetown and other universities studying slavery.
Adam Rothman is a Professor in the History Department, Director of Georgetown's Center for the Study of Slavery and Its Legacies, and curator of the Georgetown Slavery Archive.
Elsa Barraza Mendoza (G ‘21) is associate curator of the Georgetown Slavery Archive. She is currently an Assistant Professor of History at Middlebury College.
The editors published fifteen documents, selected from their research of the Maryland Province Archives and University Archives, that provide insight into Jesuit enslavement with guidance for instructors who hope to use them in their classes.
The Jesuits in the United States: A Concise History
David J. Collins, S.J.
Georgetown University Press, 2023
Father Collins is the chair of the History Department and was the chair of the Working Group on Slavery, Memory and Reconciliation. Collins explores the history of the Jesuits in the United States by emphasizing the growth of their missionary activities since 1634.
The book is organized into five distinct periods that reflect the relationship of the United States to the global order: the settlement of colonial North America, the Suppression of the Society of Jesus preceding the American Revolution, the global migration during the nineteenth century, the entrenchment of Jesuit educational institutions and international missionary activity of the early twentieth century, and the impact of Vatican II and the social movements of the late twentieth century.
Father Collins used the Jesuit collections held by the Booth Family Center for Special Collections as major sources, especially the Archives of the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus, the John Brosnan, S.J. Photography Collection, and the John Courtney Murray, S.J., Collection.
Georgetown University: An Architectural History
Stephanie J. Rufino
Georgetown University Press, 2025
Professor Stephanie J. Rufino taught in Georgetown University’s Art History Department from 2015 to 2024. This book provides a close look at over fifty campus buildings and their history from Georgetown's founding in 1789 through today.
Illustrations accompanying the text include historical images from the University Archives, vibrant current photographs, and multiple maps covering all campuses.
Students in the Department of Art and Art History seminar Georgetown University: Architecture & History explored records in the University Archives and contributed to the research for a select sample of entries.