News & Announcements Archive

The JHU Library acquires a database of the Black Panther Party Newspaper

The JHU Library acquires a database of the Black Panther Party Newspaper

In 2022, the Hopkins library acquired an almost complete collection of the Black Panther Party Newspaper for their archival database. Associate research professor at the Center for Africana studies, Stuart […]

Hopkins Students on the Move

Hopkins Students on the Move

The AHA On a chilly January morning, four graduate students from Johns Hopkins hopped on a train from Baltimore to Philadelphia. The conference app downloaded, scoured and even memorized, Laurence […]

Generous Gifts Support Graduate Research

Generous Gifts Support Graduate Research

Graduate student research has been supported in recent years by new endowments given or bequeathed by former faculty, or given by others in their honor. These funds highlight the notably […]

Toby Ditz Prize for Teaching Excellence, Fall 2023

The Ditz Prize for excellence in Teaching is awarded annually in recognition of outstanding teaching on the part of a graduate student either in a DTF course of their own […]

Pearsall awarded NEH Public Scholars grant

Pearsall awarded NEH Public Scholars grant

Enthusiastic congratulations to our colleague, Sarah Pearsall, who has been awarded an NEH Public Scholars grant to support the completion of her book, Freedom Round the Globe: A New History of […]

Alum Finds His Place in History

Alum Finds His Place in History

U.S. Navy Commander Ryan Mewett ’22 PhD was featured in the spring 2023 issue of Arts and Sciences Magazine for his research on naval history and his current work as a permanent military professor at the U.S. Naval Academy.

2023-24 William and Willie Lee Rose Fellowships Awarded

2023-24 William and Willie Lee Rose Fellowships Awarded

The History Department is very pleased to award two William and Willie Lee Rose Fellowships this spring to Halle-McKenzie Ashby and Wesley Sampias.  Halle-McKenzie Ashby will pursue archival work in London for a […]

Lurtz receives a 2023 Catalyst Award

Lurtz receives a 2023 Catalyst Award

Congratulations to our colleague, Casey Lurtz who has been selected as a 2023 Catalyst Award Recipient. Granted by the Office of the Provost, the Catalyst Award “recognizes the work of exceptional […]

Jean Hébrard Graduate Student Fellowship for Summer Research

Jean Hébrard Graduate Student Fellowship for Summer Research

The History Department received a generous gift to endow “The Jean Hébrard Graduate Student Fellowship for Summer Research.”  Starting next year, the fellowship will support the exploratory pre-dissertation research travel […]

2023 Butler Prize awarded to Sheridon Ward

2023 Butler Prize awarded to Sheridon Ward

2023 Butler Prize awarded to Sheridon Ward for her First Year Paper “Lettered Women, Midwives, and Cursyde Calets: Navigating Ways of Knowing in Reproductive Healthcare Practice.” The paper interprets a complex […]