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Prof. William Rowe elected, among five at JHU, to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

April 18, 2019

Congratulations to Professor William Rowe, an expert in Chinese History from the 14th-20th centuries, on being selected for membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences! Professor Rowe is […]

Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Lawrence Jackson Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship

April 12, 2019

Congratulations to Prof. Jackson who has been named, alongside Prof. Matthew Porterfield, as a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow, a prestigious distinction that recognizes achievements and exceptional promise. They are among a […]

Prof. Jones receives 2019 Liberty Legacy Foundation Award

April 9, 2019

Congratulations to Prof. Martha Jones on receiving the prestigious 2019 Liberty Legacy Foundation Award from the Organization of American Historians! OAH gives the award, annually, for the best book on […]

Congratulations, Elizabeth Imber!

April 5, 2019

Congratulations to recent PhD graduate, Prof. Elizabeth Imber, who is this year’s Association of Israel Studies Halpern Prize recipient for best dissertation! The Association for Israel Studies awards the Ben […]

PYNK: Black Femme in Slavery’s Archive (April 30-May 1)

April 5, 2019

Please join us for the Sex and Slavery Lab closing event: PYNK: Black Femme in Slavery’s Archive (April 30 – May 1) You can register (it’s free) at the link below. […]

The Promise and Peril of Academia Wading into Twitter

March 19, 2019

History professors Martha Jones and Jessica Johnson discuss, in a recent Hub article, the pros and cons of the platform Twitter and its use as a means of engaging the […]

Housing Our Story project featured in The Chronicle

March 11, 2019

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 […]

March 12: Book talk and signing with professor emeritus Mary Ryan

March 11, 2019

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, […]

Prof. Meyer-Fong quoted in Caixin

February 7, 2019

In January 2019, Prof. Tobie Meyer-Fong was quoted in the article, “The Latest Hot Celebrity Endorsement” Chinese Imperial History.”

January 24 & 25: “Breaking Boundaries, Created Spaces”

January 14, 2019

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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