Spring Conferences Examine Universities Studying Slavery
At Hard Histories, We Are Part of a Far-Reaching Investigation
When Hard Histories at Hopkins began to examine Johns Hopkins’ connections to slavery, we knew we weren’t alone and immediately joined the 75 plus member consortium of colleges and universities — Universities Studying Slavery. Members are committed to understanding their connections to the slave trade and slave holding. Also included are colleagues who share our broader mission of understanding the role of racism and discrimination have played in steering higher education in the United States.
Catch up! We’ve had great opportunities to work with colleagues at places like Rice University, the University of Southern California, Morgan State. (These meet ups have been a silver lining of our turn to Zoom.) Students in the Hard Histories Lab were able to attend a Fall 2021 symposium at Emory University, “In the Wake of Slavery and Dispossession.” You can catch up on that here.
Mark Your Calendar! In Spring 2022, we’ll take part in two conferences. The first — “Pandemics, Protests, and the Legacies of Slavery” — will be hosted by Guilford College and Wake Forest University on March 30-April 1. The second — “Critical University Studies Symposium: Legacies of Slavery and Settler Colonialism” — will run March 17-18 at Boston University. These gatherings are important opportunities to share our work at Johns Hopkins with colleagues from around the country.
Still Time! Hopkins affiliates, do you have students interested in doing research into JHU history? Dr Kim Gallon still has open seats in her Spring 2022 Hard Histories Lab - send students her way!
Tune In! I recently had a chance to talk about our work at the Hard Histories Lab on WYPR’s Midday with Tom Hall. The take away: With a year of research behind us, important points of agreement about Johns Hopkin’s connection to slave holding have emerged. Give a listen here.
MSJ.
Insightful and intriguing!