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Award-winning designer Seymour visits Baltimore: on costumes and character

Members of the Baltimore arts scene gathered on Monday, Feb. 6th to hear from award-winning costume designer Justine Seymour. Sharing the story of her career—a path with many interesting and unexpected twists and turns—Seymour discussed her experiences as first an arts student, then model, designer, and finally much-celebrated costumer.

Society Fellow Gabriella Fee co-nominated for PEN America Awards longlist

Dolore Minimo book cover

Congratulations to Society of Fellows member Gabriella Fee, who has been co-nominated (with Prof. Dora Malech) for a PEN America award. In 2022, Fee and Malech translated Giovanna Cristina Vivinetto's book of poetry, Dolore Minimo, from its original Italian. Fee and Malech are now up for the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation. Finalists will...

Student opportunities: apply now for 2023–24 initiatives

Poster: AGHI's "Call for Applications" for "Graduate Research Fellowship." All text on this poster appears on the info page for "Graduate" Student Opportunities.

AGHI is now accepting applications for our 2023–24 student opportunities for grad students, prospective Ph.D. candidates, postdoctoral fellows, and undergraduates: Graduate Research Fellowships (due Feb. 28, 2023); Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Humanistic Studies (IHS) (due Feb. 15); KSAS Society of Fellows (postdoctoral) (due Feb. 10), and two undergraduate funding opportunities for 2023-24. More info about these...

‘Tis the Season… for Nightmares!

Double-imagine: left, a Krampus card from the turn of the century; on the right, a photo from MetroBar of a display screen outdoors reading "Nightmares Before Christmas."

Before the close of the year sends all of JHU off for the holidays, Prof. Bill Egginton (AGHI Director) joined Profs and Pints DC on Sunday, Dec. 11th for a presentation on good ol' Krampus and other "Nightmares Before Christmas."

Society of Fellows applications now open for 2023–24

Gilman Hall illuminated in the evening with holiday lights around the lampposts.

The JHU Society of Fellows, operated in part by AGHI, is now accepting applications for our second cohort (to take shape in 2023–24). To apply—and for more info about application requirements, the Society as a whole, and current Fellows—submit via Interfolio by Feb. 10, 2023. More info here...

Director Bill Egginton welcomes the new Imagine Center at JHU

Director Bill Egginton speaks at the mic at the opening event for the new JHU Imagine Center.

AGHI Director Bill Egginton joined JHU staff, faculty, and students on Nov. 14th to celebrate the grand opening of the new Imagine Center for for Integrative Learning and Life Design. Professor Egginton joined colleagues to speak about the potential avenues students might take to discover out where their educational and personal training can lead.

Tabb Center announces inaugural Public Humanities Fellows (’22–23): Hoesy Corona and Nicoletta Darita de la Brown

Stacked header photos of Tabb Fellows Nicoletta Darita de la Brown (top) and Hoesy Corona (bottom).

The Winston Tabb Special Collections Research Center is pleased to announce its inaugural 2022/23 Public Humanities Fellows: Hoesy Corona and Nicoletta Darita de la Brown. Read more about the Tabb Center's 2022-23 Fellows and the Public Humanities projects they are creating: see the full announcement via JHU's Sheridan Libraries.

Dessa discusses poetry, music, and being “Deeply Human”

Artist Dessa speaks at Levering Hall on Nov. 15th.

Poet, musician, podcast host, and arts champion Dessa joined AGHI on Nov. 15th to chat all things humanities with Professor Anna Celenza. Speaking with students, faculty, and community members, Dessa shared thoughts about the nature of craft—the differences between writing poems versus rap lyrics or music—and how mixing genres and fields is at the heart...

Inaugural Cohort: JHU Society of Fellows in the Humanities, 2022-2023 

Beginning in 2022, the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins University announces a new and distinctive form of intellectual community with its Society of Fellows in the […]

Society Of Fellows In The Humanities Names First Cohort

JHU building

The nine fellows will receive funding to pursue hands-on experiences that build on their postgraduate studies From the Hub: At a moment in time when there’s a lot of speculation about […]