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Joshua Wong and Nathan Law speak with Giovanna Maria Dora Dore, professor of East Asian studies at Foreign Affairs Symposium
Foreign Affairs Symposium
Hong Kong activists discuss civil disobedience
Published Feb 21, 2020
Foreign Affairs Symposium hosts Joshua Wong and Nathan Law, two of the founders of the 2014 Umbrella Protests, for a conversation on activism and political autonomy
Martha S. Jones
Q+A
A historian's view of women's suffrage
Published Feb 21, 2020
Martha Jones discusses the legacy of the 19th Amendment and the black women suffragists who sparked and continue the voting rights movement
Students vote at Johns Hopkins Absentee Ballot Party
#HopkinsVotes
Students get registered, ready for 2020 elections
Published Feb 17, 2020
Hundreds of students get guidance on how to register, how to submit absentee ballots at event hosted by Center for Social Concern
Expert panel focuses on coronavirus
Experts weigh in
Coronavirus prevention and preparedness
Published Feb 5, 2020 Video
Experts from the Center for Health Security and the Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response discuss the current outbreak of novel coronavirus
Caucus-goers in Precinct 61
Election 2020
Iowa caucus 'debacle' spurs calls for new format
Published Feb 5, 2020
As the wait for complete Democratic primary results continues, Johns Hopkins experts size up the flaws in Iowa's first-in-the-nation nominating contest for presidential candidates
Photo of a suffrage parade in New York in 1912
Value the vote
Hopkins plans yearlong commemoration of women's suffrage
Published Feb 5, 2020
Events throughout 2020 will highlight the centennial of the 19th Amendment and explore the legacy and shortcomings of the women's suffrage movement
Darcie Draudt teaches Star Trek and Diplomacy Intersession class
Intersession 2020
Interstellar diplomacy
Published Jan 24, 2020
Students analyze the ways in which the 24th century tactics of the Starfleet Command provide a useful lens for understanding international relations today
Johns Hopkins University President Ronald J. Daniels
Daniels discusses how colleges can better support liberal democracy
Published Jan 10, 2020
Universities play a vital role in fostering democracy and educating citizens, he says, yet many have failed in these essential responsibilities in recent years
Barbara Mikulski
Q+A
Barbara Mikulski reflects on 100th anniversary of 19th Amendment
Published Jan 10, 2020
The women's suffrage movement was a 'scrappy, hard-won fight,' but it was not without its flaws, says the former U.S. senator, who is now a Homewood Professor of Public Policy at JHU
Hahrie Han
SNF Agora Institute
Collective action in divided times
Published Jan 10, 2020
SNF Agora Institute hosts conference in partnership with Cincinnati megachurch to explore issues of civic engagement, democratic participation