Documentary Screening: Lo scrittore sugli alberi and Q&A w/ the director, Duccio Chiarini
Gilman 50Screening of the documentary film Italo Calvino, The Writer in the Trees and Q&A with the director Duccio Chiarini.
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 […]
We are happy to announce that this year's WGS Visiting Distinguished Professor is Professor Grace Lavery of UC Berkeley. Her most recent book Pleasure and Efficacy: Of Pen Names, Cover Versions, and Other Trans Techniques (Princeton, 2023) examines the experience and representation of modern gender transition, drawing on examples from George Eliot, Sigmund Freud, and many others. She will give three […]
Join the Johns Hopkins Libraries for Love Data Week, February 12-16, 2024! Love Data Week is an international celebration of data, and Johns Hopkins Libraries are hosting Love Data Week events in partnership this year with The Institute for Data-Intensive Engineering and Sciences (IDIES), Stavros Niarchos Foundation SNF Agora Institute, and The Alexander Grass […]
Humanities in the Village returns for February 2024 with... "On Writing Environmental Fiction: A Reading & Discussion" with author Nate Brown, in conversation with Jean McGarry. Description: In the era of global climate change, writers are engaging directly with the science and social implications of our quickly changing planet. Join fiction writer Nate Brown (JHU […]