Join Hard Histories at Hopkins for a virtual discussion about how Hopkins History PhD alums are participating in the work of rethinking their own degree-granting institution. Dr. Paige Glotzer is part of a working group that has conducted research on Hopkins’ former president Isaiah Bowman (1935-1948), revealing his white supremacist and antisemitic views and actions. Dr. Jennie K. Williams has written critically about an endowed professorship at the university – the Caroline Donovan Professorship in English Literature – that was named for the wife of a prominent Maryland slave trader. That work, in part, led to JHU’s decision to re-name the professorship, pending court approval. Collectively, this webinar will center the process of self-examination about the legacies of the institutions with which we are affiliated. Glotzer and Williams will be in discussion with Hard Histories at Hopkins Project Director Dr. Martha S. Jones.
