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AGHI / Odyssey Summer Spark

Registration is now open for an engaging series of humanities seminars created through a partnership between the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute and the Odyssey Lifelong Learning Program.

AGHI Director Jeanne‑Marie Jackson Featured on New Books Network / Princeton UP Ideas Podcast

AGHI Director Jeanne‑Marie Jackson was recently interviewed on the New Books Network’s Princeton University Press Ideas podcast to discuss her new book, The Letter of the Law in J. E. […]

Call for Applications: DURAs (Dean’s Undergraduate Research Awards)

Application deadline: May 11, 2026, by 11:59 pm The Sheridan Libraries/AGHI Dean’s Undergraduate Research Awards, or DURAs, are available for undergraduates working on independent research projects that draw on primary […]

AGHI is proud to partner with Emma Snyder and Bird in Hand for Humanities in the Village

Emma Synder standing inside The Ivy Bookshop holding a paperback copy of The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe. Bookshelves filled with colorful book spines line the background, and front-facing display tables with stacked books are visible under bright overhead lights.

From the Hub: Katy Bowman / Published Mar 23 Baltimore bookshop owner Emma Snyder reminisces about CTY summers and the partnership that brings her story full circle.

Faculty Fellowship Call for Apps

We are now accepting applications for AY27. Click here for more details!

“Living the Law” AGHI Director Jeanne‑Marie Jackson Featured in JHI Blog Interview

The Journal of the History of Ideas blog features an in‑depth interview with Jeanne‑Marie, exploring the themes of her new book, The Letter of the Law in J. E. Casely […]

AGHI-Sheridan Libraries Graduate Student Summer Fellowship Program

The Alexander Grass Humanities Institute and the Sheridan Libraries are delighted to announce the creation of a new Graduate Student Summer Fellowship Program. Beginning in July 2026, AGHI and the […]

Summer Spark by AGHI (formerly Blast Courses)

Graduate Summer Teaching Opportunity The Alexander Grass Humanities Institute, in partnership with Johns Hopkins’ Odyssey Lifelong Learning program, organized by the Office of Alumni Relations, invites course proposals from Johns […]

AGHI Features “The Invisible Years” in Collaboration with Deep Vellum

Cover of The Invisible Years by Rodrigo Hasbún, showing a partially silhouetted person standing in a parking lot at sunset, with palm trees and cars in the background. Deep Vellum and Alexander Grass Humanities Institute logos appear on a green background.

The Alexander Grass Humanities Institute (AGHI) is proud to highlight The Invisible Years by Rodrigo Hasbún, translated from the Spanish by Lily Meyer and published by Deep Vellum. This evocative […]

Call for Papers for the 7th Annual Philosophy & Literature Graduate Student Conference

The Philosophy & Literature Workshop at Stanford and the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute at Johns Hopkins welcome submissions for the 7th annual Philosophy & Literature Graduate Conference to be held […]