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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November 22, 2020

Developing a Digital Picture of Race with Jessica Marie Johnson

Since coming to Hopkins in 2016, Jessica Marie Johnson’s innovations in digital humanities have girded her understanding of how African American women have lived and envisioned what freedom might look like. Her work in progress, including Life x Code: Digital Humanities […]

November 18, 2020

Martha S. Jones explores women’s right to vote in Arts & Sciences Magazine

Professor Martha S. Jones was featured in the fall 2020 issue of the Krieger Arts & Sciences Magazine, discussing racism during and since the fight for women’s suffrage in America. […]

November 3, 2020

Black Saints wins two books prizes

Congratulation to Associate Professor Erin Rowe on winning the Roland H. Bainton Prize by Sixteenth Century Studies (2020) and the Albert C. Outler Prize by the American Society of Church History […]

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