AGHI is thrilled to announce the launch of our newest event series, in partnership with DC's East City Bookshop... Humanities on the Mall That's right! We are happy to join many of JHU's own at the newly renovated building at 555 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. Beginning in Fall 2023, AGHI is hosting our new […]
This graduate workshop will focus on critical methodologies for conducting doctoral research on a range of topics that center issues of racism, colonialism and empire, and capitalist political economy. The workshop will feature input on student projects and general advice on conducting ethically informed and critically oriented research by anthropologist Kareem Rabie.
Please join this graduate workshop sponsored by the Department of Sociology and Program in Racism, Immigration, and Citizenship for a conversation on how to adopt archival research methods in the social sciences. The discussion will focus on research on political economy, colonialism, and state power. Speakers will offer practical guidance as well theoretical and methodological insights.
We celebrate November's Humanities in the Village talk with a panel on Dr. Zekeh Gbotokuma's new, award-winning book, Obamanomics and Francisconomics (2022). Professor Gbotokuma (Philosophy, Morgan State University) will be joined by his colleague from MSU, Dr. Linda Loubert, opening up discussion (with audience Q&A) of the international ripples of the policies and practices of […]
Save the date for our SECOND amazing installment of Humanities on the Mall! For December, we're excited to host award-winning author Danielle Evans (JHU Writing Seminars), in conversation with AGHI Director and Professor Bill Egginton. Register here! About Danielle: Danielle Evans is the author of the story collections The Office of Historical Corrections and Before You Suffocate Your Own […]
EVENT DESCRIPTION: The Corcoran School of the Arts & Design invites members of the community from JHU and beyond to join the "Research + Practice" series in Washington, DC on Dec. 6th for guest speaker Jennifer Stager (JHU History of Art). Prof. Stager will be in conversation with artist and Corcoran assistant professor Allyson Vieira, […]
Graduate students are invited to discuss Professor Julian Go’s recent works, Global Historical Sociology and Policing Empires, particularly addressing questions of theory, method, and research design.
@ Location: Mergenthaler 526 THEORIZING RACIAL CAPITALISM The term “racial capitalism” has become a buzzword, used across the academic disciplines and even in the public sphere. Along with the rise of the term have come critics, eager to denounce it. This talk probes the racial capitalism idea for its promise as a social theory, delineating […]
We're BACK for our first installment in 2024 of... Humanities on the Mall! On February 4th at 5pm in DC, we will be joined by an amazing panel to discuss "Students, College Campuses, and Difficult Conversations." We'll also chat about a new book, The Student: A Short History (2023). Our speakers will be: Chris Celenza, Dean […]
We are happy to announce that this year's WGS Visiting Distinguished Professor is Professor Grace Lavery of UC Berkeley. Her most recent book Pleasure and Efficacy: Of Pen Names, Cover Versions, and Other Trans Techniques (Princeton, 2023) examines the experience and representation of modern gender transition, drawing on examples from George Eliot, Sigmund Freud, and many others. She will give three […]
Please join us for Who’s Chloe?, an event to celebrate the dawn of the next chapter of the Program in Racism, Immigration, and Citizenship. This event will introduce the new Chloe Center for the Critical Study of Racism, Immigration, and Colonialism, explaining its origins and exciting plans, including the new Critical Diaspora Studies major.
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 […]
