Now is the time to grab a spatula and let out a primal scream for Read It and Eat It, our fourth annual edible book festival, is nigh! Our promotion […]
Freedom for Government Information!
This week, March 12 – 18, is Sunshine Week and March 16th is Freedom of Information Day. Both events serve to remind us how we can obtain information from the […]
Fake News: Through the Ages
We’ve heard so much about “fake news” lately, we thought it might be interesting to focus on the topic in a series of blog posts. Although it seems to be […]
Hamlet, Vergangenheitsbewältigung, and the Eastern Bloc
Caroline West is an international studies major from Chattanooga, TN. She considers the Special Collections to be the perfect place to engage her various passions, which include history, politics, art, Shakespeare, […]
Introducing Our Freshman Fellows: Faith Terry
For the past 5 months, I’ve been discovering what it means to be a student here at Hopkins. From the importance of academics and the shared sense of competition, to […]
Meet Our Freshman Fellows: Kiana Boroumand on Dress Reform
Before I begin, let me first introduce myself: I’m Kiana Boroumand, a current freshman intending to major in sociology and writing seminars and minor in the study of women, gender, […]
China Data and GIS Workshop
Are you interested in learning about spatial data and spatial analysis? If so, you don’t want to miss this upcoming workshop on China and U.S. data and GIS. Dr. Shuming Bao, […]
Introducing Our Freshman Fellows: Lucy Massey
My name is Lucy Massey, and the focus of my Freshman Fellows project is to improve my Latin skills by translating a selection of rare texts from the George Peabody […]
Get Paid For Research This Summer with DURA
Want to do original research over the summer and get paid for it? Apply for one of the Sheridan Libraries’ Dean’s Undergraduate Research Awards (DURA). The awards are designed to […]
To Be a Black Writer: Chester B. Himes
This guest post by Lawrence Jackson, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of History and English, from his forthcoming biography of Chester Himes, previews the talk he will give on “Chester Himes and […]