Public Health Consequences of Nuclear War: We Must Prevent What We Cannot Cure!

Ramsen Hall 101 Homewood Campus

@ Health Consequences of Nuclear War: We Must Prevent What We Cannot Cure!Ira Helfand, MD, Co-founder and past president of Physicians for social Responsibility. Immediate past president of international physicians for the prevention of Nuclear War Dr. Helfand will also be speaking at the JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health at noon on September 23. […]

A World (Almost) without Money: Demonetization and Everyday Life in Collective-Era Rural China

Mergenthaler Hall 266

Jacob Eyferth Associate Professor Departments of History and East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago During the collective era (1956–80), China’s farmers earned an average annual cash income from collective sources of ¥15, equivalent to US $9 in terms of purchasing power. Total income was higher, since members of collectives received much of their […]

Lecture – Religion, Captivity, and Freedom

@ Gilman 479 The Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies and the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, with the support of the Center for Africana Studies, are pleased to present RELIGION, CAPTIVITY, AND FREEDOM: A POST/COLONIAL DISAVOWAL OF ALONSO DE SANDOVAL’S DE AETHIOPUM SALUTE (1627) AND EQUATORIAL GUINEAN LITERATURE IN THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY […]

Humanities on the Hill: Why the Museum Matters with Dan Weiss and Jennifer Kingsley

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

Humanities on the Hill: Why the Museum Matters JHU Professor of the Humanities and President Emeritus of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Daniel H. Weiss in conversation with Jennifer Kingsley, Associate Teaching Professor and Director of Museums and Society. In partnership with East City Bookshop.  Location: Bloomberg Center - 555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC […]

German Film Series: Berlin Alexanderplatz (2020)

@ Gilman 479 Berlin Alexanderplatz (2020) is the third adaptation of Alfred Döblin’s influential 1929 novel of the same name. This iteration transposes the story to modern day Berlin with an undocumented immigrant from West Africa in the central role. It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section at […]

Graduate Methods Workshop: Histories and Geographies of Racial Capitalism

Please join us for a graduate methods workshop on historical and geographical approaches to studying racial capitalism, led by Prof. Peter Hudson, Associate Professor of Geography. The conversation will be wide-ranging, and students are encouraged to bring questions pertaining to their own related research topics.

German Club Kaffeestunde

Gilman Atrium

@ Come and join the German Club for coffee, games, and conversation. Add to calendar Google Calendar iCalendar Outlook 365 Outlook Live

URSCA Grants Drop-In Hours

@ Drop by the URSCA suite (Wyman 350) for guidance on applying to our grants and fellowships! Come ask questions and/or workshop your application materials with URSCA staff and current undergraduate researchers. No need to make an appointment — just show up! We have coffee and snacks! Add to calendar Google Calendar iCalendar Outlook 365 […]

Humanities in the Village – The First Asians in the Americas: A Transpacific History

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

You’re invited to the September edition of Humanities in the Village, an event series in partnership with Bird in Hand. This month, the series features Dr. Diego Javier Luis, whose book The First Asians in the Americas: A Transpacific History, provides a definitive account of transpacific Asian movement through the Spanish empire—from Manila to Acapulco and beyond—and […]

Lecture – Silencing The Press In Criminal Wars

@ SNF Agora Institute Conference Room The Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies & the Department of Political Science are pleased to present Guillermo Trejo (Political Science, University of Notre Dame), for his lecture on: SILENCING THE PRESS IN CRIMINAL WARS: WHY THE WAR ON DRUGS TURNED MEXICO INTO THE WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS […]

Hopkins-Nanjing Deputy Director John Urban’s Homewood Visit 

mergenthaler 252 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

@ Hopkins-Nanjing Deputy Director John Urban will share insights about the Hopkins-Nanjing Program, the one-of-a-kind educational collaboration between a Chinese and an American University, the direct admissions process for undergraduates and answer all your questions about what this educational opportunity offers. Add to calendar Google Calendar iCalendar Outlook 365 Outlook Live

2024 Latin American Film Festival – “EMA” (Chile)

Schriver 001 3400 N Charles, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

@ “EMA” Pablo Larraín / Chile / 2019 / 102 min https://pragda.com/film/ema Spanish with English subtitles Adoptive parents Ema (Variety’s 10 Latinxs To Watch 2020’s Mariana Di Girolamo) and Gastón (Gael García Bernal) are artistic free spirits in a contemporary dance troupe whose lives are thrown into chaos when their adopted son Polo is involved […]