@ 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 […]
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 […]
@ 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 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
@ “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 […]
@ Visiting scholar Dongmiao Hu will present on “Transferring Land and Concentrating Power: Converting a Chinese Village into an Enterprise” 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 […]
@ Join the East Asian Studies Students Academic Council for the launch of the Fall 2024 issue of the East Asian Forum and Review Journal. You will have an opportunity to get a copy of the journal, meet the journal editors Leyra Espino-Nardi and Noah Welch, learn about how the fall issue was prepared and […]
@ Come and join the German Club for coffee, games, and conversation. Add to calendar Google Calendar iCalendar Outlook 365 Outlook Live
@ All URSCA grant awardees for the 2024-2025 academic year, and all Woodrow Wilson Fellows who are graduating this year, are required to attend this workshop in which we will outline the steps for fulfilling the grant requirements and completing the sponsored project. We will cover recurring assignments, final submissions, finances, the Arts & Sciences […]
@ Red Emma’s Bookstore (3128 Greenmount Ave) The Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies & the Center for Gun Solutions are pleased to welcome Ieva Jusionyte (Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University) for a conversation about her book EXIT WOUNDS: HOW AMERICA’S GUNS FUEL VIOLENCE ACROSS THE BORDER An account […]
This workshop examines the methodological choices we make as academics interested in inequality. From how we define the objects we choose for analysis, to how we frame the populations we are working with, to the ways we think about consent and personal relationships in the field.
@ Every summer, Johns Hopkins University’s Office of Undergraduate Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity (URSCA) hosts the Mellon Humanities Collaboratory (HLAB), a 10-week research program for visiting undergraduates. HLAB invites emerging humanities students from community colleges across the country, as well as eligible students applying through the Leadership Alliance First-Year Research Experience, to participate in […]
@ Every summer, Johns Hopkins University’s Office of Undergraduate Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity (URSCA) hosts the PhD Pathway for Advancement in the Humanities and Social Sciences (PATHS), a 10-week research program for visiting undergraduates. PATHS invites emerging scholars from HBCUs, HSIs, and other MSIs across the country to participate in an intensive and innovative […]
Join us for a conversation between LEAH FELDMAN (University of Chicago), DONALD E. PEASE (Dartmouth College), PAUL BOVÉ (University of Pittsburgh) and AAMIR MUFTI (JHU English), leading humanities scholars who have thought deeply about the multifaceted “returns” of the political Right in different regions of the world. At the threshold of perhaps the most consequential […]
@ Value-based cognition: reward, computation, learning and problem-solving Many of our daily decisions are related to value. Choosing between food options, doingmathematic calculations, and learning something new, all of these procedures arelinked to value in different ways. In a series of research, we used neuroimaging (fMRIand MEG) in humans and single-neuron recordings in rhesus macaque […]
@ Come and join the German Club for coffee, games, and conversation. 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
@ Reza Shadmehr, Ph.D.Professor, Dept of Biomedical EngineeringJohns Hopkins University A vector calculus for neural computation in the cerebellum: Neurons in the brain are active not just during execution of a behavior, but also before its onset and after its conclusion. The leading theory that explains the meaning of these activities is that of null […]
@ Every summer, Johns Hopkins University’s Office of Undergraduate Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity (URSCA) hosts the PhD Pathway for Advancement in the Humanities and Social Sciences (PATHS), a 10-week research program for visiting undergraduates. PATHS invites emerging scholars from HBCUs, HSIs, and other MSIs across the country to participate in an intensive and innovative […]
@ BLC Macksey Seminar Room 2043 The Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies & the Virginia Fox Stern Center for the History of the Book in the Renaissance, are pleased to welcome José Montelongo, the Maury A. Bromsen Curator of Latin American Books at John Carter Brown Library, for a lecture: IN SEARCH OF […]
@ Every summer, Johns Hopkins University’s Office of Undergraduate Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity (URSCA) hosts the Mellon Humanities Collaboratory (HLAB), a 10-week research program for visiting undergraduates. HLAB invites emerging humanities students from community colleges across the country, as well as eligible students applying through the Leadership Alliance First-Year Research Experience, to participate in […]
Date: Wednesday, October 16th Time: 4 pm Location: Jenkins 102 Join us for a talk by Chandan Gowda of the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru about his new book Another India: Events, Memories, People, with comments by JHU anthropology professor Anand Pandian. About the book. Another India summons cosmological fragments which have a […]
@ Born in Istanbul to Iranian parents, Solmaz Sharif is the author of Customs (Graywolf Press, 2022) and Look (Graywolf Press, 2016), a finalist for the National Book Award. She holds degrees from U.C. Berkeley, where she studied and taught with June Jordan’s Poetry for the People, and New York University. Her work has appeared […]
