History | Johns Hopkins University

The Department of History offers students the opportunity to work intensively in the classroom and with individual faculty to discover the richness and complexity of history. The department emphasizes the histories of Europe, the United States, Africa, Latin America, and China.

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The department puts a premium on developing students' capacity to reason comparatively, and deepening their understanding of global connections.

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Faculty research ranges from medieval to modern history, and emphasizes European history, United States history, and the histories of Africa, Latin America, and China.

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March 24, 2020

Jessica Levy awarded the 2020 Herman E. Krooss Prize

Congratulations to PhD alumna, Jessica Levy, a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Virginia, on receiving the 2020 Herman E. Krooss Prize for her work entitled “Black Power, Inc.: Global American Business and the Post-Apartheid City.” The dissertation discusses black empowerment in the United States and in South Africa from the 1960s through the […]

February 21, 2020

Diverse: Issues In Higher Education highlights 35 outstanding women during Women’s History Month

Congratulations to Professor Martha Jones who has been included in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education’s list of 35 leading women in higher education in 2020!

February 10, 2020

History Alumnus, Di Wang, inducted to Society of Scholars

Professor William Rowe’s former advisee, Di Wang, JHU History PhD 1999, has been named to the Society of Scholars, the Krieger School’s honor society for its most distinguished doctoral graduates. Having taught for more than a decade at Texas A&M University, with visiting professorships at Berkeley and the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, […]

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