Study Abroad Fair & Hopkins summer abroad: “Sports – A Force for Good?”

With the XXXIII Summer Olympics in Paris and the men’s UEFA Euro cup in Germany around the corner, 2024 promises to be a big year in sports. We will use this timely opportunity to discuss and research the recent challenges of international mega events, organized and leisure sports and their role in the history of […]

Monday Seminar, Carolyn Dean, Yale University

Gilman Hall, Room 308

Monday Seminar, Carolyn Dean, Yale University (part of the History Department seminar series) Co-sponsored by the Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Program in Jewish Studies

Hard Histories Methods: Rethinking Our Archives

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 first webinar of the semester, “Hard Histories Methods: Rethinking Our Archives”, will occur on Wednesday, February 21 from noon-1 pm eastern.  This virtual event is free and […]

Hard Histories: Slavery and the Rise of Catholic Universities

via Zoom

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 […]