It's a new year, an election year, and halfway through the school year. What better time to discuss the present—and future—of education in America? For January's Humanities in the Village, we are glad to bring Dr. David Steiner of JHU's Institute for Education Policy. Steiner will be discussing his new book, A Nation at Thought: Restoring […]
We're BACK for our first installment in 2024 of... Humanities on the Mall! On February 4th at 5pm, we will be joined by an amazing panel to discuss the state of schools and speech—and to chat about a new book, The Student: A Short History (2023). Our speakers will be: Chris Celenza, Dean of the Krieger School […]
Join us for our next gathering of Humanities on the Mall with our speaker for MARCH 2024, Prof. Sean Carroll — in conversation with Prof. Hahrie Han! We will begin at 5pm for conversation, Q&A, and even a discussion of Sean's forthcoming book: The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Quanta and Fields (coming in spring 2024) and […]
The Alexander Grass Humanities Institute's Annual Richard A. Macksey Lecture (2024) SAVE THE DATES! We are delighted to announce Dr. Merve Emre as our next Macksey lecturer! Dr. Emre will join us for TWO dates in 2024—first, at JHU's Homewood campus, on March 7th; and then, inaugurating AGHI's Macksey series in JHU's new space at […]
The Alexander Grass Humanities Institute's Annual Richard A. Macksey Lecture (2024) SAVE THE DATES! We are delighted to announce Dr. Merve Emre as our next Macksey lecturer! Dr. Emre will join us for TWO dates in 2024—first, at JHU's Homewood campus, on March 7th; and then, inaugurating AGHI's Macksey series in JHU's new space at […]
Spring on the Mall—what could be better? We invite all to our next gathering of Humanities on the Mall with our speaker for April 2024, Prof. Bernadette Wegenstein! We will begin at 5pm for conversation, Q&A, and celebration of Bernadette's work in film-making, feminism, media studies, Italian language and literature, and more. For attendees: All are […]
The Ethics of Reading May 3rd - 4th, 2024 The Philosophy & Literature Workshop at Stanford and the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute at Johns Hopkins welcome submissions for the 5th annual Philosophy & Literature Graduate Conference to be held in person on May 3rd - 4th, 2024 at Stanford University. Conference Topic This year’s conference […]
