Americas Forum
The Americas Forum event series at Georgetown University aims to bring innovative perspectives to understanding the United States and the diversity within its borders, to engaging the diverse peoples, nations, and communities across the Americas, and to exploring the accelerating movement of peoples and visions across borders—and across the hemisphere. In this spirit, the Americas Forum, coordinated by John Tutino, Professor of History, appointed in the College of Arts & Sciences and in the School of Foreign Service, is pleased to collaborate with the Georgetown Americas Institute and the Center for Latin American Studies to host the following events.
Some of these events will be streamed to the GAI YouTube channel.
Academic Year 2026-2027 Program
Friday, November 20, 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. | Copley Formal Lounge and GAI YouTube Channel
Borderlands and Nations
The Americas Forum and the Georgetown Americas Institute are pleased to present the first conversation in a new series America, the Americas, and the World: New Perspectives on Transforming Changes. This first session, "Borderlands and Nations," will feature Andrew Isenberg, Hall Distinguished Professor of American History at the University of Kansas. Isenberg will present his new book The Age of the Borderlands: Indians, Slaves, and the Limits of Manifest Destiny, 1790-1850 (University of North Carolina Press, 2025), followed by a conversation with Anne Hyde, professor of history emeritus at Oklahoma University.
Friday, December 4, 3:30 - 6:30 p.m. | Arrupe Hall Multipurpose Room and GAI YouTube Channel
Cuban Revolutions and Family Migration
Ada Ferrer, Princeton University, presents: Cuba: An American History (2022), Pulitzer Prize winner. In conversation with David Sartorius, University of Maryland and Keeper of My Kin: Memoir of an Immigrant Daughter (2026). In conversation with Martha Jones, Johns Hopkins University.
Wednesday, March 17, 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. | Arrupe Hall Multipurpose Room and GAI YouTube Channel
A Transnational Civil War
David Montejano, University of California, Berkeley, presents: A Red Badge of Cotton: The Treasonous Trade that Clothed the Union Army (2026). In conversation with: Chandra Manning, Georgetown University.
Friday, April 23, 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. | Arrupe Hall Multipurpose Room and GAI YouTube Channel
Mexico and a Globalizing World
Gabriela Soto Laveaga, Harvard University, presents: The World in a Wheat Field: Mexico, Science, and the Challenge of Ending Global Hunger. In conversation with: John Tutino, Georgetown University