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Humanities on the Mall featuring Danielle Evans on December 3rd.
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Humanities on the Mall—Danielle Evans (award-winning author and professor)

555 Pennsylvania Ave NW 555 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC, United States

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 […]

Header image from Corcoran for Vieira/Stager event on Dec. 6th.

Research + Practice: Allyson Vieira/Jennifer Stager (Corcoran event)

500 17th Street NW, Washington DC 20006 500 17th Street NW, Washington, DC, United States

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, […]

Poster for Humanities in the Village reading and discussion "On Writing Environmental Fiction," with illustration of a moose speaking into a mic.

Humanities in the Village: Nate Brown—On Writing Environmental Fiction (Reading & Discussion)

Bird in Hand cafe 11 E 33rd St, Baltimore, MD, United States

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 […]

Trans Cultural Production series poster, with dates and info about events, over background graphic of book spines displaying relevant titles in trans studies.
Event Series Trans Cultural Production (Speaker/Event Series 2024)

Exploring Trans Archives (Trans Cultural Production series)

Macksey Seminar Room, Brody Learning Commons 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, Maryland

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Organized by Jo Giardini in collaboration with Siân Evans and Joseph Plaster Co-sponsored by the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute The Winston Tabb Special Collections Research Center’s Spring 2024 speaker series highlights cultural production by trans, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming artists, writers, historians, poets, and musicians. Drawing on Special Collections materials […]

Poster with new dates for Sean Carroll and Hahrie Han for Humanities on the Mall.
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Humanities on the Mall: “The Physics of Democracy” with Sean Carroll and Hahrie Han

555 Pennsylvania Ave NW 555 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC, United States

"The Physics of Democracy" Join us for our next gathering of Humanities on the Mall with our speaker for MARCH 2024, Prof. Sean Carroll — in conversation with Prof. Hahrie Han! We will begin at 5pm for conversation, Q&A, and an exploration of the idea of "the physics of democracy"—building on both speakers' work considering what we can […]

Poster for "Trans Histories, Abolitionist Futures" with image of Susan Stryker speaking into microphone (and poster text with event description as appears on this page).
Event Series Trans Cultural Production (Speaker/Event Series 2024)

“Trans Histories, Abolitionist Futures” with Susan Stryker (Trans Cultural Production series)

Mudd Hall 26

Speaker: Susan Stryker About this event: Susan Stryker's books include Queer Pulp: Perverse Passions in the Golden Age of the Paperback (Chronicle, 2000), Transgender History (Seal Press, revised edition 2017), and the forthcoming When Monsters Speak: A Susan Stryker Reader, edited by McKenzie Wark (Duke University Press, 2024). The last assembles essays from across Stryker's career, including her foundational text […]

Trans Cultural Production series poster, with dates and info about events, over background graphic of book spines displaying relevant titles in trans studies.
Event Series Trans Cultural Production (Speaker/Event Series 2024)

LittlePuss Press and Trans Audiences (Trans Cultural Production series)

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Organized by Jo Giardini in collaboration with Siân Evans and Joseph Plaster Co-sponsored by the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute  The Winston Tabb Special Collections Research Center’s Spring 2024 speaker series highlights cultural production by trans, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming artists, writers, historians, poets, and musicians. Drawing on Special Collections materials […]

Poster for Humanities on the Mall, April 2024: featuring professor and director Bernadette Wegenstein, screening her film "Devoti Tutti" on Saint Agatha.
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Humanities on the Mall: Bernadette Wegenstein—Film Screening & Discussion with the Director

555 Pennsylvania Ave NW 555 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC, United States

Spring on the Mall—what could be better? We invite all to our next gathering of Humanities on the Mall for April 2024, featuring a film screening of “Devoted— A Feminist Intervention into an Ancient Sicilian Cult”! Register here! Join us for a screening of Devoti Tutti , a documentary by JHU prof and director Bernadette […]

Trans Cultural Production series poster, with dates and info about events, over background graphic of book spines displaying relevant titles in trans studies.
Event Series Trans Cultural Production (Speaker/Event Series 2024)

We Want It All: An Anthology of Radical Trans Poetics (Trans Cultural Production series)

Red Emma's 3128 Greenmount Avenue, Baltimore, MD, United States

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Organized by Jo Giardini in collaboration with Siân Evans and Joseph Plaster Co-sponsored by the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute  The Winston Tabb Special Collections Research Center’s Spring 2024 speaker series highlights cultural production by trans, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming artists, writers, historians, poets, and musicians. Drawing on Special Collections materials […]

Trans Cultural Production series poster, with dates and info about events, over background graphic of book spines displaying relevant titles in trans studies.
Event Series Trans Cultural Production (Speaker/Event Series 2024)

Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects: Trans Criticism and Trans Culture (TCP series)

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Organized by Jo Giardini in collaboration with Siân Evans and Joseph Plaster Co-sponsored by the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute  The Winston Tabb Special Collections Research Center’s Spring 2024 speaker series highlights cultural production by trans, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming artists, writers, historians, poets, and musicians. Drawing on Special Collections materials […]

Poster for Humanities in the Village on April 29, featuring author Jennifer Gosetti-Ferencei and Jane Bennett (whose headshots appear on this poster against an abstract backdrop).

“Imagination—A Very Short Intro” (Jennifer Gosetti-Ferencei in convo with Jane Bennett)

Bird in Hand cafe 11 E 33rd St, Baltimore, MD, United States

Springtime is here and the school year is winding down, but there's still time for one more gathering of... Humanities in the Village We'll be joined by Professor Jennifer Gosetti-Ferencei (JHU) to celebrate her recent book, Imagination: A Very Short Introduction (OUP 2023)! Come ready to hear more about imagination – what it is, what it […]