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Victoria Harms on Soccer in the US

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

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 […]

Congratulations, graduates!

Warmest congratulations to our History majors, minors, and graduate students on your graduation!

Decoding the internet’s intellectual history

Decoding the internet’s intellectual history

Associate Professor Angus Burgin’s new book considers the history of the internet.

Elyjah Bassford wins 2026 Undergraduate leadership Award

Elyjah Bassford wins 2026 Undergraduate leadership Award

Congratulations to History senior Elyjah Bassford on being awarded the 2026 Undergraduate Leadership Award which was presented at the History Department end-of-year reception! From his first year at JHU, Elyjah […]

Lisa Wang wins 2026 Kouguell Memorial Prize

Lisa Wang wins 2026 Kouguell Memorial Prize

Congratulations to Zhiyun (Lisa) Wang on being awarded this year’s Arthur Kouguell Memorial Prize for her senior honors thesis which was presented at the History Department end-of-year reception! Written with […]

Baltimore, Basketball, and the Legacy of Bentalou

Fifteen kids from Bentalou, West Baltimore, rolled into Goldfarb Gym on Homewood campus on April 25, 2026 – parents, family members, and their coaches, Paul Franklin and Kelly Phipps, in […]

2026 Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentorship

2026 Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentorship

The department warmly congratulates Victoria Harms, who was awarded the Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentorship!  Awarded by the Office of Undergraduate Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities (URSCA), this award celebrates […]

Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award for 2026

Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award for 2026

The department celebrates our colleague, Victoria Harms, recipient of the Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award for 2026!

Kagan elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Kagan elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The department extends warm congratulations to Professor Emeritus, Richard Kagan on his election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences! Read more on The Hub.