Professor Anne Eakin Moss’s book Only Among Women: Philosophies of Community in the Russian and Soviet Imagination, 1860-1940 (Northwestern University Press, 2019) has been shortlisted for the Best First Book Award […]
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Leonardo Lisi discusses Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People in relation to COVID-19 on the show ‘Public Health On Call’
In a conversation with Dr. Josh Sharfstein on the Podcast “Public Health On Call,” Leonardo Lisi discusses Henrik Ibsen’s 1882 play An Enemy of the People in connection with the current pandemic.
Doctoral candidate Jacob Levi has been named a winner of the 2020 Translation Prize of the French-American Society
Doctoral candidate Jacob Levi has been named a winner of the 2020 Translation Prize of the French-American Society for his co-translation of Marc Crépon’s Murderous Consent: On the Accomodation of Violent Death, published by […]
“Newborn Imitation: The Stakes of a Controversy” by Ruth Leys, Professor Emerita of the Humanities in the Department of Comparative Thought and Literature
Newborn imitation has recently become the focus of a major controversy in the human sciences. New studies have reexamined the evidence and found it wanting. Imitation has been regarded as […]
Marva Philip receives Graduate Representative Organization Rachel S. Core Award
Each year, the GRO solicits nominations from graduate students for members of the Hopkins community who have “demonstrated outstanding service” on behalf of graduate students on the Homewood campus. This […]
Professor Anne Eakin Moss Receives 2019 Discovery Award
Professor Anne Eakin Moss’s team has been chosen to receive a 2019 Johns Hopkins Discovery Award for their proposal, “Invitation to the Masses: The Russian and Iranian Revolutions and their […]
Remembering Dick Macksey
Richard Macksey, co-founder of the Humanities Center, passed away in July. Professor Emeritus Neil Hertz reflects on the life of his former colleague.
In Memoriam: Richard A. Macksey
Professor Richard (“Dick”) Macksey, Professor Emeritus in the Humanities, died on July 22, 2019, at an assisted living facility in Baltimore County, following complications from an illness. He was 87. Co-founder […]
Satoru Hashimoto to Join the Department of Comparative Thought and Literature
The Department of Comparative Thought and Literature is pleased to announce that Satoru Hashimoto will join the faculty as Assistant Professor on July 1, 2019. Prior to his appointment at […]
Ways of Reading: Beyond, Beneath, and Beside Theory
The Graduate Students of the Department of Comparative Thought and Literature at Johns Hopkins University are proud to announce their bi-annual conference on February 22 and 23, 2019. We are pleased to host keynote speakers Heather Love (Associate Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania) and Bernie Rhie (Associate Professor of English, Williams College).