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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Blast Courses are back with 9 new classes for 2023!

Blast Courses are back with 9 new classes for 2023!
It's almost summertime—and that means another exciting run of Blast Courses in the Humanities! Courses descriptions are now available on our Blast Courses program page. Registration will begin on June 1st and continue throughout the month (or until courses are full). Classes begin the week of July 10th.

“Right to the city” and Baltimore’s History of Suburban Struggle

“Right to the city” and Baltimore’s History of Suburban Struggle
Celebrating the arrival of spring to Baltimore, AGHI and the Ivy Bookshop welcomed two scholars on Baltimore history Monday evening: Professor Gregory Smithsimon (CUNY Brooklyn) and JHU's own Prof. Lawrence Jackson. This month's Humanities in the Village conversation began by tracing the personal and social geography which opens Smithsimon's new book, Liberty Road: Black Middle-Class...