Hard Histories Methods: Rethinking Our Archives

at In spring 2024, JHU Hard Histories, directed by Dr. Martha S. Jones, is hosting a series of conversations exploring the histories of Blackness, slavery, and racism in the Maryland area.  Our first webinar of the semester, “Hard Histories Methods: Rethinking Our Archives”, will occur on Wednesday, February 21 from noon-1 pm eastern.  This virtual event is free […]

External Speaker: Vanessa Baird (Colorado)

Mergenthaler 366 Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore

Vanessa Baird (Political Science, Colorado University) will provide a talk on innovative pedagogy entitled “TILES (Teaching to identify logical errors systematically): an innovative and equitable approach to teaching” @ Add to calendar Google Calendar iCalendar Outlook 365 Outlook Live

Mary Caton Lingold: African Musicians in the Atlantic World – Legacies of Sound and Slavery

@ Bloomberg 278 The Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies is pleased to welcome Mary Caton Lingold, Professor of English and director of the PhD Program in Media, Art, and TextMedia, Art, and Text at Virginia Commonwealth University, for a conversation about her recent book, African Musicians in the Atlantic World: Legacies of […]

Angie Bautista Chavez: Externalization and the Consolidation of Migration Control

@ Mergenthaler Hall 366 The Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies and the Department of Political Science are pleased to welcome Angie Bautista-Chavez, Assistant Professor of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University, for the lecture: Externalization and the Consolidation of Migration Control Add to calendar Google Calendar iCalendar Outlook 365 Outlook Live

Bodian Seminar: Tobias Teichert

@ Tobias Teichert, Ph.D.Associate Professor of Psychiatry and BioengineeringUniversity of Pittsburgh A mesoscopic electrophysiology platform for the monkey to measure brain function and connectivity in the ketamine model of schizophrenia Key aspects of brain function can only be understood by recording from the entire brain in parallel, rather than parts of it in sequence. While […]

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 […]

East Asian Studies Seminar – Jiwon Kim

Gilman 308

@ Graduate student Jiwon Kim will present for the Spring 2024 EAS Graduate Seminar Series. Papers and the Zoom link will be distributed one week in advance. If you would like to attend and have not received the papers, please e-mail one of the organizers: Yushuang Zheng (History), Wesley Sampias (History), Minah Kang (Political Science), or Mercy An (Comparative Thought and Literature). Contact: East Asian […]

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 […]