Hard Histories: Hopkins Alums Take on Hard Histories

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@ In spring 2024, JHU Hard Histories, directed by Dr. Martha S. Jones, is hosting a series of conversations exploring the histories of Blackness, slavery, and racism in the Maryland area.  Our next webinar, “Hopkins Alums Take on Hard Histories”, will occur on Monday, April 15 from noon-1 pm eastern.  This virtual event is free and open to […]

Hard Histories: Slavery and the Rise of Catholic Universities

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@ Join Hard Histories at Hopkins for a virtual discussion about the centrality of slavery to the rise of Catholic universities. In recent years, Georgetown University and Loyola University Maryland have been grappling with their institutions’ connections to enslavement. Jesuit priests sold 272 enslaved people to two Louisiana planters in 1838. The Maryland Province of […]

Yuri Amano, Dissertation Defense

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Gaza Out of the Strip: Past, Present, and Possible Futures after October 7th

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The Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Program in Jewish Studies Presents: Gaza Out of the Strip: Past, Present, and Possible Futures after October 7th Dotan Halevy is a social and environmental historian of the modern Middle East, focusing on the transformation of borderlands and how they shape political spaces and social identities. Dotan completed his Ph.D. […]