News & Announcements Archive

Hyman named Dorothy Ross Professor of Political Economy in History

Hyman named Dorothy Ross Professor of Political Economy in History

The department celebrated the installation of Louis R. Hyman as the inaugural Dorothy Ross Professor of Political Economy in History with a lunch on February 22.  Professors Ross and Hyman […]

Prof. Louis Hyman and Dr. Sam Backer awarded AI-Informed Discovery and Inquiry Seed Grant

Prof. Louis Hyman and Dr. Sam Backer awarded AI-Informed Discovery and Inquiry Seed Grant

Congratulations to Prof. Louis Hyman and alumnus Dr. Sam Backer–and their co-PI Jeremy Alan Greene–for being among the winners of the inaugural AI-informed discovery and inquiry seed grant competition from […]

In Memoriam: Professor J. G. A. Pocock

In Memoriam: Professor J. G. A. Pocock

Professor J.G.A. Pocock, one of this Department’s most distinguished members, has passed away peacefully and surrounded by his sons Hugh and Stephen, his daughter-in-law Jill, and by two of his […]

Students explore history in Baltimore

Students explore history in Baltimore

A group of history majors and minors had the opportunity to explore different parts of Baltimore this month, and dig into local history alongside some the city’s historical experts. Students […]

JHU Arts & Sciences Weekly: Faculty Focus – Victoria Harms

JHU Arts & Sciences Weekly: Faculty Focus – Victoria Harms

JHU Arts & Sciences Weekly Newsletter, for October 25, 2023, featured none other than the History Department’s senior lecturer, Victoria Harms, in their “Faculty Focus” section: Describe your primary scholarship […]

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 […]