Madagascar Workshop— keynote with novelist Michele Rakotoson

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 […]

Uproot: Music from Asia Minor

The Greek Chamber Music Project (GCMP) presents Uproot, a powerful program of Greek songs from Asia Minor. GCMP performs modern arrangements of Greek music from the region, celebrating this vibrant musical heritage and capturing the refugee experience through song. Uproot weaves histories and personal stories throughout, generating a universal dialogue about the impact of forced migration and building a bridge to the experience of modern-day refugees.

Graduate Workshop—Questions of Belonging: Agency, Erasure, and Visibility in Germany and the US

All Hopkins graduate students interested in a conversation with Mohamed Amjahid about racism, immigration, LGBTQ communities in Europe, North Africa, and the United States are welcome to join.

As a freelance investigative journalist, Mohamed Amjahid regularly covers topics such as racism and police violence in Germany, the upheavals in the Middle East and North Africa as well as far-right and “anti-woke” politics in the US and their global impact.