Advancing the Humanities and Building Community

The Alexander Grass Humanities Institute (AGHI) is a focal point for the 13 world-renowned humanities departments at Johns Hopkins, other dynamic departments in the humanistic social sciences, and related centers and programs.

The institute sponsors scholarly meetings, public events, visiting scholars, and student fellowships and research projects.

Students can also pursue a PhD in Interdisciplinary Humanistic Studies.

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Call for Proposals: Blast Courses in the Humanities Instructors for Summer ’23

Call for Proposals: Blast Courses in the Humanities Instructors for Summer ’23

We’re back for the FOURTH run of Blast Courses in the Humanities. This year, we invite proposals from KSAS grad students (in the humanities and humanistic social sciences) for courses to run across five weeks in July–Aug. 2023. Attend a Proposal Workshop in March and apply by April 3rd via Interfolio.

AGHI Faculty Fellowship Deadline Extended!

AGHI Faculty Fellowship Deadline Extended!

Since its founding in 2016, the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute has aimed to serve the Hopkins community as a focal point for humanities and social sciences departments, programs, and centers […]

Peabody Ballroom Experience wins Outstanding Public History Project Award for 2023!

Peabody Ballroom Experience wins Outstanding Public History Project Award for 2023!

Congratulations are in order for the Peabody Ballroom Experience, newly crowned winner of the National Council of Public History’s honored Small Institution Award (2023). AGHI board member Joseph Plaster has collaborated with the Legends and Icons behind the Peabody Ballroom Experience since before its opening ball in 2019, including in collecting and protecting the oral histories of Baltimore’s ballroom scene, past and present.