News & Announcements Archive

History Rum Tasting

History Rum Tasting

The History Department and Professor Emeritus Franklin Knight hosted a rum tasting on October 7th. Prof. Knight introduced everyone to the marvels, and history, of three selected Caribbean rums from […]

Keywords for Black Louisiana (K4BL) Launches Public Beta of Black History Documents

Keywords for Black Louisiana (K4BL) Launches Public Beta of Black History Documents

Keywords for Black Louisiana (K4BL) is thrilled to announce the launch of a digital collection of enslaved testimony from French- and Spanish-controlled Louisiana. Visit K4BL Keywords for Black Louisiana (K4BL, […]

KSAS History Undergraduate Open Houses

KSAS History Undergraduate Open Houses

Join us for the KSAS Open House for the History Department which will be held in Hodson 203 in two sessions: 3:00-3:30pm and 3:45-4:15pm. We hope to see you there!

Remembering Zoe

It is with profound sadness that the Department of History learned of student Zoe Underwood’s passing. She had double majored in classical music and history and was preparing to complete […]

Dan Rodricks: A long thread of Black church history loops back to Baltimore | Baltimore Sun

Dan Rodricks: A long thread of Black church history loops back to Baltimore | Baltimore Sun

Professor Lawrence Jackson, fellow parishioners, and colleagues in the Johns Hopkins Inheritance Baltimore initiative helped the South’s first Black Episcopal congregation convince Colonial Williamsburg to lend meaningful rare tapestry knitted, […]

Renowned historian of modern social science Dorothy Ross dies at 87

Renowned historian of modern social science Dorothy Ross dies at 87

Dorothy Ross, pioneering historian of the origins of modern social science and a professor emerita in the Johns Hopkins University Department of History, died last week. She was 87.

Congratulations, Seniors!

Congratulations, Seniors!

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

Gallito awarded a Summer 2024 PURA

Gallito awarded a Summer 2024 PURA

Congratulations to History major Hilary Gallito on being awarded a Summer 2024 PURA (Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award) for her project proposal titled, “War, Women, and a Revolution: An Analysis of […]

2023-24 Departmental Prizes Awarded

2023-24 Departmental Prizes Awarded

As part of our History end-of-year reception festivities, we awarded the Kouguell, Butler, and Student Leadership Awards. This year, we split the Kouguell Prize between two outstanding undergraduate senior thesis […]

Spring BHCLA Events

Spring BHCLA Events

The Billie Holiday Center for Liberation Arts at Johns Hopkins sponsored several major events this spring.  These included “Rent Party: African American Urban Dance Music from Ragtime to House” featuring the […]