On the Morning You Wake (to the End of the World): Film Screening & QA

Hodson Hall 110

Register here to attend the film screening and discussion of On the Morning You Wake (to the End of the World). We will host a 2-D screening of the film and a discussion and Q&A with Dr. Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio and Dr. Sylvia Frain. Food and drinks will be provided at the end of the event. Dr. Jamaica […]

East Asian Studies Speaker Series – Shih-Diing Liu (University of Macau [Macau SAR])

Mergenthaler 266

Book Talk – Affective Spaces as Method: The Cultural Politics of Emotion in China East Asia is saturated with complex emotions. Although emotions play an essential role in the sociopolitical formations of the region, their implications are poorly understood. Affective Spaces: The Cultural Politics of Emotion in China (forthcoming, Edinburgh University Press) explains why and how emotions create […]

Conflict in the Middle East: A Discussion

Mason Hall Auditorium 101

This panel brings JHU Middle East experts Steven David (Political Science) and Adria Lawrence (SAIS & Political Science) together to discuss the Hamas-Israel war in the broader context of Middle East history and politics. Co-sponsored by the International Studies Leadership Council and the student groups IDEAL and Alexander Hamilton Society, the event will provide a […]

Cookie Decorating Study Break

Mergenthaler 240

Join the International Studies Leadership Council for a study break during reading period. Come decorate festive holiday cookies and enjoy hot chocolate and apple cider.

FLAS Fellowship Information Session

Zoom

Are you a foreign language learner earning a BA, BS or PhD degree in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences? Are you a United States citizen or U.S. national? If both conditions apply, you may be eligible for a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship to advance your language training and skills. FLAS Fellowships […]

SAIS Summer Academy Information Session

Zoom

Come learn about the SAIS Summer Academies in Bologna, Italy and Washington, DC! SAIS Summer Academy courses introduce students to the challenges of crafting national security strategies (DC) and international conflict analysis, management and resolution (Bologna). Students will build practical skillsets through excursions, case studies, debates, guest speakers, and role-playing exercises. Students will earn 4 graduate […]

Failing Up and Doubling Down with Global Food Security

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center 555 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Despite over seventy years of international collaboration, two UN organizations tasked with its amelioration, thousands of NGOs and INGOs, and countless academic experts, we continue to fail, mightily, at efforts to achieve global hunger targets. In this talk, Dr. Michelle Jurkovich, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts - Boston, turns a […]

Immobilization and Decolonization in Singapore, 1945-1953

Gilman 308

Perhaps the greatest challenge in preparing Singapore for independence was defining and assigning citizenship to its highly heterogeneous populations, a challenge magnified by the entrepot’s majority of ethnic Chinese residents and its uncertain political relationship to Malaya. Affixing citizenship rights would determine balances of power in these future, presumably democratic, multiracial states and required the […]

China: A Century of Family Revolutions

Mergenthaler 266

A recent reproductive crisis has brought renewed interest in the century-old “family problem” (家庭问题) and “women’s problem” (妇女问题). Related issues have not only been debated in the discursive field, but also informed cross-border fields such as social policymaking and the law. Intrigued by questions such as why the state calls for increasing reproductivity have met […]

Opportunities in DC Lunch & Learn

Mergenthaler 266

Do questions of justice, power, and representation matter to you? Are you interested in exploring the 2024 election and the multiple issues at stake? Come learn about opportunities in Washington, D.C. for all students and all majors. This information session will cover internships, volunteer, research and other opportunities including the new Hopkins Semester D.C. which is […]

Union Responses to Gender-based Violence in Cambodia’s Construction Sector

Mergenthaler 526

Gender-based violence and harassment at work (workplace GBVH) is a global, complex and intractable issue that impacts millions of workers’ lives. In Cambodia, unions – both local and international – have also attempted to influence policy, promote law reform and strengthen law enforcement, and raise awareness about the need to combat GBVH. Michele Ford from the University […]

Extreme Protests – Changing Protest Repertoires in Labor Movements in Neoliberal Korea

Mergenthaler 266

Yoonkyung Lee, Department of Sociology & Center for the Study of Korea, University of Toronto, will discuss the question of changing protest methods of labor contention in neoliberal Korea, and asks what explains the emergence of extreme repertoires in labor movements in times of institutionalized democracy and capitalist affluence. Her study suggests a move beyond […]