Talk description: For one hundred and sixty-nine years, a first-person slave narrative written by John Swanson Jacobs—brother of Harriet Jacobs—was buried in a pile of newspapers in Australia. Jacobs’s long-lost narrative, The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots, is a startling and revolutionary discovery. A document like this—written by an ex-slave and ex-American, in […]
This roundtable at the American Studies Association Annual Meeting will convene representatives from colleges and universities (including Goucher College, University of Baltimore, Towson University, Bowie State University, Georgetown University, and Johns Hopkins University) that offer college-level courses to students in Maryland state prisons.
@ Wyman Park Building, Suite 350 Drop by the URSCA suite (Wyman 350) for guidance on applying for our undergraduate research 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! Click […]
@ Lydia Hopper, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Department of Molecular & Comparative PathobiologyJohns Hopkins School of Medicine Title: Copy cats and aping apes: How social learning aids knowledge acquisition and the transmission of behavioral traditions Abstract: From ants to zebras, animals are influenced by the behavior of others. At the simplest level, social support can reduce neophobia, […]
Department of Government and Brooks School of Public Policy, Cornell University Ethnic Orders: Social Categories and the Politics of Identity in the Malay World @ Ethnicity is central to politics throughout the Malay world, but the meaning and significance of ethnicity—and of social categories like “Malay”—is contested, dynamic, and multifaceted. This talk is an overview […]
@ Red Emma’s Bookstore (3128 Greenmount Ave) The Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies is pleased to welcome Jorell Meléndez Badillo (History, University of Wisconsin-Madison) for a conversation about his book PUERTO RICO: A NATIONAL HISTORY (Princeton University Press, 2024) Puerto Rico is a Spanish-speaking territory of the United States with a history […]
The Chloe Center for the Critical Study of Racism, Immigration, and Colonialism is pleased to sponsor a free screening of the new documentary UNION, about the Amazon Labor Union, on Tuesday, November 19, at 7pm to 9pm in Maryland 110. After the screening, there will be a brief panel discussion featuring Johns Hopkins alumni who have worked as union organizers, speaking about their experiences and inviting current students to get involved in the labor movement.
Humanities on the Hill: Hosted by the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute and East City Bookshop A conversation with Martha S. Jones and Nadia E. Brown Event Location: JHU Bloomberg Center – 555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20001 Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2024 Time: 6 PM – 8 PM Register here! Martha S. Jones […]
Thursday, November 21, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Register Here! Jessica Newby, a PhD candidate in History at Johns Hopkins, will give a talk titled "Slavery in Motion." Newby is a Lab Lead for the Remains: An Archive project within the Diaspora Solidarity Lab's ecosystem. Her research interests are slavery in the 18th and early 19th centuries, enslaved […]
@ Dr. Peter Blackmer, Eastern Michigan University Assistant Professor of Africology and African American Studies Add to calendar Google Calendar iCalendar Outlook 365 Outlook Live
@ Gilman 479 Funny Games (1997) is an Austrian psychological thriller about two young men who hold a family hostage in their vacation home and torture them with sadistic, “funny,” games. Add to calendar Google Calendar iCalendar Outlook 365 Outlook Live
@ Come and join the German Club for coffee, games, and conversation. Add to calendar Google Calendar iCalendar Outlook 365 Outlook Live
