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Awadagin Pratt
Music
Grammy winners feature Peabody pianists
Published Feb 5, 2024
Awards for best classical producer, best contemporary classical composition include performances by alums Awadagin Pratt and John Wilson
Cropped images of the album covers for "Rachmaninoff & Gershwin: Transcriptions By Earl Wild," "40@40," and "STILLPOINT."
Listen up
Grammy-nominated music from Peabody faculty and alumni
Published Jan 24, 2024
Check out our playlist of Hopkins-affiliated nominees and contributors ahead of the 2024 Grammy Awards
Cover art from "Fires in the Dark"
Performing arts
History of psychotherapy takes center stage
Published Jan 23, 2024
Psychologist Kay Redfield Jamison, composer Michael Hersch, and soprano Ah Young Hong team up for a powerful musical exploration of mental illness and healing
Jordan Prescott instructs a student as they play the pipe organ in Leith Symington Griswold Hall at Peabody Conservatory
Intersession
A pipe dream come true
Published Jan 23, 2024
Peabody teaching associate Jordan Prescott shares his love for pipe organs with Johns Hopkins students during a winter-break course
Jane Guyer
In memoriam
Anthropologist Jane Guyer dies at 80
Published Jan 22, 2024
A specialist in economic transformations in West Africa, Guyer was celebrated for her theoretical discourse as well as the 'forward motion' she inspired among scholars and her devoted students
Jerome Schneewind
In memoriam
Jerome Schneewind dies at 93
Published Jan 9, 2024
Schneewind was best known for his innovative research on the history of ethics, authoring and editing influential articles and volumes that stand as definitive works
A black and white illustration of Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie
Arts+Culture
Who owns Mickey Mouse?
Published Jan 2, 2024
With the original iteration of Mickey Mouse now in the public domain, business law expert Stacy Lee discusses the implications of the iconic character's copyright expiring
Sheridan Libraries Africana Archivist Tonika Berkley, Public Humanities Fellow Nicoletta Daríta de la Brown, and Tabb Center Director Joseph Plaster
Arts+culture
Public humanities transcends barriers
Published Dec 19, 2023
An emerging field, the public humanities is raising awareness about social justice issues and leading to meaningful collaborations between Johns Hopkins University and local communities
J.G.A. Pocock
In memoriam
J.G.A. Pocock dies at 99
Published Dec 18, 2023
Considered one of the great historians of his generation, Pocock wove philosophy, political science, and history into a program in political and moral thought that Hopkins is known for today
Brian David Gilbert
Vignette
Making big, weird things
Published Winter 2023
YouTuber Brian David Gilbert's work is a roulette of comedy, horror, and music—or all of the above / Johns Hopkins Magazine