The Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies (LACLxS) at Johns Hopkins University seeks to build interdisciplinary understanding among faculty and students of the histories, cultures, societies, and politics of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.

LACLxS courses enhance the Hopkins curriculum by offering students an opportunity to explore the rich political, aesthetic, intellectual, and scientific traditions of Latin America, and by encouraging critical perspectives on Latin America's history and role in the modern world. Workshops by LACLxS-affiliated faculty, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellow complement the curriculum with discussions of current events and ongoing research projects.

The program offers an undergraduate major and minor in Latin American Studies. The program encourages undergraduate students to take an active interest in Latin America; in their course work and extracurricular life, and by engaging their other disciplinary and area interests through summer research and study abroad programs in Latin America.

The program contributes to the professional training of graduate students through interdisciplinary discussions of ongoing research projects, pre-dissertation summer research travel grants, and student initiated exhibitions, conferences, and special events.

The program offers undergraduate and graduate students a variety of opportunities to deepen their appreciation and understanding of Latin America. LACLxS courses and expertise draw on faculty from across the humanities and social sciences.

The Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Jewish Studies Program is dedicated to the study of Jewish history, literature, language, politics and religion. Offering an interdisciplinary undergraduate minor, the program provides students with the opportunity to explore more than three millennia of Jewish culture and civilization, from biblical to contemporary times.

With core faculty members in the departments of history, humanities, modern languages and literatures, philosophy, and political science, the program spans a broad array of humanities and social science disciplines. The program is an excellent complement to any major and provides indispensable intellectual training for those interested in the study of cultures and civilizations in which Jews and Judaism play an important role, such as Christianity, Islam, or modernity.

International Studies is an interdisciplinary major drawing on the diverse strengths of the Johns Hopkins University in the fields of political science, history, economics, anthropology, sociology, and languages.

In today's increasingly interconnected world, new challenges and concerns deeply affect every facet of our individual and collective lives. Balancing the need for national security with the importance of protecting individual rights, encouraging the freedom of globalized markets while simultaneously promoting sustainability and preserving the environment, championing democracy throughout the world while remaining sensitive to cultural diversity—these are just some of the debates that shape our globalized society.

There is no single answer to the issues we face. This is why the key to understanding lies in a multi-disciplinary approach. The International Studies Program offers students a variety of perspectives through which to analyze international events. By learning new languages, studying the history and cultural diversity of various societies across the globe, and understanding the politics and theories of international relations or the dynamics of the world's economy, students gain the tools required to be competitive in a complex global setting.

To narrow an inevitably broad course of study, students are encouraged to identify specific areas of interest and choose a concentration within the International Studies major, whether it is a functional specialization such as international security or a regional focus. Students also have the opportunity to explore their interests in more depth through a senior thesis. The thesis, although mandatory for students wishing to graduate with honors in International Studies, is open as an option to all International Studies majors.

Study abroad is an integral part of the International Studies Program. The program has a variety of options that extend beyond the degree itself, offering a five-year BA/MA program with the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, D.C., or Bologna; a five-year BA/MA program with Sciences Po Paris; junior year programs with SAIS Bologna and Sciences Po Paris; and a wide range of study abroad opportunities across the globe.

Johns Hopkins has a long history of influence in East Asia, and its students and faculty have made enduring contributions to the field of East Asian studies. Majors in East Asian studies engage in intensive language study and work with distinguished faculty on such topics as China in the global economy, nationalism in East Asia, Korean identity in Japan, and women in East Asia.

The East Asian Studies Program offers opportunities for students to pursue a rigorous and exciting interdisciplinary course of study in Baltimore and beyond. Many students choose to study abroad through partner programs in China, Japan, and Korea. Students are welcome to attend our speaker series, view films, and participate in weekly language corners.  

Our students can apply for intersession and summer travel grants. We offer a senior thesis honors option, and seminars that bring together research scholars, faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates in a manner that is distinctly Hopkins. Alumni of the program are making their mark around the world in business and finance, academia, law, international development, medicine and public health, engineering, media, public service, and the arts.

The Center for Africana Studies pursues broad inquiry into the ideas and experiences of African peoples throughout the world. Its interdisciplinary approach is organized around three major sub-fields: studies in Africa and the African diaspora, African-American studies, and urban studies.

The Center's work spans diverse academic disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, and public health. While its sub-fields possess distinct and distinctive intellectual traditions, they offer exciting possibilities for comparative as well as integrative inquiry.

Through research, coursework, and public programs, the Center seeks to promote fundamental examination and understanding of the commonalities and contrasts among the historical and contemporary experiences of Africans and African Americans, and of the place of African diasporas in both local and global contexts. The Center strives to understand the movement of black peoples from their ancestral homelands to a variety of host lands, as well as expand upon Black Studies research to raise new inquiries into all aspects of African-American experiences, all the while building upon existing Krieger School strengths in the study of Africa.

The Center offers an undergraduate major and minor and provides teaching and research opportunities for graduate students. With an executive board of 10 actively engaged faculty members and a longer list of affiliated faculty, the Center has infused the campus with new intellectual vitality by sponsoring various speaker series, symposia, seminars, and student and faculty discussions, and it has added tremendous breadth and depth to the curriculum in areas that are Africana-related. The Center offers undergraduate courses covering issues in anthropology; English, history; history of art; Latin American studies; political science; public health; music; sociology; and women, gender, and sexuality studies.