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History

Podcast

Stories in past tense

Published Summer 2018

Narrative is a powerful way to present historical information. Historian Nathan Connolly discusses why it works, and when it doesn't. / Johns Hopkins Magazine

book cover of 'The Grand Experiment'

History

Talking with Jessica Ziparo

Published Spring 2018

Historian and lawyer Jessica Ziparo explores how the first women to gain federal employment did and didn't open doors to other women entering the labor force / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Women's history month

Harriet Tubman, real-life action hero

Published March 8, 2018

Maryland-born abolitionist and humanitarian is 'as heroic as it gets,' says historian N. D. B. Connolly

'Black Panther'

Commentary

'Black Panther' taps centuries of dreams

Published Feb 16, 2018

Historian N.D.B. Connolly explores the historical inspirations, both real and imagined, for the film's fictional world of Wakanda / The Hollywood Reporter

Frederick Douglass

History project

Mapping Frederick Douglass

Published Nov 27, 2017

Students in Johns Hopkins graduate seminar research, visit regional sites of significance in young slave's life

Lawrence Jackson

Historian homecoming

Lawrence Jackson named BDP

Published Feb 6, 2017

Historian, author bridges English, History departments and Center for Africana Studies

Co-hosts of 'BackStory' (from left) N.D.B. Connolly, Brian Balogh, Ed Ayers, and Joanne Freeman.

Connolly on air

Published Dec 16, 2016

JHU historian to co-host 'BackStory with the American History Guys' radio program beginning Feb. 3

Faculty honors

Historian wins book award

Published Oct 4, 2016

N.D.B. Connolly receives Bennett H. Wall Award from Southern Historical Association

Black and white photo shows young soldiers in training lounging in their barracks

Retrospective

Hopkins and WWI

Published Sept 14, 2016

Exhibit digs into university archives to explore impact of 'The Great War' at home and abroad

Early music

Musical melting pot

Published March 1, 2016

Peabody Consort presents a snapshot of 13th-century Christian, Jewish, Arabic music