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Africana studies

Shani Mott
In memoriam
Black Studies scholar Shani Mott dies at 47
Published March 14, 2024
Mott, a lecturer in the Center for Africana Studies and Department of History, joined JHU's faculty in 2008
A portrait of Ethel Ennis and purple neon sign saying
Arts+culture
Exhibit celebrates beloved jazz vocalist, daughter of Baltimore
Published Feb 19, 2024
Known for her philosophy of 'soft power,' Ethel Ennis said she was proud to have bloomed where she was planted, in her hometown of Baltimore
JHU seal with fall leaves in the background
Diversity+Inclusion
Three scholarly clusters chosen for Faculty of Excellence Program support
Published Nov 16, 2022
13 new faculty hires planned in three areas of interdisciplinary study, with support coming from the Fannie Gaston-Johansson Faculty of Excellence Program
Minkah Makalani
Spotlight
Minkah Makalani ventures beyond what can be imagined
Published April 12, 2022
The new director of the interdisciplinary Johns Hopkins Center for Africana Studies has seen firsthand how collaboration between the academy and the community can yield ideas unfettered by preconceived notions and expectations
Handwritten list of names and relationships
University history
Honoring the humanity of enslaved people at Homewood
Published Jan 21, 2022
Today's Ritual of Remembrance honors the legacies of those who lived and labored on the land where the Homewood campus of Johns Hopkins University now sits
Composite image of (from left) Alexandre White and Robbie Shilliam
Politics+perspective
Class examines public health through the lens of Africana studies
Published April 13, 2021
Alexandre White and Robbie Shilliam challenge students to probe the ongoing effects of colonialism, slavery, and racial oppression in public health practices
Sepia photo of two young black boys sitting on mules/horses that are connected to carriages
Special Collections
Century-old selfies
Published March 7, 2018
Two undergrads create exhibit of historical African-American photos found in JHU's Special Collections
Book cover of The Portable Nineteenth-Century African American Women Writers
NONFICTION
Indispensable reference
Published Winter 2017
'The Portable Nineteenth-Century African American Women Writers' shines a light on a lesser-known era of journalists, playwrights, poets, etc. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Hollis Robbins
Q+A
Talking with Hollis Robbins
Published Winter 2017
In Hollis Robbins' view, 19th-century women were writing about the central issues of their time and ours: liberty, democracy, equality, and citizenship / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Lester Spence
Race and politics
Knocking the neoliberal hustle
Published Winter 2015
Lester Spence argues that African-Americans have bought into the wrong politics / Johns Hopkins Magazine