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Composite image of Marcel Detienne, Michel Jeanneret, and Jean Starobinski
In memoriam
Three humanities pioneers with ties to Hopkins remembered
Published April 23, 2019
Michel Jeanneret, Jean Starobinski, and Marcel Detienne each left a deep imprint on his field through his teaching and scholarship
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Strengthening the core
Published Winter 2018
Besides its staggering success in raising more than $6 billion for Johns Hopkins, the Rising to the Challenge campaign generated unprecedented support for traditional core disciplines / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Rene Girard
Q+A
The mysterious nature of desire
Published Aug 8, 2018
Biographer Cynthia Haven examines the life of René Girard, who helped shape the humanities at Hopkins and around the world
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Humanities Lab
Published July 26, 2018
Summer program deepens humanities research for CCBC, HBCU students
Note
Published Winter 2017
/ Johns Hopkins Magazine
JHU, CCBC get $1.7M to support humanities education
Published May 18, 2017
Humanities for All initiative designed to create dynamic learning experiences, improve transfer success for community college students
Pixels and parchment
Published Spring 2017
Textual scholar Stephen Nichols makes the case for digitizing medieval manuscripts / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Humanities Center won't be closed
Published Jan 13, 2017
Committee recommends three possible paths forward for 50-year-old academic center
Q+A
What 'Don Quixote' teaches us
Published Sept 29, 2016
William Egginton discusses the remarkable life of Miguel de Cervantes and how it shaped his timeless tale, 'Don Quixote'
Philanthropy
New institute for the humanities established
Published April 11, 2016
$10M gift is largest ever to support humanities research, education at JHU