Archive - Hard Histories at Hopkins

The Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir

From Hard Histories director, Martha Jones. Coming to Baltimore in March and April.

Mar 10 •

Martha S. Jones

December 2024

Mr. Hopkins and the Schooling of Black Children

An 1850 Petition Suggests That His Interests in Education Were Varied and Sometimes Divergent

Dec 19, 2024 •

Martha S. Jones

Baltimore's Shifting Middle Ground

An 1850 Petition Reflects How Slaveholding Gave Way to Hiring Free Black Workers

Dec 5, 2024 •

Martha S. Jones

November 2024

July 2024

The Peabody Institute Takes a Hard Look ... at Itself

The Conservatory of Johns Hopkins Has Studied Its Founder and Namesake

Jul 11, 2024 •

Martha S. Jones

June 2024

History, Our Institutions, Ourselves

Hard Histories that Leave the Silences Behind

Jun 19, 2024

“We Talk, You Listen!”

Whose Memory is it Anyway?

Jun 13, 2024

“This history jumps out at you”

What Monuments in Berlin Can Teach Us

Jun 6, 2024 •

Martha S. Jones

May 2024

Memory in Many Directions

From Baltimore, to Paris and Berlin. A Special Summer Series.

May 30, 2024 •

Martha S. Jones

April 2024

The Stewardship of Human Remains

Our last Webinar for 2023-24 — “Hard History Methods: Studying Human Remains at Hopkins and Beyond” with journalist and PhD student Jessica Leigh Hester…

Apr 18, 2024 •

Martha S. Jones

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