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 […]
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March 12: Book talk and signing with professor emeritus Mary Ryan
History professor emeritus Mary Ryan will be giving a talk on her latest book, Taking the Land to Make the City: A Bicoastal History of North America, Tuesday, March 12, […]
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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.”
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January 24 & 25: “Breaking Boundaries, Created Spaces”
Breaking Boundaries, Created Spaces January 24th (5-7pm, Davis Performing Arts Center, Gonda Theater) and January 25th (10am-5pm, Lauinger Library, Murray Room, 5th Floor) Georgetown University This free conference considers how […]
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January 17: “In the Name of the Father: George Washington and American Identity”
Exhibition talk: In the Name of the Father: George Washington and American Identity January 17, 2019, 5:30–7:30 p.m. Location: Homewood Museum Price: $10 public; free for members and Johns Hopkins […]
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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 […]
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Prof. Jackson to Present at National Book Festival
Come see Prof. Lawrence Jackson at the National Book Festival on Saturday, September 1, 2018! Presentation: 3-3:45pm Book Signing: 4:30-5:30pm Location: Washington Convention Center, 801 Mt. Vernon Place NW, Washington, DC Prof. Jackson is the award-winning author of “Chester B. Himes: A Biography.” For more information about the National Book festival, please see their website.
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Birthright Citizens
Prof. Martha Jones new book, Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and Rights in Antebellum America, will be available in print edition this weekend! She was recently interviewed by the New York Times […]
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How to Resist Bad Supreme Court Rulings
Read the latest Washington Post article by Professor Martha Jones titled, “How to resist bad Supreme Court rulings.”
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Historical Narrative: Does it work?
Professor Nathan Connolly was recently interviewed for the second episode of the podcast, The Known World, where he discusses “fashioning narratives out of historical events—what is gained and what is lost […]