POP QUIZ — You need a quick overview about a topic. Where do you look? Your answer is partly right but could be better. You said “Wikipedia,” which never hurts. […]
Tips and Tricks for Finding Images: How to Get the Most from ARTstor
Looking for images for teaching, study, or research? The JHU Visual Resources Collection is accessible from the ARTstor Digital Library for all JHU faculty, students, and staff. The ARTstor interface […]
Have You Eaten a Good Book Lately?
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 […]
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, […]
Women at the Front: Hopkins Nurses during WWI
While soldiers were fighting on the battlefield during the First World War, more than 10,000 nurses were fighting for the lives of sick and wounded military personnel. Thousands of brave […]
Hidden Hopkins: The “Apocalypse” Mural in Levering Hall
Most of us have paid a visit to Levering Hall in our time at Hopkins, whether it’s to grab a cup of coffee, see a play in Arellano Theater, or […]
Looking Back: The Class of 1915
By Rachel Shavel, A&S ’18, Hopkins Retrospective Student Assistant We here at Hopkins Retrospective love throwbacks—it’s what we do best! With graduation on the horizon, we thought we’d provide you […]
Women at Hopkins: Trailblazers since the 1870s
By Rachel Shavel, A&S ’18, Hopkins Retrospective Student Assistant As we celebrate Women’s History Month, Hopkins Retrospective would like to recognize the many women who have made Hopkins great. From […]
A Student Exhibition at Homewood
First, there was the field trip to Clifton. Then, there was the classwork. And finally by the end of Fall 2013, the students of Ms. Authur’s Museums and Society class […]
Museums as Laboratories
Homewood House is more than a museum full of beautiful objects. It serves as a laboratory for a Museums & Society class that Catherine Rogers Arthur teaches each fall. Throughout […]