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Two people speak to each other
Public engagement
Retelling history through community narratives
Published May 6, 2022
A series of workshops empowered Baltimore residents to tell and preserve their history, contributing to a greater understanding of the community
Photograph of a statue of a Black man astride a horse in the style of Confederate memorial statues
Arts+Culture
A horseman of a different era
Published April 20, 2022
A 7-foot tall sculpture, a small-scale version of Kehinde Wiley's defiant rejoinder to Confederate statuary, 'Rumors of War,' will be installed in Mudd Hall atrium
Screenshot of Electric Marronage website shows four artistic images and a simple site navigation bar
Arts+Culture
'A space for love'
Published June 28, 2021
Electric Marronage digital humanities project fosters Black exploration and expression free from the confines of traditional academia
Martha S. Jones
Nonfiction
Historian Martha Jones wins 'L.A. Times' Book Prize for history
Published April 23, 2021
Her book Vanguard closely examines the history of Black women's suffrage in America
Todd Shepard
Faculty news
Historian Todd Shepard awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
Published April 12, 2021
He is one of 184 scholars, artists, and scientists selected from an applicant pool of 3,000 for the prestigious honor
Lady Bird Johnson sits among a field of flowers
Lady Bird's legacy
Published Spring 2021
A SAIS alum's new biography reveals the first lady's power and influence in LBJ's White House / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Put pedagogy first
Published Spring 2021
Reviewing History Professor Jonathan Zimmerman's new book, 'The Amateur Hour' / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Author Danielle Evans poses in front of a bookcase
Explorations of the past and present
Published Winter 2020
The seven short stories in "The Office of Historical Corrections," Danielle Evans' latest collection, revolve around characters wrestling with the long shadows of the past. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Old fashioned photo of men playing football
College football
A deep south tradition, born in Baltimore
Published Oct 2, 2020
On Oct. 3, the Georgia and Auburn football programs will renew their historic rivalry, which effectively gave rise to big-time college sports below the Mason-Dixon Line. Two Johns Hopkins alums made it all happen.
Book cover of 'Wicked Flesh'
Nonfiction
They did more than survive
Published Fall 2020
Jessica Marie Johnson's 'Wicked Flesh' wrangles a wealth of scholarship and primary documents to discuss how Black women acquired and retained power in the 18th century / Johns Hopkins Magazine