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“A Space for Love”: Electric Marronage Digital Humanities Project

The Electric Marronage digital humanities project, led by Jessica Marie Johnson, fosters Black exploration and expression free from the confines of traditional academia. A recent article from the Hub dives into the community, research, resources, and content being built by the digital collective of historians, women of color, students and faculty.


A World More Complete

A World More Complete
Professor Nathan D. Connolly is featured in the Spring 2021 Arts & Sciences Magazine, discussing his work on inequities in the U.S. housing aren and the long-lasting effects of the practice […]


Anna Roberts awarded the 2021 Butler Prize

Anna receives the Butler Prize for her essay ” ‘The Cravings of a Sensual Nose’: Snuff, Gender, and Sexuality in Britain, 1660-1820.” Roberts’ study of snuff, gender, and sexuality in […]


Todd Shepard awarded Guggenheim Fellowship

Todd Shepard, professor of history, is among 184 artists, writers, scholars, and scientists to be awarded a 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship. Sheoard is a scholar of modern European and colonial North African history and was recognized with a fellowship in the category of European and Latin American History.


Professor emeritus Mack Walker dies at 91

Mack Walker, professor emeritus in the Department of History, died February 10, 2021, of COVID-19. An esteemed historian of German intellectual history, Walker spent 25 years at Johns Hopkins.