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Poster for Humanities in the Village reading and discussion "On Writing Environmental Fiction," with illustration of a moose speaking into a mic.

Humanities in the Village: Nate Brown—On Writing Environmental Fiction (Reading & Discussion)

Bird in Hand cafe 11 E 33rd St, Baltimore, MD, United States

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 […]

Trans Cultural Production series poster, with dates and info about events, over background graphic of book spines displaying relevant titles in trans studies.
Event Series Trans Cultural Production (Speaker/Event Series 2024)

Exploring Trans Archives (Trans Cultural Production series)

Macksey Seminar Room, Brody Learning Commons 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, Maryland

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Organized by Jo Giardini in collaboration with Siân Evans and Joseph Plaster Co-sponsored by the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute The Winston Tabb Special Collections Research Center’s Spring 2024 speaker series highlights cultural production by trans, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming artists, writers, historians, poets, and musicians. Drawing on Special Collections materials […]

Poster with new dates for Sean Carroll and Hahrie Han for Humanities on the Mall.
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Humanities on the Mall: “The Physics of Democracy” with Sean Carroll and Hahrie Han

555 Pennsylvania Ave NW 555 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC, United States

"The Physics of Democracy" 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 an exploration of the idea of "the physics of democracy"—building on both speakers' work considering what we can […]

Rachel Nolan: Until I Find You – Disappeared Children and Coercive Adoptions in Guatemala

Bird in Hand cafe 11 E 33rd St, Baltimore, MD, United States

Bird in Hand Bookstore, 11 E 33rd St @ The Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies and the Chloe Center for the Critical Study of Racism, Immigration, and Colonialism are pleased to welcome Rachel Nolan, Assistant Professor of International Relations at Boston University, for a conversation about her recent book, Until I Find […]

Poster for "Trans Histories, Abolitionist Futures" with image of Susan Stryker speaking into microphone (and poster text with event description as appears on this page).
Event Series Trans Cultural Production (Speaker/Event Series 2024)

“Trans Histories, Abolitionist Futures” with Susan Stryker (Trans Cultural Production series)

Mudd Hall 26

Speaker: Susan Stryker About this event: Susan Stryker's books include Queer Pulp: Perverse Passions in the Golden Age of the Paperback (Chronicle, 2000), Transgender History (Seal Press, revised edition 2017), and the forthcoming When Monsters Speak: A Susan Stryker Reader, edited by McKenzie Wark (Duke University Press, 2024). The last assembles essays from across Stryker's career, including her foundational text […]

Rethinking Injuries: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Harm, Safety, and Society

East Baltimore Campus @ Welch Library 1900 E Monument St, Baltimore, MD, United States

This event will bring together researchers, medical professionals, policymakers, and artists to chart how individuals and communities live with and make meaning out of injuries. For more information, and to register for this hybrid conference, visit https://hopkinsmedicalhumanities.org/rethinkinginjuriesconf/ Sponsors (i.e., departments, programs, partners, etc.): BSPH Center for Injury Research & Policy, Center for Medical Humanities & […]

Poster Emre talks on March 7 and March 8, with QR code.
Featured Featured Event Series Macksey Lecture 2024: Merve Emre at JHU and 555 Penn

Macksey Lecture 2024: Merve Emre at JHU and 555 Penn

Glass Pavilion, JHU Homewood Campus 3400 N. Charles St, Baltimore, MD, United States

The Alexander Grass Humanities Institute's Annual Richard A. Macksey Lecture (2024) 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 555 Pennsylvania Ave […]

Poster of Keynote with event details

Keynote Address: “504 and Beyond: Disability Politics and the Black Panther Party” – Dr. Sami Schalk

Hodson 110

Macksey Symposium Keynote Address: "504 and Beyond: Disability Politics and the Black Panther Party" Event Date: Friday, March 22, 2024 Event Start Time: 5:00 PM Event End Time: 6:30 PM Event Location: Hodson Hall 110 Dr. Sami Schalk, Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will deliver the keynote address […]

Trans Cultural Production series poster, with dates and info about events, over background graphic of book spines displaying relevant titles in trans studies.
Event Series Trans Cultural Production (Speaker/Event Series 2024)

LittlePuss Press and Trans Audiences (Trans Cultural Production series)

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Organized by Jo Giardini in collaboration with Siân Evans and Joseph Plaster Co-sponsored by the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute  The Winston Tabb Special Collections Research Center’s Spring 2024 speaker series highlights cultural production by trans, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming artists, writers, historians, poets, and musicians. Drawing on Special Collections materials […]

Event Series “Perpetually Toward? Revisiting Kant on Global Peace”

“Perpetually Toward? Revisiting Kant on Global Peace”

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Thursday, April 4, through Saturday, April 6, 2024. The symposium will offer the opportunity to discuss Kant’s Toward Perpetual Peace as one of his most timely contributions to political issues such as hospitality, cosmopolitanism, human rights, the inherent value of cultural and religious difference, the critique of colonialism, the essential role of a global public sphere, and […]

Poster for Humanities on the Mall, April 2024: featuring professor and director Bernadette Wegenstein, screening her film "Devoti Tutti" on Saint Agatha.
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Humanities on the Mall: Bernadette Wegenstein—Film Screening & Discussion with the Director

555 Pennsylvania Ave NW 555 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC, United States

Spring on the Mall—what could be better? We invite all to our next gathering of Humanities on the Mall for April 2024, featuring a film screening of “Devoted— A Feminist Intervention into an Ancient Sicilian Cult”! Register here! Join us for a screening of Devoti Tutti , a documentary by JHU prof and director Bernadette […]