Johns Hopkins UniversityEST. 1876

America’s First Research University

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graduate student in History seminar

Graduate

Contribute new research to the oldest PhD history program in the country.

undergraduate student in History class

Undergraduate Studies

The department seeks to develop each student’s capacity for comparative reasoning and to deepen their understanding of global connections.

Professor Erin Rowe teaching class

Faculty

Faculty research ranges from medieval to modern history and emphasizes the histories of Europe, the United States, East Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East.

Upcoming Events

Vincenza Mazzeo, Dissertation Defense [Zoom]

Dissertation defense for Vincenza Mazzeo. Dissertation title: "Health and Liberation: Cervical Cancer, Women's Health Activism, and the Politics of Resistance in Apartheid South Africa, 1982-1994"

Joao Gabriel, Dissertation Defense [Zoom]

Dissertation defense of Joao Gabriel. Dissertation title: “Between the State and Capital: Prison Reform and the Abolition of Slavery in the French Empire (1827–1852)”

News & Announcements

Richard Kagan receives honorary doctorate

Congratulations to our emeritus colleague, Richard Kagan, who has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in recognition of his stellar contributions to the study […]

Victoria Harms on Soccer in the US

Associate Teaching Professor Victoria Harms on the history of soccer and what it means this month's world cup.

2026 Butler Prize Winner

Congratulations to the Butler Prize winner Alexis Estevane for her First Year Paper “Thérèse – Philosophe, Iconoclast, or Object? Contextualizing Thérèse Philosophe’s Resurgence in Relation to Eighteenth-Century Ideas about Gender.”  Congratulations also to Emily Sanchez to whom the […]