North America

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North America

Georgetown University is home to centers, programs, and activities that relate specifically to North America.

The university houses the American Studies Program and engages in extensive collaborations with universities based in Canada. In addition, Georgetown scholars across disciplines address transnational questions with a particular impact on the United States, such as migration and climate change. The university's Washington, DC, location gives rise to multiple connections with the policy world around global issues.

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Since taking office, President Joe Biden has staffed essential departments and White House positions with School of Foreign Service faculty and alumni, capitalizing on their decades of foreign policy experience, public and private sector expertise, and scientific leadership.

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Select Centers, Institutes,
and Research Programs

Department of African American Studies

Department of African American Studies Activity

The Department of African American Studies offers undergraduate major and minor opportunities in which students examine the experiences and contributions of people of the African diaspora in the United States and globally.

Georgetown Law

Georgetown Law Georgetown Unit

Founded in 1870, Georgetown Law offers Juris Doctor, Master of Laws, Doctor of Juridical Science, and non-degree programs in the legal field.

American Studies Program

American Studies Program Activity

The American Studies Program in the Georgetown College is an interdisciplinary major that explores the evolution of American society from European colony to the present with a special focus on the intellectual and cultural dimensions of the American…

McCourt School of Public Policy

McCourt School of Public Policy Georgetown Unit

Founded in 2013, the McCourt School of Public Policy seeks to teach students to help design smart policies and put them into practice in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, in the U.S. and around the world.

Certificate in International Migration Studies

Certificate in International Migration Studies Activity

This certificate program is offered by the Institute for the Study of International Migration through the School of Continuing Studies. Participants discuss global migration trends, national and local security conditions, and social issues driving…

Department of Government

Department of Government Georgetown Unit

The Department of Government is an academic department in the College offering graduate and undergraduate programs that seek to provide theoretical and practical knowledge and skills that will be important within and beyond the discipline of…

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The Future of U.S.-China Trade Negotiations

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Explore the Region by Country

Canada

United States

American Studies Program

Certificate in International Migration Studies

Law Center MBA/LL.M. Dual Degree Program - HEC Paris

Major in American Musical Culture

Major in French

Master of Public Policy

Minor in American Musical Culture

Youth Ambassadors

Americas Initiative

Center for Applied Legal Studies

Faith and Culture Lecture Series

Future of the Humanities Project

U.S.-Afghan Women's Council

Alternative Breaks Program

GU Impacts Fellowship Program

International Health Interest Group

M.S. in Foreign Service Internship Opportunity with UNICEF

Magis: Kino Border Immersion

Rogaia Abusharaf

Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer

Robert Bednarzik

Andrew Bickford

Jocelyne Cesari

Dionne Coker-Appiah

Soyica Diggs Colbert

Dagomar Degroot

Susan Deller Ross

Victor Fernandez-Mallat

Lawrence O. Gostin

Elzbieta Gozdziak

Jonathan Halpern

Toshihiro Higuchi

Douglas A. Howard

Maurice Jackson

David Lightfoot

B. Lindsay Lowell

Emily Mendenhall

Ferdinando Monte

Irfan Nooruddin

Emilian Papadopoulos

George Shambaugh

Katalin Springel

Robynn Stilwell

Shannon Stimson

Ernesto Vasquez del Aguila

Edilma Yearwood

African Studies Program

Business for Impact

Cawley Career Education Center

Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate

Center for Business and Public Policy

Center for Global Health Practice and Impact

Center for Global Health Science and Security

Center for Innovation in Global Health

Center for Legal English

Department of Government

Designing The Future(s)

Georgetown Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics

Georgetown University Women’s Leadership Institute

Global Business Initiative

Global Health Initiative

Health Policy Institute

India Initiative

Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues

Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life

Institute for the Study of International Migration

John Main Center for Meditation and Interreligious Dialogue

Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics

Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice

Latin America Leadership Program

McCourt School of Public Policy

Office of International Programs - School of Medicine

Persian Studies Program

Steers Center for Global Real Estate

Turkish Program

Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program

SFS Course Investigates Climate Change-Induced Sea Level Rise

In Institutions We Trust? The Economics of Institutional Change

Georgetown Professor Receives Grant to Broaden U.S.-China Climate Conversation

Georgetown International Students Seek Jobs in America, Offer Global Perspectives

Empowering Women and Youth Through Storytelling: 2016 and 2017 Projects for Peace

An Interfaith Approach to Combating Anti-Semitism

Shedding Light on Illumination Technologies: Georgetown Welcomes Visiting Researcher Taylor Stone

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Historic Delegation Attends CEC Council Session in Mexico

Georgetown's China Health Law Initiative: Promoting U.S.-China Dialogue to Improve Global Health

USAID Implementation of the U.S. National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security

Channeling Obama: National Security, Communications, and Politics in a Complex World

Economic Inequality: Causes, Consequences, and Responses

Where Medicine and Art Meet: Interfacing the Humanities with Medical Science

Participants Study in 10 Cities, Four Continents for Global Executive MBA

Americas Initiative Explores Catholicism in the Region

Georgetown Deepens Commitment to Interfaith Cooperation

Georgetown Jesuit Fellow to Help Set Up University in Ivory Coast