News & Announcements Archive


Call for Extension of Graduate Student Funding

In light of the research delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, please see the following document from the Department of Comparative Thought and Literature, which calls for an extension of […]


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

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 […]


New Graduate Program Handbook

The Department of Comparative Thought and Literature has recently revised its Graduate Program detailed in the new Handbook.