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Classics Research Lab: Race in Antiquity Project (RAP)
AS.040.420 (04)

How did ancient civilizations around the Mediterranean basin (Greece, Rome, Egypt, Persia, Carthage) understand and represent their own and others’ identities and ethnic differences? How did notions and practices around race, citizenship, and immigration evolve from antiquity to the present? How have culture and politics informed artistic, literary, and museum representations of ethnic ‘others’ over time, along with the historical development of ethnography, biological science, and pseudo-sciences of race? What role did “Classics” (the study of Greco-Roman cultures) play in modern colonialism, racecraft, and inequality? And what role can it play in unmaking their legacies, through the ongoing Black Classicism movement, the practice of Critical Race Theory, and the development of more global and interconnective approaches to premodern cultures? RAP provides an opportunity for Hopkins undergraduates and graduate students from a wide variety of disciplinary backgrounds to engage in project-based research toward building an open-access, grant-winning educational resource (OER) on “Race in Antiquity.” Participants learn, share, and practice advanced research methods; examine and discuss the history and modern implications of the teaching and study of their fields; test-drive and collaboratively edit OER pilot materials; and create new content based on their own research, for eventual digital publication.

  • Credits: 3.00
  • Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
  • Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
  • Instructor: Pandey, Nandini
  • Room: Greenhouse 000
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 3/15
  • PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM

Museums, Communities, and the Sacred
AS.194.256 (01)

This community-engaged course is co-created by a scholar and curator with expertise in religion, art, and material culture, and taught in partnership with the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA), and centers how museums engage with the sacred. Recognizing that museums have traditionally been under-equipped to respond to the social concerns that animate their local communities, the BMA is rethinking how a twenty-first century civic museum engages the city in which it is located. Understanding the museum as a public space in which contemporary civic and social issues can be engaged, we will explore such questions as: how can a museum represent devotional objects while honoring a diversity of religious and spiritual perspectives and avoiding homogenous narratives about belief? How can a museum create relationships with religious communities to understand and interpret the objects in its collection, and navigate differences in faith-based communities with ethical care? How can a museum engage local communities in the process of writing labels for objects and in other acts of interpretation in a way that is not extractive and is genuinely value-aligned? In short, how can a museum truly become public? As a community-engaged course, students will build practically on their learning about museums, religion and public pedagogy to create and facilitate community listening circles at the BMA. The course will include visits to the BMA and other sites, guest visits on focused topics from museum professionals in other institutions, and training in listening and facilitation.

  • Credits: 3.00
  • Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
  • Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
  • Instructor: Ziad, Homayra
  • Room: 3003 N. Charles OMA Lounge
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 12/20
  • PosTag(s): CSC-CE, ISLM-ISLMST, INST-GLOBAL

The History of Fake News from The Flood to The Apocalypse
AS.389.155 (01)

In our digital age of hacking, on-line bots, and trolls stealing, faking, and confounding information across the Internet, it is too often forgotten that “fake news” has, in fact, always been with us. This course examines this dark undercurrent within human civilization across historical time, exploring specific examples of fakes, lies, and forgeries from the biblical Flood in antiquity to prophecies of a future Apocalypse. We will draw throughout on the riches of JHU’s own Bibliotheca Fictiva—the world’s premier rare book and manuscript research collection dedicated to literary forgeries across the millennia.

  • Credits: 3.00
  • Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
  • Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
  • Instructor: Havens, Earle A
  • Room: BLC 2043
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 1/12
  • PosTag(s): ARCH-RELATE, MSCH-HUM

Introduction to the Museum: Issues and Ideas
AS.389.202 (01)

American museums today face ongoing practical, political and ethical challenges, including economic difficulties, technology and globalization, ongoing debates over the ownership and interpretation of culture and pressure to demonstrate their social value. This course considers how museums are answering these challenges and projects into the future. NOTE: Class usually meets 1:30- 4:00 PM, except for days with field trips (when class will meet 1:30- 5:00 PM instead).

