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Announcement
“What Makes Podcasting Accessible” Roundtable and Workshops Announced
Are you an active podcaster or an enthusiastic listener? Are you curious about how podcasts can be a tool for improving access in teaching, research, and other activities inside and outside the university? This spring 2025 roundtable series covers accessible podcasting featuring creators from across Johns Hopkins and other universities.
Information about the roundtable series
Announcement
Savannah G.M. Wood Announced as New Public Humanities Fellow
Savannah G.M. Wood has been awarded a $25,000 public humanities fellowship for 2024-25. The program, which was launched in 2022, supports Baltimore-based organizers, artists, cultural workers, and knowledge-creators as they research with and creatively interpret the university’s Special Collections and Archives.
Learn more about Wood's fellowship
News
“Vintage T” Archives Trans Oral Histories
Vintage T is a community-based oral history project documenting the perspectives, strategies, and personal histories of trans elders in Baltimore. Directed by Jamie Grace Alexander (pictured here), Rahne Alexander, and Monica Yorkman, in collaboration with Tabb Center director Joseph Plaster, their oral histories touch on subjects including punk music, the Baltimore Trans Alliance, standup comedy, and trans of color activism.
Learn about Vintage T and the Trans Histories Lab
News
Society of Fellows Postdoc Marios Falaris Launches Stories of Displacement
Stories of Displacement foregrounds experiences of displacement as occasions to generate critical conversations in Baltimore about community safety, support, and flourishing. The project is coordinated by Dr. Marios Falaris, a socio-cultural anthropologist and a postdoctoral fellow with the Tabb Center.
Learn about Stories of Displacement
Announcement
Tabb Center Producing Ballroom VR Film to be screened in Fall 2024
Tabb Center Director Joseph Plaster and filmmaker Jason Gray, Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins University Advanced Academic Programs, are creating a short virtual reality film based on the Tabb Center's 2023 Peabody Ball. The film will be screened for the public in fall 2024.
Learn about the 2023 Peabody Ball
Announcement
Register for Edible Book Festival by March 28, 2024
Enter your book-inspired dessert by 12 noon on March 28 to compete for fabulous prizes in our annual edible book bake-off.
Register at this link
Announcement
Trans Cultural Production Speaker Series Announced
The Tabb Center’s spring 2024 speaker series highlights cultural production by trans, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming artists, writers, historians, poets, and musicians.
Read more about the series
News
The HUB profiles Tabb Center teaching, public humanities
The HUB profiled Tabb Center director Joseph Plaster's public humanities teaching, research, and fellowships. An emerging field, the public humanities is raising awareness about social justice issues and leading to meaningful collaborations between Johns Hopkins University and local communities.
Read the HUB article
Announcement
Public Humanities Fellow Launches “Belonging” Installation
"Be(longing): Unveiling the Imprint of Black Women Hidden in Plain Sight" is an installation by Baltimore-based artist and Public Humanities Fellow Nicoletta Daríta de la Brown, inspired by her explorations with archival materials related to Ethel Ennis, Billie Holiday, African American real photo postcards.
Read the BMoreArt story
Announcement
Edible Book Festival Registration Open Until March 29, 2023
The Sheridan Libraries Edible Book Festival began in 2014 and is now a highly-anticipated Johns Hopkins tradition. It is one of many such festivals that take place around the world on or around April 1 to celebrate books, art, food, and culture.
Register and learn more at this link