Join Hard Histories at Hopkins for a virtual discussion about the centrality of slavery to the rise of Catholic universities. In recent years, Georgetown University and Loyola University Maryland have been grappling with their institutions’ connections to enslavement. Jesuit priests sold 272 enslaved people to two Louisiana planters in 1838. The Maryland Province of the […]
Monday Seminar, Derek Penslar, Harvard University (part of the History Department seminar series)
Stulman Lecture with Ann Laura Stoler, The New School, 4:30pm, in Hodson Hall, Room 210 "Democracy's Contract with Inequality: Embedded in It's Fold" This talk, or rather long lasting reflection, begins in the turbulent throes of colonial studies in the early 1990s when the analytic field of metropole and colony flourished, unevenly I would argue, […]
Monday Seminar, Shauna Sweeney, University of Toronto (part of the History Department seminar series)
Modern American Seminar, Ben Serby (Adelphi University) and Erik Hmiel (Temple University), 4:00pm, in Gilman 308
Monday Seminar, Morgane Labbe, EHESS (part of the History Department seminar series)
“Revolution in Our Lifetime”: The Black Panther Party and Political Organizing in Baltimore, 1968–1974 explores the founding, programs, and everyday activities of the Black Panther Party’s Baltimore chapter, as well as the party’s ideological foundations and state repression it experienced. The exhibit further examines the party’s links to other political organizations in the city within the […]
In spring 2024, JHU Hard Histories, directed by Dr. Martha S. Jones, is hosting a series of conversations exploring the histories of Blackness, slavery, and racism in the Maryland area. Our next webinar, “Hopkins Alums Take on Hard Histories”, will occur on Monday, April 15 from noon-1 pm eastern. This virtual event is free and open to the […]
Monday Seminar, Adam frost, Copenhagen Business School (part of the History Department seminar series)
Political and Moral Thought Seminar, Jill Frank, Cornell University, 4:45pm, in Gilman Hall, Room 308
In spring 2024, JHU Hard Histories, directed by Dr. Martha S. Jones, is hosting a series of conversations exploring the histories of Blackness, slavery, and racism in the Maryland area. Our next webinar, “Studying Human Remains at Hopkins and Beyond”, will occur on Monday, April 22 from noon-1 pm eastern. This virtual event is free and open to […]
Monday Seminar, Abraham Seda, Lafayette College (part of the History Department seminar series)