Of interest to friends and students of AGHI: Race War: Theories and Histories (AS.360.631), Spring 2024 In modern times, wars become sites of race-making. In turn, racializations become projects of […]
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Grad fellow presents on the history public health equity in family planning
"How does the history of population health impact our work today?" This question provided the basis of a recent webinar hosted by the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science, featuring AGHI Grad Research Fellow Vincenza Mazzeo. Presenting on "Histories of Population Control Programs: From Global to Local Spaces," Mazzeo attended to the case study (indeed...
THR publication of recent “Bacchae Before” and “Vitruvian” performances
Check out a mini-series on performance for The Hopkins Review that includes edited transcripts with the performers of three performances hosted at Hopkins and supported by AGHI: extreme lyric I (2020), VITRUVIAN (2023), and Bacchae Before (2023).
Recent Publications (Summer 2023)
Curious about recent publications in international criticism, literary theory, and philosophy? What about music, politics, and and ways of theorizing Black embodiment? AGHI’s fellows have got you covered! That can […]
AGHI welcomes cohort of 2023–24 grad student fellows and IHS scholars
At the university ranked #9 in the nation, we're not exactly surprised to see another year of incredible scholars joining AGHI's fellows and students. And yet this year's cohort of Interdisciplinary Humanistic Studies PhD students and yearlong advanced graduate researchers are a true testament to the range, depth, and brilliance of what grad students at...
Macksey Lecture announces Merve Emre as 2024 speaker
For 2024, we will hosting our Annual Richard A. Macksey lecturer twice: Thursday, March 7th in Baltimore and Friday, March 8th in D.C. To kick off this new double-header, we are elated to announce that Professor Merve Emre (Wesleyan) will join us as this year's speaker.
Current IHS student Goh cited in NYT article: “Silence Is a ‘Sound’ You Hear”
From the piece: "Rui Zhe Goh, a graduate student in cognitive science and philosophy at Johns Hopkins University and one of the scientists involved in the study, described a koan that he likes: 'Silence is the experience of time passing.' He said he interprets that to mean that silence is 'an auditory experience of pure...
Humanities in the Village kicks off with a (big) bang!
Life, the universe, and everything? Must be the start of AGHI’s Humanities in the Village series for 2023–2024! Kicking things off for August 2023, AGHI Director Bill Egginton celebrated the […]
AGHI wins Nexus Award to convene Humanities on the Hill at 555 Penn
AGHI joins the 40 Nexus Awards winners for 2023, receiving support to launch a new series—Humanities on the Hill—in the coming year. New events at JHU's renovated 555 Pennsylvania Avenue building will be announced in the coming months.
AGHI sees new student opportunities for 2023–24
Students of all levels! Make sure you're checking AGHI's Student Opportunities page for the newest offerings in grants, fellowships, and work opportunities for the new academic year. This year, AGHI itself is looking for a graduate work assistant.