  • Credits: 3.00
  • Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
  • Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
  • Instructor: Forloney, Robert
  • Room: Bloomberg 168
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 8/18
  • PosTag(s): PMUS-INTRO, ARCH-ARCH

Introduction to Conservation
AS.389.250 (01)

An introduction to the theoretical and practical underpinnings of the conservation profession: who gets to be a conservator, where we work and how; what are its origins and how it has evolved.

  • Credits: 3.00
  • Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
  • Days/Times: Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
  • Instructor: Jarvis, Jennifer
  • Room: BLC 5015
  • Status: Waitlist Only
  • Seats Available: 0/10
  • PosTag(s): PMUS-INTRO, ARCH-ARCH, PMUS-PRAC

Hopkins History Through the Archives
AS.389.265 (01)

Archives are where history is documented, and archives have tremendous power over whose stories get told. This course will critically examine the relationship between archival practice and public history by using John Hopkins University as a case study. We will work closely with archivists in the Special Collections Department and archives across Baltimore to get a firsthand look at how local archives shape public history, collective memory, and institutional silences. Students will learn how public historians, archivists, community activists, and students themselves can work together to do reparative research that advances social justice in their own communities.

  • Credits: 3.00
  • Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
  • Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
  • Instructor: Blair, Monica Kristin
  • Room: BLC 2030
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 1/12
  • PosTag(s): PMUS-PRAC, MSCH-HUM

Tigers to Teapots: Collecting, Cataloging, and Hoarding in America
AS.389.322 (01)

This course examines material culture through the lens of personal collecting. Focusing on the United States, students will explore how collectors influenced the holdings of the nation’s museums, including JHU’s Evergreen and Homewood Museum, and contemplate how collecting, for public and private purposes, shapes status and taste in America. This course will also address how collections are organized, displayed, and conserved and will delve into psychological and environmental aspects of collecting and hoarding.

  • Credits: 3.00
  • Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
  • Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
  • Instructor: Finkelstein, Lori
  • Room: Hmwd House Wine Cllr
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 1/13
  • PosTag(s): n/a

Curatorial Seminar: European Art
AS.389.420 (01)

Working in collaboration with staff from the Baltimore Museum of Art, students assess the opportunities and challenges of the European collections; research select objects; contribute to the department's collections development plan; and conceptualize new, more global and more inclusive approaches to the displays.

  • Credits: 3.00
  • Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
  • Days/Times: Th 3:00PM - 5:30PM
  • Instructor: Kingsley, Jennifer P; Yeager-Crasselt, Lara
  • Room: Bloomberg 274
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 1/12
  • PosTag(s): PMUS-PRAC, ARCH-RELATE

Course # (Section) Title Day/Times Instructor Room PosTag(s) Info
AS.040.420 (04)Classics Research Lab: Race in Antiquity Project (RAP)W 1:30PM - 4:00PMPandey, NandiniGreenhouse 000MSCH-HUM
AS.194.256 (01)Museums, Communities, and the SacredTTh 1:30PM - 2:45PMZiad, Homayra3003 N. Charles OMA LoungeCSC-CE, ISLM-ISLMST, INST-GLOBAL
AS.389.155 (01)The History of Fake News from The Flood to The ApocalypseW 1:30PM - 4:00PMHavens, Earle ABLC 2043ARCH-RELATE, MSCH-HUM
AS.389.202 (01)Introduction to the Museum: Issues and IdeasW 1:30PM - 4:00PMForloney, RobertBloomberg 168PMUS-INTRO, ARCH-ARCH
AS.389.250 (01)Introduction to ConservationTh 1:30PM - 4:00PMJarvis, JenniferBLC 5015PMUS-INTRO, ARCH-ARCH, PMUS-PRAC
AS.389.265 (01)Hopkins History Through the ArchivesT 1:30PM - 4:00PMBlair, Monica KristinBLC 2030PMUS-PRAC, MSCH-HUM
AS.389.322 (01)Tigers to Teapots: Collecting, Cataloging, and Hoarding in AmericaMW 12:00PM - 1:15PMFinkelstein, LoriHmwd House Wine Cllr
AS.389.420 (01)Curatorial Seminar: European ArtTh 3:00PM - 5:30PMKingsley, Jennifer P; Yeager-Crasselt, LaraBloomberg 274PMUS-PRAC, ARCH-RELATE