News & Announcements Archive

Prof. William Rowe elected, among five at JHU, to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Prof. William Rowe elected, among five at JHU, to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Congratulations to Professor William Rowe, an expert in Chinese History from the 14th-20th centuries, on being selected for membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences! Professor Rowe is […]

Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Lawrence Jackson Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship

Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Lawrence Jackson Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship

Congratulations to Prof. Jackson who has been named, alongside Prof. Matthew Porterfield, as a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow, a prestigious distinction that recognizes achievements and exceptional promise. They are among a […]

Prof. Jones receives 2019 Liberty Legacy Foundation Award

Congratulations to Prof. Martha Jones on receiving the prestigious 2019 Liberty Legacy Foundation Award from the Organization of American Historians! OAH gives the award, annually, for the best book on […]

Congratulations, Elizabeth Imber!

Congratulations to recent PhD graduate, Prof. Elizabeth Imber, who is this year’s Association of Israel Studies Halpern Prize recipient for best dissertation! The Association for Israel Studies awards the Ben […]

PYNK: Black Femme in Slavery’s Archive (April 30-May 1)

PYNK: Black Femme in Slavery’s Archive (April 30-May 1)

Please join us for the Sex and Slavery Lab closing event: PYNK: Black Femme in Slavery’s Archive (April 30 – May 1) You can register (it’s free) at the link below. […]

The Promise and Peril of Academia Wading into Twitter

History professors Martha Jones and Jessica Johnson discuss, in a recent Hub article, the pros and cons of the platform Twitter and its use as a means of engaging the […]

Housing Our Story project featured in The Chronicle

The Housing Our Story project, run by principle investigators Jennifer Kingsley (Museums & Society Program), Shani Mott (Center for Africana Studies), and N.D.B. Connolly (History Department), was recently featured in […]

Prof. Meyer-Fong quoted in Caixin

In January 2019, Prof. Tobie Meyer-Fong was quoted in the article, “The Latest Hot Celebrity Endorsement” Chinese Imperial History.”

Dr. Jessica Marie Johnson to deliver keynote at the 2018 African American Digital Humanities Conference

The AADHum Initiative at the University of Maryland is proud to invite scholars, researchers, teachers, professionals, activists, and community members to its first national conference, Intentionally Digital, Intentionally Black. The conference will […]

Professor Jackson’s Chester B. Himes wins 2018 Edgar Award

Congratulations to Professor Lawrence Jackson on winning the Mystery Writers of America 2018 Edgar Award in the ‘Best Critical/Biographical’ category for his book Chester B. Himes: A Biography! Chester B. Himes […]