A year after revelations that the founder of Johns Hopkins University had enslaved people in his Baltimore household, scholars will take part in a conference exploring questions around slavery, its impact on universities and the challenges of unearthing that history.
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Openings and Closings: February 24 to March 2 Elizabeth Lanza
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia; gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia
February 24, 6 PM EST
From elaborate table settings that included spoons specifically used for certain jellies to the 20th-century invention of the TV dinner, it is safe to say that the way we dine in the Western world has changed drastically. The Chrysler Museum of Art is hosting a virtual program,
The Post-Revolution Evolution of Dining in America and Great Britain, during which Colonial Williamsburg’s senior curator of metals Janine Skerry will take attendees on a journey through time that traces the evolution from “service à la Française” to “service à la Russe”. The event, which is free to all, must be accessed through a Zoom link which you can sign up to receive in your email inbox here.
By Photos by Will Kirk / Published Dec 21, 2020
Our world was forever changed in 2020, a year of monumental challenges and heartbreak, but also of breakthroughs, discoveries, and triumphs large and small. As we prepare to ring in 2021 and turn the tide on a global pandemic, take a look back at how Johns Hopkins weathered the 2020 storm.
January
Students shake it out during an Intersession course on dance movement. The minisemester, which is typically held in January, will be held virtually in 2021.
JHU President Ron Daniels leads an Intersession course on the role of universities in preserving democracy.
Mathematician Emily Riehl (right) learns she has won the President s Frontier Award, which is accompanied by a $250,000 award.