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Arts+Culture

Near Eastern Studies

Disruptor of the pharaohs

Published Fall 2023

Egyptologist Kara Cooney wants us to stop romanticizing ancient Egypt / Johns Hopkins Magazine

An intern at the MCHC's Jim Henson exhibition puts eyebrows on a puppet.

Community Impact

Sharon Lee, one of 49 students involved in this summer's Community Impact Internships Program, spent the summer as an education intern for the Jim Henson exhibition at the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Q+A

From pen to picket line

Published July 19, 2023

Krieger School alum and Emmy-nominated late-night comedy writer Sal Gentile talks about the ongoing Hollywood writers' strike

Undergraduate honors

Rising senior earns Beinecke Scholarship

Published July 6, 2023

Kendra Brewer plans to use funds to support her study of Indigenous art history

Faculty news

Art historian Daniel Weiss returns

Published June 23, 2023

Weiss, Krieger School dean from 2002 until 2005, most recently served as president and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

People stand in front of a display of record sleeves and CD covers at the BMA's exhibit "The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century"

Hip-hop's indelible influence

Published Summer 2023

A Baltimore Museum of Art's exhibit celebrates hip-hop's impact on culture / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Psychiatry

A history of healing

Published Summer 2023

Kay Redfield Jamison discusses her latest book, which takes a nonlinear approach to cataloging the history of psychotherapy / Johns Hopkins Magazine

closeup of a hand sketching with charcoal

The artful mind

Published Summer 2023

In their new book, authors Susan Magsamen, founder and director of the International Arts + Mind Lab, and Ivy Ross contend that making and experiencing art can help us flourish / Johns Hopkins Magazine