@ Wyman 350 To kick off URSCA’s Undergraduate Research Week (October 21-25), this info session will provide an overview of the undergraduate research grants and fellowships offered by the Office of Undergraduate Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity, as well as information about the application process and tips for getting started. URSCA’s research awards are available […]
@ Wyman 350 To kick off URSCA’s Undergraduate Research Week (October 21-25), this info session will provide an overview of the Woodrow Wilson Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program, including information about the application process and tips for getting started. The Woodrow Wilson Fellowship is available to first-year Krieger undergraduates in all majors and disciplines. Students, faculty, […]
@ Thorsten Kahnt, Ph.D.Chief, Learning and Decision-Making UnitNational Institute on Drug Abuse Orbitofrontal contributions to outcome-guided behavior Research across species has shown that the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) is critical for decision making. However, it is less clear what exactly the OFC is contributing to this function. I will present work using functional neuroimaging showing that […]
@ As part of URSCA’s Undergraduate Research Week (October 21-25), this virtual panel discussion will explore what it means to do research in the humanities, and will offer guidance for undergraduates interested in pursuing a humanities research project. Panelists include current URSCA-funded undergraduate researchers as well as humanities faculty and staff. Register here to receive […]
To the Sea, To the Mountain: Cantonese Woodwork in the Indian Ocean during the Nineteenth Century @ This talk examines the mobility of Cantonese woodwork, a vibrant regional craft in the Pearl River Delta, and its impact on artisanal practices through a case study of woodworkers’ movement to the Indian Ocean during the nineteenth century. […]
@ East Asian Studies is co-sponsoring: JHU Anthro Colloquium Series Unrepayable Debt:Post-imperial Redress, Repair and Reconciliation in East Asia Add to calendar Google Calendar iCalendar Outlook 365 Outlook Live
@ Mergenthaler 426 The Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies, the department of Political Science & the Center for Africana Studies, are pleased to welcome Juan Francisco Martínez Peria (History, Universidad Nacional de San Martín) for a conversation about his book Book Presentation – George Padmore. The Black Radical Tradition and the Liberation […]
@ Wyman 350 s part of URSCA’s Undergraduate Research Week (October 21-25), this panel discussion will explore how undergraduates can get involved in social science research in all its many forms. Panelists include current Woodrow Wilson Fellows and other URSCA-funded undergraduate researchers, as well as URSCA staff, who will offer guidance on getting started and […]
@ Wyman 350 As part of URSCA’s Undergraduate Research Week (October 21-25), this panel discussion will explore how undergraduates can get involved in scientific research, and how they can craft their own projects within the structure of a lab. Panelists include current Woodrow Wilson Fellows and other URSCA-funded undergraduate researchers, who will offer guidance for […]
Thursday, October 24, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Register Here! Myra Cheng, a PhD student in computer science at Stanford University, will give a talk titled "AnthroScore: Measuring Anthropomorphism and Other Implicit Framings in Text" for the Digital Humanities Workshop Series. Cheng's work is grounded in critical theory and humanistic insights, and aims to […]
@ As part of URSCA’s Undergraduate Research Week (October 21-25), this virtual info session will provide guidance for undergraduates interested in conducting research that involves human subjects. Whether the research is in the natural sciences, social sciences, arts, or humanities, students dealing with human participants in any way must receive approval for their study from […]
@ As part of URSCA’s Undergraduate Research Week (October 21-25), this virtual panel discussion will explore the possibilities of conducting research abroad as an undergraduate, from the logistics to the adventure! On this panel, URSCA-funded undergraduate researchers will share their experience; staff from the Global Education Office will explain procedures and offer tips; and staff […]
@ 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 […]
@ As we close out URSCA’s Undergraduate Research Week (October 21-25), drop by the URSCA suite (Wyman 350) to get all your remaining questions answered! URSCA staff and current URSCA-funded researchers will be on hand to provide guidance of all kinds on applying to our grants and fellowships. No need to make an appointment — […]
@ 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 […]
@ 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 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 […]
@ Macaulay 101 The Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies & the Program in International Studies, are pleased to present Matías Vernengo, Full Professor at Bucknell University, for his talk LA ARGENTINA DE JAVIER MILEI: 10 MONTHS LATER Javier Milei was elected president of Argentina last November, and was inaugurated later in December, […]
@ Gilman 479 Ich seh, Ich seh (2014) (released under the English title Goodnight Mommy) depicts the uncanny relationship between twin boys and their mother, recovering from plastic surgery. The situation escalates as the boys begin to doubt their mother’s identity. Add to calendar Google Calendar iCalendar Outlook 365 Outlook Live
@ The EAS Seminar is pleased to announce an Article Publication Workshop, featuring Professor Tobie Meyer-Fong, Professor in the History Department. This workshop is designed to introduce participants to the often challenging process of getting an article published in academic journals. It will provide participants with a comprehensive overview of the publication journey—from drafting a […]
@ Come and join the German Club for coffee, games, and conversation. 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
