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Christopher Cannon
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Classical giant
Published Jan 23, 2025
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Christopher Cannon makes Chaucer’s complete works available in a new scholarly-yet-accessible set
Rachel Williams, a Stern Center Curatorial Fellow, works with a 17th-century “paper supercomputer” created by Italian friar Vincenzo Maria Coronelli. By twisting its wheels, users can perform complex astrological and astronomical calculations, determine Catholic feast days, and more.
Arts+Culture
Browsing through history
Published Jan 17, 2025
The Johns Hopkins Virginia Fox Stern Center for the History of the Book in the Renaissance provides many opportunities for students and researchers to gain archival experience
Four young girls
Film
Film series launches at Hopkins Bloomberg Center
Published Jan 21, 2025
Stories That Matter series opens with Oscar shortlisted documentary film 'Daughters' on Feb. 21
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Q+A
Acclaimed rapper Lupe Fiasco joins Peabody faculty
Published Jan 7, 2025
The Grammy Award-winning artist will teach students in the Conservatory's new Hip Hop program beginning this fall
History in the making
Dec 2, 2024
Evidence of oldest known alphabetic writing unearthed in ancient Syrian city
Nov 21, 2024
Larzer Ziff, renowned scholar of American literature, dies at 97
Dec 2, 2024

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Christopher Cannon
Literature
Classical giant
Published Jan 23, 2025
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Christopher Cannon makes Chaucer's complete works available in a new scholarly-yet-accessible set
Four young girls
Film
Film series launches at Hopkins Bloomberg Center
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Stories That Matter series opens with Oscar shortlisted documentary film 'Daughters' on Feb. 21
Rachel Williams, a Stern Center Curatorial Fellow, works with a 17th-century “paper supercomputer” created by Italian friar Vincenzo Maria Coronelli. By twisting its wheels, users can perform complex astrological and astronomical calculations, determine Catholic feast days, and more.
Arts+Culture
Browsing through history
Published Jan 17, 2025
The Johns Hopkins Virginia Fox Stern Center for the History of the Book in the Renaissance provides many opportunities for students and researchers to gain archival experience
Photo of Lupe Fiasco
Q+A
Acclaimed rapper Lupe Fiasco joins Peabody faculty
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Painting of Mary Jo Salter, a woman with short hair and glasses
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What makes a poem good
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Amit Peled
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Near Eastern Studies
Dispatch from 15th century BCE
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Rules of order
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