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Society of Fellows applications now open for 2023–24

Society of Fellows applications now open for 2023–24

The JHU Society of Fellows, operated in part by AGHI, is now accepting applications for our second cohort (to take shape in 2023–24). To apply—and for more info about application requirements, the Society as a whole, and current Fellows—submit via Interfolio by Feb. 10, 2023. More info here…

Director Bill Egginton welcomes the new Imagine Center at JHU

Director Bill Egginton welcomes the new Imagine Center at JHU

AGHI Director Bill Egginton joined JHU staff, faculty, and students on Nov. 14th to celebrate the grand opening of the new Imagine Center for for Integrative Learning and Life Design. Professor Egginton joined colleagues to speak about the potential avenues students might take to discover out where their educational and personal training can lead.

Tabb Center announces inaugural Public Humanities Fellows (’22–23): Hoesy Corona and Nicoletta Darita de la Brown

Tabb Center announces inaugural Public Humanities Fellows (’22–23): Hoesy Corona and Nicoletta Darita de la Brown

The Winston Tabb Special Collections Research Center is pleased to announce its inaugural 2022/23 Public Humanities Fellows: Hoesy Corona and Nicoletta Darita de la Brown. Read more about the Tabb Center’s 2022-23 Fellows and the Public Humanities projects they are creating: see the full announcement via JHU’s Sheridan Libraries.

Dessa discusses poetry, music, and being “Deeply Human”

Dessa discusses poetry, music, and being “Deeply Human”

Poet, musician, podcast host, and arts champion Dessa joined AGHI on Nov. 15th to chat all things humanities with Professor Anna Celenza.

Speaking with students, faculty, and community members, Dessa shared thoughts about the nature of craft—the differences between writing poems versus rap lyrics or music—and how mixing genres and fields is at the heart of her artistic practice. As part of the discussion, Dessa read from her new poetry collection, Tits on the Moon (Doomtree 2022) and chatted with audience members.

Humanities In The Village: Alexander Heffner, A Documentary History Of The United States

Humanities In The Village: Alexander Heffner, A Documentary History Of The United States

The Ivy Bookshop, Bird in Hand, and the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute at Johns Hopkins University presents the latest installment of Humanities in the Village, featuring Alexander Heffner! This Zoom event […]

Inaugural Cohort: JHU Society of Fellows in the Humanities, 2022-2023 

Beginning in 2022, the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins University announces a new and distinctive form of intellectual community with its Society of Fellows in the […]

Society Of Fellows In The Humanities Names First Cohort

Society Of Fellows In The Humanities Names First Cohort

The nine fellows will receive funding to pursue hands-on experiences that build on their postgraduate studies From the Hub: At a moment in time when there’s a lot of speculation about […]

Meet our Spring 2023 Graduate Research Fellows!

We are funding five student fellowships in the spring of 2023. These fellows will be free of any departmental teaching requirements during the spring semester in order to devote their […]

Blast Courses in the Humanities Return for Summer 2022

Blast Courses in the Humanities are back for Summer 2022! This year, ten new courses will launch for Blast classes beginning the week of July 11th. These classes are free, […]

A recording of our 2022 Macksey Lecture ft. Judith Butler is available now!

Judith Butler delivers a talk entitled, “Endangered Scholarship, Academic Freedom, and the Life of Critique”