"New Stars Were Rising in the Sky”: Benjamin's Concept of Cosmic Experience and Philosophy of Technology A lecture by Astrid Deuber-Mankowsky (Bochum), Max Kade Visiting Professor of German, JHU
Popcretos, 1964-1966: Sound Matters in Brazilian Concrete Poetry Marcelo Nogueira (The Johns Hopkins University) March 27, 5:00 pm Gilman Hall 479 The lecture investigates the dynamic relationship between sound and visual elements in Brazilian concrete poetry, drawing on sonic and literary theory. Emerging in the mid-1950s, concrete poetry marks a pivotal moment in the constructivist […]
The Portuguese Program is inviting you to board game night!
Join Modern Languages and Literatures (MLL) to learn more about our undergraduate courses and programs in Gilman Atrium on April 1st from 5 to 7pm. MLL offers Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Hebrew & Yiddish courses. Pizza and beverages provided.
International Symposium at Johns Hopkins University. A full description of the concept of the symposium is available here.
Join Environmental Humanities Research Initiative for a Graduate Panel on April 9, 2024 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm in Gilman 108. The panel will be followed by a reception.
The Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Program in Jewish Studies and the Department of Modern Languages & Literatures presents Dr. Sunny Yudkoff, Associate Professor of German and Jewish Studies at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Yudkoff will be presenting "Against Joy: Yankev Glatshteyn and the threat of Yiddish FREYD" on April 10, 4-5:30pm, in Gilman 479.
A roundtable discussion of Voidopolis with Charlotte Kent (Art History, Montclair State University), Alexey Yurenuv (International Center of Photography, NYC), and Arielle Saiber (Italian Studies, JHU) on April 10th at 6pm in Maryland Hall 110.
The Problem of Morphological Comparison: Goethe, Wittgenstein, Lévi-Strauss A lecture by Daniel Carranza (Harvard)
Humanities in the Village, discussion of Imagination: A Very Short Introduction with Jennifer Gosetti-Ferencei and Jane Bennett A lecture by Daniel Carranza (Harvard)
Jewish Monumentality - 17th Lavy Colloquium
Come and join the German Club for coffee, games, and conversation.