THE ALEXANDER GRASS HUMANITIES INSTITUTE PRESENTS Politics from the Region of the Feminine Featuring: MIKI CHASE, UW-MADISON CLARA HAN, JHU CHOWRA MAKAREMI, EHESS NAYANIKA MOOKHERJEE, DURHAM LOTTE SEGAL, EDINBURGH SHAHLA TALEBI, ASU with discussants JENNIFER CULBERT, JHU VEENA DAS, JHU Pre-circulated papers are available upon request from Clara Han
This is the annual, international meeting of social science and humanities scholars working on Madagascar and the western Indian Ocean. The conference aims to bring together scholars of all levels spread between Madagascar and the surrounding region, America, and Europe; this year's meeting will be hosted by Johns Hopkins and take place at the Welch Medical […]
On Tuesday, November 7th at 3:30 PM, there will be a Zoom information session and presentation about the Ph.D. program in Interdisciplinary Humanistic Studies (IHS). This program offers students the opportunity to create an interdisciplinary doctoral program of their own design, within set guidelines. Students work with faculty advisors from two different Ph.D. fields, one of which must be […]
Screening of the documentary film Italo Calvino, The Writer in the Trees and Q&A with the director Duccio Chiarini.
Please join us for a Digital Humanities Workshop -- Writing the Rose ... Reading Digitally, focused on learning how to use FromThePage, a new software program that JHU has recently acquired (see here: https://fromthepage.com/landing). FromThePage is a fantastic tool for organizing, transcribing, and translating archival and documentary sources all in one place. It is a tool […]
The Initiative in Global South Humanities presents: One Mother, Many Mother Tongues: The Politics of Multiculturalism and Ancient Buddhist Art When: Thursday, November 9th Time: 5:00 PM Where: JHU, Homewood – Gilman Hall 130D (English seminar room) *Reception to follow in the Tudor and Stuart room – Gilman Hall 388 Register in advance: https://jh.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_06DMVC8tHmQI67I Abstract: […]
The JHU Translation Circle presents: Joanna Trzeciak Huss: Zuzanna Ginczanka in Translation Thursday, November 9th at 6 pm in Gilman 479 This event welcomes Joanna Trzeciak Huss, a professor of Russian and Polish Translation and Translation Studies at Kent State University. She will share with us a selection of her translated poems of Zuzanna Ginczanka , along […]
Save the date for our SECOND amazing installment of Humanities on the Mall! For December, we're excited to host award-winning author Danielle Evans (JHU Writing Seminars), in conversation with AGHI Director and Professor Bill Egginton. Register here! About Danielle: Danielle Evans is the author of the story collections The Office of Historical Corrections and Before You Suffocate Your Own […]
The Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Program in Jewish Studies Presents: Gaza Out of the Strip: Past, Present, and Possible Futures after October 7th Dotan Halevy is a social and environmental historian of the modern Middle East, focusing on the transformation of borderlands and how they shape political spaces and social identities. Dotan completed his Ph.D. […]
Environmental Humanities Research Initiative Autumn Panel December 5, 5:30-7:30 Gilman 108 Gisela Heffes, Modern Languages and Literatures Visualizing Human and Ecological Loss in Latin America Christiane Frey, Modern Languages and Literatures Beeing and Time: Toward a Literary Entomology Nicole Labruto, Program in Medicine, Science, and the Humanities; Anthropology Modified: Colonial Limits and Plant Life […]
Curious about the historical complexities of Palestine but unsure where to begin? Join us for an enlightening journey with the screening of "Palestine is Still the Issue"! About the film: Featuring in-depth interviews with notable figures, "Palestine Is Still the Issue" brings together diverse perspectives to paint a comprehensive picture of the situation. You'll get […]
We're BACK for our first installment in 2024 of... Humanities on the Mall! On February 4th at 5pm in DC, we will be joined by an amazing panel to discuss "Students, College Campuses, and Difficult Conversations." We'll also chat about a new book, The Student: A Short History (2023). Our speakers will be: Chris Celenza, Dean […]
