The post is guest-authored by senior Lucy Eills, a Writing Seminars major and curator of a new exhibition opening today on M-level of the Milton S. Eisenhower Library, the outcome […]
“This book is not about heroes”: Poetry and World War I
A Walk on the Wild Side
By Keyi YinFreshman Year has ended, along with my time in the Special Collections as part of the Freshman Fellows. I’ve undergone a lot of changes throughout this year. I […]
Freshman Library Orientation 2018
Jen Ditkoff, Student Engagement and Information Fluency Librarian, and Heidi Herr Academic Liaison, Special Collections facilitated this week’s freshman orientation at the library and it was a blast! Things started off […]
Uncovered at the Peabody, Pt. I
Authored by: Neil Weijer, Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow in Premodern and Early Modern Studies Books can turn up in unlikely places, as anyone who has spent time wandering around a room musing […]
Museum and Society Students visit Sheridan Libraries’ Conservation Labs
Recently Conservation & Preservation hosted two classes in the Sheridan Libraries’ Conservation Labs for the undergraduate Museums and Society course, Conservation of Material Culture: Art, Artifacts and Heritage Sites. Taught […]
My Freshman Fellows Experience: Translating Renaissance Latin
Salvete! My name is Briana Joseph and I am a first year undergraduate double majoring in Neuroscience and Africana Studies. For my Freshman Fellows project I am translating Latin texts […]
Want to Research Hopkins History This Summer? Apply by March 9 for a Hugh Hawkins Fellowship!
The Hopkins Retrospective program is now accepting applications for the Hugh Hawkins Research Fellowship for the Study of Hopkins History, a summer fellowship opportunity available to undergraduate and graduate students […]
My Freshman Fellows Experience: Exploring the Life & Legacy of José Robles Pazos
Enjoy this post by Tim Lyu, one of our 2017-2018 Special Collections Freshman Fellows. In 2016 the Hopkins’ website, said in undisguised pride, “For 37 years in a row, we’ve […]
My Freshman Fellows Experience: Conversations with the Supernatural
My name is Chloe Otterson and I have had the amazing opportunity to work with Special Collections to research nineteenth century supernatural phenomena. Before I continue, allow me to introduce […]
Curiosities in Special Collections
My time at Hopkins so far has been built off discovery. Discovering what it’s like to live in the States, discovering my ideal study places around the campus and the […]