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Humanities
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
Q+A
Humanities Center at 50
Published March 22, 2016
Department celebrates half century as home to diverse intellectual community
Popular literature
Muslim sci-fi
Published Summer 2015
Muslim writers are turning to genres like science fiction and comics to navigate Muslim identity in a post-Sept. 11 world / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Garden with lobsters
Published Summer 2015
Medieval how-to book Ask the Past is both comical and illuminating / Johns Hopkins Magazine
This and that
Major addition
Published Jan 22, 2015
New interdisciplinary major at Krieger School will give undergraduates chance to pursue both natural sciences and humanities
Advice
Don't try this
Published Fall 2014
Education historian Elizabeth Archibald's blog applies tips from very old books to contemporary questions. / Johns Hopkins Magazine