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A World without Women’s Colleges and Universities – Johns Hopkins University Press Blog

Johns Hopkins University Press Blog A World without Women’s Colleges and Universities jackholmesjr 1 year ago Categories: Affirmative Action, Current Affairs, Higher Education, Women’s History Tags: higher education, Title IX, Women’s Colleges Guest post by Kristen A. Renn The recent and—to many—unexpected announcement of the fast-track closing of Sweet Briar College has sent shockwaves through the …

Henry Clay Folger’s Greatest Honor – Johns Hopkins University Press Blog

Johns Hopkins University Press Blog Henry Clay Folger’s Greatest Honor jackholmesjr 2 years ago Categories: American History, Biography, D.C., Literature, Press Events, Shakespeare Tags: Amherst College, Folger Shakespeare Library, Henry and Emily Folger, William Shakespeare Guest post by Stephen H. Grant A century ago, in 1914, Henry Folger received an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Amherst …

For T. S. Eliot’s birthday this week, a new book trailer and a look at his Complete Prose – Johns Hopkins University Press Blog

Johns Hopkins University Press Blog For T. S. Eliot’s birthday this week, a new book trailer and a look at his Complete Prose jackholmesjr 2 years ago Categories: Literature, MUSE, Philosophy Tags: literary criticism, Modernism, T. S. Eliot, The Complete Prose of T. S. Eliot Guest post by Jewel Spears Brooker and Ronald Schuchard Digital editions …

April/May news and new books – Johns Hopkins University Press Blog

Johns Hopkins University Press Blog April/May news and new books jhuprenn 2 years ago Categories: American History, American Studies, Baltimore, Current Affairs, For Everyone, Foreign Policy, General Science, History, History of Medicine, Literature, Middle East, Poetry, Politics, Public Health, Religion, Reviews, Sale, Social media, The War of 1812, War and Conflict Tags: books, media, reviews Enter …

May means History of Medicine, the Natural World of DC (via Ottawa), and more on the Press Calendar – Johns Hopkins University Press Blog

Johns Hopkins University Press Blog May means History of Medicine, the Natural World of DC (via Ottawa), and more on the Press Calendar jackholmesjr 2 years ago Categories: Book talks, Conferences, History of Medicine, Press Events, Shakespeare, Washington Tags: Calendar, Events, Folger Library, History of medicine, National Archives, Ottawa, Shakespeake, Washington DC Was it the Bard …

Wild Thing: Discovering electric worlds – Johns Hopkins University Press Blog

Johns Hopkins University Press Blog Wild Thing: Discovering electric worlds brendanccoyne 3 years ago Categories: Animals, Biology, Fish, For Everyone, General Science, History, Uncategorized Wild Thing is an occasional series where JHU Press authors write about the flora and fauna of the natural world—from the rarest flower to the most magnificent beast. Guest post by William …

Pop culture and academia: A marriage of convenience or of love? – Johns Hopkins University Press Blog

Johns Hopkins University Press Blog Pop culture and academia: A marriage of convenience or of love? brendanccoyne 4 years ago Categories: Behind the Scenes, Comic Books, Cultural Studies, For Everyone by Michele Callaghan TV is bigger than any story it reports. It’s the greatest teaching tool since the printing press. —Fred Friendly, president of CBS news …

What women can do about ovarian cancer risk – Johns Hopkins University Press Blog

Johns Hopkins University Press Blog What women can do about ovarian cancer risk brendanccoyne 4 years ago Categories: Cancer, Consumer Health, Genetics, Health and Medicine, Public Health, Women’s Health Guest post by Sue Friedman, DVM, Rebecca Sutphen, MD, and Kathy Steligo After soliciting input from health care experts and the public, the United States Preventive Services Task …

Say hello to the Ultimate History Project – Johns Hopkins University Press Blog

Johns Hopkins University Press Blog Say hello to the Ultimate History Project brendanccoyne 4 years ago Categories: Academia, Digital Content, History, Publishing News Tags: American Association for the History of Medicine, Ultimate History Project At the annual meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine meeting in Baltimore this past weekend, we learned of …

Thomas Edison: Measuring the days of an extraordinary life

Guest post by Louis Carlat "There is no such thing in anyone's life as an unimportant day," said American essayist Alexander Woollcott. Anything might happen. But of course, some days turn out to be more important than others. With the publication of its eighth volume, the Thomas Edison papers project has gone through the record…