Conference: Writing at the Limit from France, 2000-2024

@ Un quart de tour: écritures contemporaines aux confins des genres Writing at the Limit from France, 2000-2024 Regional scholars of contemporary French poetry, novel, genre fiction, and intermedial writing discuss the last 25 years of literary production from France. Working papers, each based on a notion or concept, will be presented in French and […]

Conducting Object-Based Research at the Museum and Beyond

@ Baltimore Museum of Art Study Room As part of URSCA’s Undergraduate Research Week (October 21-25), the Baltimore Museum of Art will offer a workshop on conducting object-based research. Led by the BMA’s Assistant Curator of Academic Engagement, Dr. Robin Joyce, and Director of Conservation, Linda Owen, this workshop will provide guidance on engaging with […]

East Asian Studies Seminar – Sojung Kim

Gilman Hall 208

@ Graduate student Sojung Kim will present on “A Seed in an Empty Plain: Women’s Voices and Norms of Kinship” for the Fall 2024 EAS Seminar Series. The EAS Seminar is an interdisciplinary workshop for graduate students and faculty to present a pre-circulated work-in-progress. Organized by graduate students, the seminar also hosts methodology workshops, career-building workshops, and […]

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

Finding a Mentor and Collaborating with Faculty

@ Wyman 350 As part of URSCA’s Undergraduate Research Week (October 21-25), current Woodrow Wilson Fellows and other undergraduate researchers will share insights on how to identify a faculty mentor and how to navigate the mentor relationship as you pursue your undergraduate research project. Lunch will be provided to registered participants. Register on HopkinsGroups to […]

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

Israel, Palestine, and the wars in the Middle East: An open campus discussion

The Alexander Grass Humanities Institute presents   Israel, Palestine, and the wars in the Middle East: An open campus discussion The October 7 attack and its aftermath threaten to spread to ever-wider regional wars. Slogans and accusations fly on social media and at demonstrations. This discussion offers an opportunity for Hopkins community members of all […]

Humanities in the Village: Peter Pomerantsev (with Dave Troy)

Bird in Hand Coffee & Books 11 East 33rd Street Baltimore, MD 21218, Baltimore, United States

You're invited to the October edition of Humanities in the Village, an event series in partnership with the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute at Johns Hopkins University, which aims to make scholarship publicly accessible. This month, the series features Dr. Peter Pomerantsev, author of How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler. Investigative […]

Garrett Washington, Associate Professor of History, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Mergenthaler 266

Hirooka Asako, Uruno Coal Mine’s Transformation, and Finding Businesswomen in Meiji Japan. Amidst changes redefining and subjugating womanhood in the Meiji period (1868-1912), industrialist Hirooka Asako (1849-1919) rescued her marital family’s failing coal mine in Uruno. This story highlights her determination, knowledge but also her collaboration with male relatives and associates, and direct management, illuminating […]

Undergraduate Research in Critical Diaspora Studies

Student recipients of Summer Research Awards from the Chloe Center for the Critical Study of Racism, Immigration, and Colonialism will briefly present on their research findings and discuss their research processes.

From Scholarly Writing to Public Writing: A Workshop With Editors

Please join the Chloe Center for a special workshop led by editors at two popular publications that frequently publish work by academics, n+1 and Inquest. This workshop will cover some of the basics as well as the nuances of making the transition from scholarly writing to reaching a public audience.

Peter Carey: Chaffee Visiting Writer

Gilman 50

@ Peter Carey is one of three writers in history to have won the Booker Prize twice, first for Oscar and Lucinda and then for True History of the Kelly Gang. His Parrot and Olivier in America was shortlisted for the both the Man Booker Prize and the National Book Award.   Born in Australia, Peter […]