Interdisciplinary Humanistic Studies Info Session and Presentation for First- and Second-Year Ph.D. Students

Description

First- and second-year doctoral students in Humanities and Social Sciences disciplines, join an information session and presentation about the Ph.D. program in Interdisciplinary Humanistic Studies (IHS). Please attend the event by using the Zoom link.

This program, funded by a generous grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, offers current first- and second-year Ph.D. students at Johns Hopkins who are enrolled in humanities and humanistic social sciences disciplines the opportunity to create an interdisciplinary doctoral program of their own design, within set guidelines. Students work with faculty advisors from two different Ph.D. fields, one of which must be humanistic, to create a custom program that combines the methods, resources, and requirements of these two fields; on this basis they develop and carry out their specific interdisciplinary course of study and research. The program is administered by the School of Arts and Sciences Dean's Office and the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute.

The information session on Dec. 10 will feature Ian Phillips, professor of philosophy and cognitive science, who will talk about what it is like to do interdisciplinary research bridging two disciplines; and also Tatiana Avesani, the first student in the Ph.D. in IHS program, whose project bridges Italian literature and classics. She will talk about her experience as a pioneer in this new program. There will be plenty of time for discussion and questions about the program and the kind of research it aims to support. The meeting will be recorded and posted to the Ph.D. in IHS website, so it will be available to interested students who may not be able to join the live meeting.

Applications for fall 2021 entry are due Feb. 5, 2021; admitted students transition from their current program to their self-constructed course of study starting in the fall 2021 semester. We are looking to admit up to three new students for the fall 2021 cohort. See more information on the Ph.D. in IHS program.