Blast Courses are back for Summer 2023 with 9 new classes! It’s almost summertime—and that means another exciting run of Blast Courses in the Humanities! AGHI is proud to return for our fourth year of Blast Courses, a series of interactive and free online courses open to all adults on a range of topics across […]
It's another year and another season of Humanities in the Village! Kick off the new series with a discussion between AGHI's own director, Bill Egginton, in conversation with Sean Carroll on "Ultimate Nature of Reality." Celebrating his new book, The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality (Pantheon, Aug. 2023), Prof. Egginton […]
Jennifer Nedelsky, Professor of Law at Osgood Hall Law School in Toronto, will give two talks at Johns Hopkins University: On Monday, September 18, 4:30-6:30pm in Gilman 132, Professor Nedelsky will deliver the Joel B. Grossman Memorial Fund Constitution Day Lecture. The lecture is entitled “Transforming Constitutionalism from a More Than Human Perspective.” On Tuesday, September 19, […]
Jennifer Nedelsky, Professor of Law at Osgood Hall Law School in Toronto, will give two talks at Johns Hopkins University: On Monday, September 18, 4:30-6:30pm in Gilman 132, Professor Nedelsky will deliver the Joel B. Grossman Memorial Fund Constitution Day Lecture. The lecture is entitled “Transforming Constitutionalism from a More Than Human Perspective.” On Tuesday, September 19, […]
WGS welcomes attendees to our next talk on "Erotophobia" by Dr. Gila Ashtor (Columbia), happening on Wednesday, October 11 at 5:15PM in Gilman 208.
Adedoyin Teriba, Assistant Professor, Dartmouth College, joins the Art History department to lecture on “Language, Desire and Dwelling in the Lagos Colony (1910s).” Event Date – October 31, 2023 Event Start Time – 6:00 pm Event End Time- 7:00 pm Event Location – Gilman 177 Sponsors – History of Art department Event website – https://arthist.jhu.edu/event/language-desire-and-dwelling-in-the-lagos-colony-1910s/
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 […]
On Tuesday, November 7th at 3:30 PM, there will be a Zoom information session and presentation about the Ph.D. program in Interdisciplinary Humanistic Studies (IHS). This program offers students the opportunity to create an interdisciplinary doctoral program of their own design, within set guidelines. Students work with faculty advisors from two different Ph.D. fields, one of which must be […]
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, […]
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 […]
