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Merve Emre promotional illustration
March 8, 2024
Macksey Lecture: Merve Emre Presents "Why I Feel Bad for Men, or Reading 'A Room of One's Own' with Pierre Bourdieu"
5:30 - 7pm EST
Hopkins Bloomberg Center Hopkins Bloomberg Center
555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. , 20001
Merve Emre, a professor of creative writing and criticism at Wesleyan University, will present "Why I Feel Bad for Men, or Reading 'A Room of One's Own' with Pierre Bourdieu" as part of the Annual Richard A. Macksey lectures.
March 8, 2024
Organizing D.C.'s Migrant Communities in the Wake of Displacement
10:30 am - 1pm EST
9th floor, Hopkins Bloomberg Center Hopkins Bloomberg Center
555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. , 20001
Join the Chloe Center for the Critical Study of Racism, Immigration, and Colonialism for a roundtable discussion about how various communities of color in the D.C. area have experienced—and are organizing against—different yet resonant forms of transnational and local displacement.
The four members of Bergamot String Quartet pose holding their instruments
March 6, 2024
Bergamot String Quartet with Zane Forshee
12:30 - 1:30pm EST
Hopkins Bloomberg Center Hopkins Bloomberg Center
555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. , 20001
Peabody professor and guitarist Zane Forshee joins the all-alumnae Bergamot String Quartet for a program of contemporary works, including two world premieres.
Sean Carroll and Hahrie Han
March 3, 2024
Humanities on the Mall: Sean Carroll and Hahrie Han
5 - 7pm EST
Hopkins Bloomberg Center Hopkins Bloomberg Center
555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. , 20001
Johns Hopkins' Sean Carroll, professor of natural philosophy, and Hahrie Han, professor of political science and director of the SNF Agora Institute, will discuss "The Physics of Democracy" as part of the Humanities on the Mall series.
Side by side headshots of Sens. Mark Warner and Todd Young
Feb 29, 2024
The future of AI policy
9:30 - 10:15am EST
Room 820, Hopkins Bloomberg Center Hopkins Bloomberg Center
555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. , 20001
Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.) discuss how both sides of the aisle are coming together to tackle the complexities of legislating this powerful emerging technology
headshot and book cover
Feb 28, 2024
The Hollow Crown, with SAIS Professor Eliot A. Cohen
6 - 8pm EST
Room 820, Hopkins Bloomberg Center Hopkins Bloomberg Center
555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. , 20001
What can Shakespeare's plays teach us about modern-day politics? Hear what SAIS Professor Eliot A. Cohen thinks in this upcoming program about his new book "The Hollow Crown: Shakespeare on How Leaders Rise, Rule, and Fall."
Headshot of Fran Vielma
Feb 28, 2024
Peabody Jazz: Fran Vielma Quartet
12:30 - 1:30pm EST
Hopkins Bloomberg Center Hopkins Bloomberg Center
555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. , 20001
Peabody Jazz faculty artist Fran Vielma performs his own original compositions and world-music-influenced arrangements of contemporary jazz, with Savino Palumbo, piano; Steve Arnold, acoustic bass; and Luis Hernández, saxophones.
Feb 26, 2024
Narrowing the Quantum Divide: Educational Gap | Future Talent & Workforce Development
3 - 6pm EST
Room 820, Hopkins Bloomberg Center Hopkins Bloomberg Center
555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. , 20001
The science diplomacy quantum event will feature keynote remarks by ambassadors of Switzerland and Finland to the U.S., followed by panel discussions and flash talks by distinguished speakers from Switzerland, Finland, and the U.S.
Jazz septet perform on stage
Feb 23, 2024
Peabody Graduate Jazz Ensemble
12:30 - 1:30pm EST
Hopkins Bloomberg Center Hopkins Bloomberg Center
555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. , 20001
A new ensemble created to spotlight Peabody's graduate students in Jazz Studies takes the stage.
An Enemy of the People full cast
Feb 22, 2024
An Enemy of the People
7 - 9:30pm EST
Event will take place in-person and on Zoom, Hopkins Bloomberg Center Hopkins Bloomberg Center
555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. , 20001
Acclaimed actors, public health leaders, scientists, journalists, elected officials, and local community members performing dramatic readings of scenes from Henrik Ibsen's 1882 play