Congratulations to Assistant Professor, Jessica Johnson, on winning one of this year’s Johns Hopkins Diversity Awards from the Diversity Leadership Council! These awards recognize exceptional contributions of faculty, staff, and […]
News & Announcements Archive
Thornberry recipient of the 2020 Johns Hopkins Catalyst Award
Congratulations to assistant professor, Elizabeth Thornberry, on being awarded a 2020 Johns Hopkins Catalyst Award! These grant awards of up to $75,000 support the promising research and creative endeavors of […]
Call for Extension of Graduate Student Funding
In light of the research delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, please see the following document from the History Department, which calls for an extension of graduate student funding.
Chinese Language Edition of What Remains Published
A Chinese language translation of Tobie Meyer-Fong’s book, What Remains: Coming to Terms with Civil War in 19th Century China, was published by Acropolis (Taiwan), on June 3, 2020.
Merchants of Medicines
Congratulations to Zachary Dorner, our Patrick Henry Postdoctoral Fellow, on the publication of his new book Merchants of Medicines: The Commerce and Coercion of Health in Britain’s Long Eighteenth Century! […]
2020 Kouguell Prize Winner
The History Department would like to congratulate senior Heidi Hansen on winning the 2020 Kouguell Prize for her senior thesis, “Prayer and Personal Identity: The Book of Hours and the Middle Class […]
2020 Butler and Ditz Prize Winners
Congratulations to Arthur Lee on winning this year’s Butler Prize for his paper “‘Illustrating’ the Haitian Revolution: Prints and the Politics of Visuality”! The Butler Prize is awarded annually to […]
KSAS Excellence in Teaching and Advising Awards
Congratulations to History PhD candidate, Alan van den Arend, on winning this year’s Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Award! The Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Award is one of four Excellence in Teaching and […]
Professor Johnson Joins Eighth Class of W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute Fellows
“We are happy to welcome one of our most distinguished and exciting cohort of W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute Fellows,” says Gates. “We look forward to an extraordinary […]
Hard Work Pays Off!
Congratulations to History juniors, Sophia and Anthony, on your recent accomplishments! Sophia Laughlin’s revised essay, “James Baldwin in Paris: Liberation, Alienation, and Existentialism,” will be published in the Vanderbilt Historical […]