Humanities in the Village – The First Asians in the Americas: A Transpacific History

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

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 […]

Humanities in the Village – Joseph Plaster

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

Humanities in the Village returns for the 2024-25 year with this first event featuring Joseph Plaster, author of Kids on the Street, Queer Kinship and Religion in San Francisco’s Tenderloin, in conversation with Drew Daniel! In Kids on the Street Joseph Plaster explores the informal support networks that enabled abandoned and runaway queer youth to survive in tenderloin districts […]

“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 […]

Rachel Nolan: Until I Find You – Disappeared Children and Coercive Adoptions in Guatemala

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

Bird in Hand Bookstore, 11 E 33rd St @ The Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies and the Chloe Center for the Critical Study of Racism, Immigration, and Colonialism are pleased to welcome Rachel Nolan, Assistant Professor of International Relations at Boston University, for a conversation about her recent book, Until I Find […]

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 […]