We’re on the road this week, but there are plenty of ways to keep up with Hard Histories at Hopkins and more. Check out these upcoming events — some live and in-person and others hybrid — in Baltimore and Washington, DC.
Monday, April 25, 4-5 pm ET. Shelter: A Black Tale of Homeland, Baltimore, the latest book from JHU Professor Lawrence Jackson is out! Join Dr. Jackson and Hard Histories director Martha Jones in a conversation about this remarkable memoir about a native son who returns to Baltimore to reckon with his own past while making a future for his sons. You can join us live, in 1110 Maryland Hall on the Homewood Campus, or on-line via Zoom.
Friday, April 22, afternoon. A scale model of “Rumors of War” by artist Kehinde Wiley — the artist’s response to Richmond, Virginia’s, Confederate monuments — will be unveiled on the JHU Homewood campus. Valerie Cassel Oliver, curator of modern and contemporary art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond will provide remarks. More on this installations in an up-coming post.
Thursday, April 21, evening. Virtual, the Baltimore City Historical Society is hosting Dr. Adam Francchia from the University of Maryland to talk about “Overlooked Places: Telling the Interconnected History of Maryland through Recent Archaeology in Baltimore,” a project that features student research. Link available by writing to baltohistoryevening@gmail.com. You can read more about Dr. Francchia’s work here.
Tuesday, April 19, 4 pm ET. Live, the latest from our colleagues at Georgetown University. Georgetown’s Lauinger Library will host a discussion on the new book Facing Georgetown’s History: A Reader on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation, with editors Adam Rothman and Elsa Barraza Mendoza. You can take a closer look at the book from Georgetown University Press, here.
Best wishes to everyone heading into the last weeks of the academic year!
— MSJ