Kyoungjin Bae Assistant Professor of Chinese History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill This talk examines the mobility of Cantonese woodwork, a vibrant regional craft in the Pearl River Delta, and its impact on artisanal practices through a case study of woodworkers’ movement to the Indian Ocean during the nineteenth century. Co-sponsored by EAS, the […]
Entrance is free. All films are captioned. This event is co-sponsored by the International Studies Program, the Center for Advanced Media Studies, and the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures.
Johns Hopkins Department of Political Science Associate Professor Bentley Allan will discuss his research on the interaction of environmental science and politics. Lunch will be provided.
Group discussion about: Felipe Antunes de Oliveira, Dependency Crisis in Brazil and Argentina. A Critique of Market and State Utopias (2024, University of Pittsburgh Press). This event is co-sponsored by the Program in International Studies.
The October 7 attack and its aftermath threaten to spread to ever-wider regional wars. Slogans and accusations fly on social media and at demonstrations. This discussion offers an opportunity for Hopkins community members of all viewpoints, opinions, and beliefs to hear from a variety of experts, express their own views, listen to others' views, and […]
Garrett Washington, Associate Professor of History, University of Massachusetts Amherst Amidst changes redefining and subjugating womanhood in the Meiji period (1868-1912), industrialist Hirooka Asako (1849-1919) rescued her marital family’s failing coal mine in Uruno. This story highlights her determination, knowledge but also her collaboration with male relatives and associates, and direct management, illuminating the underexamined […]
Matias Vernengo, Professor of Economics at Bucknell University, will discuss the last 10 months of Javier Milei's presidency in Argentina. Javier Milei was elected president of Argentina last November, and was inaugurated later in December, facing an economic crisis that has been ongoing for too long, and that he claims was caused by the Peronist […]
Johns Hopkins Department of Comparative Thought and Literature Visiting Professor Nana Sharikadze will discuss the upcoming Georgian elections with the topic "Elections 2024: Why My Vote Has Never Mattered More”. Lunch will be provided.
Discussion of Dependency Crisis with the author, Felipe Antunes de Oliveira. This event is co-sponsored by the Program in International Studies.
Suyoung Son, Associate Professor in Department of Asian Studies, Cornell University How can the written recipes convey the embodied practice of cooking? While cooking traditionally relies on direct transformation and oral explication, what circumstances lead to the translation of this mute skill into written form? This talk examines two 17-century cooking recipes from Chosŏn Korea (1392–1897), […]
Come learn more about the SAIS Summer Academies, immersive four-week programs taking place in Bologna, Italy and Washington, DC. Join us for an information session, where we will give a brief presentation on the programs and answer any questions you may have. Lunch will be provided.
Group discussion about: Charisse Burden-Stelly (Wayne), Black Scare / Red Scare (2023, University of Chicago Press). E-book access forthcoming. This event is co-sponsored by the Program in International Studies.