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AGHI hosts and co-hosts events in the humanities year-round. See below for our AGHI-sponsored events calendar for “Upcoming” dates.

For all humanities events going on with our affiliate departments and programs, see our JHU Humanities Events cross-listed calendar page.

If you would like AGHI to co-sponsor your event, please use the co-sponsorship request form. If you would like your event to be posted on this calendar, please use our event request form.

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Humanities in the Village: The Trouble of Color (Martha Jones)

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

March 31, 2025 @ 6:30 PM Bird in Hand Coffee & Books Martha S. Jones is a cultural-legal historian whose work examines how Black Americans have shaped the meaning of the […]

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AGHI New Faculty Lecture: Gisela Heffes

Nutritive Aesthetics: Knitting Gardens of Hope in Contemporary Latin America A tissue, in Spanish tejido, is defined as a set of cells that form a structural part of a living […]

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Human Rights in the Crossfire

Virtual Livestream

Samuel Moyn of Yale University, Seyla Benhabib of Columbia Law School and Dr. Hassan Jabareen discuss the condition of human rights within the context of the Israel-Palestine conflict.

he cover of the book titled "Technological Animation in Classical Antiquity" features an ancient technical drawing with various mechanical components, including pulleys, levers, and weights. The drawing is detailed with annotations and appears to be a historical illustration of a mechanical device. The title is written in large capital letters, with the words "in CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY" highlighted in red. The book is edited by Tatiana Bur, Maria Gerolemou, and Isabel A. Ruffell. The publisher's name "OXFORD" is printed at the top right corner of the cover.

Technology and Animation in Greece and Rome

Gilman 108

Technology and Animation in Greece and Rome: New Perspectives on Movement, Mechanics, and Perception of Liveness Join us for a discussion inspired by the 2024 volume Technological Animation in Classical […]

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Daniel Mendelsohn: THE ODYSSEY: A NEW TRANSLATION (with Virginia Jewiss)

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

Bird in Hand invites you to celebrate a truly groundbreaking development in the fields of Classics and Translation-- the landmark new translation of Homer's most popular epic by distinguished author […]