Our interactive, online summer program returns this July to blast off on more than 10 new courses! Registration is now open, so see our Blast Courses in the Humanities page for more info—and join our email newsletter to get updates! Then get ready to Blast off for Week 1 beginning July 8th!
News Archive
Plaster (director, Tabb Center) wins Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction for 2024
Congratulations are in order for Tabb Center director and AGHI board member Joseph Plaster, who won the Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction for 2024 this week. The award, among the honors bestowed by The Publishing Triangle, went to Plaster's recent book, "Kids on the Street: Queer Kinship and Religion in San Francisco's Tenderloin" (Duke...
“Devoti Tutti” screening completes Humanities on the Mall for AY23–24
April 7 saw the screening of "Devoti Tutti," the final event in AGHI's Humanities on the Mall series in DC for this academic year. Updates about the fall to come. And make sure you join us at Bird in Hand on April 29 for our last Humanities in the Village! More info in our calendar.
JHU mourns beloved scholar, activist, colleague Shani Mott
AGHI joins the rest of the Johns Hopkins and Baltimore communities mourning the recent loss of Professor Shani Mott, a beloved and revered leader in Africana Studies, History, and housing equality.
Emre considers the marks on the wall—and on the page—where the human appears
Last week, AGHI hosted Professor Merve Emre (Wesleyan) as this year’s Macksey Lecture speaker for a double-header in both Baltimore and DC. Well known as a public essayist, interviewer extraordinaire, […]
Postdoctoral fellowships now open for AY24–25
AGHI is pleased to announce two postdoctoral fellowships which are now public, to begin in academic year 2024–25: a public humanities fellowship collaborating between the Tabb Center and AGHI; and the Society of Fellows for the new academic year.
Humanities on the Mall discussion ranges from info-overload to trust in the classroom
How do we build, nurture, and sustain communities of learning and mutual trust on college campuses? This question brought together three big hitters on the education scene from JHU and […]
AGHI events back in full swing for 2024
Classes are back and so are AGHI's public humanities events for the new Spring 2024 semester. We kick things off TONIGHT (Monday, January 29th) and carry on through the late spring. See our calendar for the full list.
Kick off 2024 with big ideas—including some reading recs from our faculty
Happy new year! We're celebrating by digging into some great books, all recommended by the amazing faculty and staff across JHU. (We even spied some suggestions from AGHI's director and affiliates...) And don't forget to shop local and support your local library.
How Public Humanities Programs Break Down Barriers
Learn more about how Joseph Plaster—AGHI board member, Curator in Public Humanities, and Tabb Center Director—is collaborating with artists, curators, and community members on a new public humanities initiative. (Pictured: Sheridan Libraries Africana Archivist Tonika Berkley, Public Humanities Fellow Nicoletta Daríta de la Brown, and Plaster).