In spring 2024, JHU Hard Histories, directed by Dr. Martha S. Jones, is hosting a series of conversations exploring the histories of Blackness, slavery, and racism in the Maryland area. 

Our next webinar, “Hopkins Alums Take on Hard Histories”, will occur on Monday, April 15 from noon-1 pm eastern.  This virtual event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.

Click on this link for full event information, as well as to register. 

The event description is as follows:

Join Hard Histories at Hopkins for a virtual discussion about how Hopkins History PhD alums are participating in the work of rethinking their own degree-granting institution. Dr. Paige Glotzer is part of a working group that has conducted research on Hopkins’ former president Isaiah Bowman (1935-1948), revealing his white supremacist and antisemitic views and actions. Dr. Jennie K. Williams has written critically about an endowed professorship at the university – the Caroline Donovan Professorship in English Literature – that was named for the wife of a prominent Maryland slave trader. That work, in part, led to JHU’s decision to re-name the professorship, pending court approval. Collectively, this webinar will center the process of self-examination about the legacies of the institutions with which we are affiliated. Glotzer and Williams will be in discussion with Hard Histories at Hopkins Project Director Dr. Martha S. Jones.