Month: August 2014
Guest post by Michael Wolfe Over a three-week period in July, Johns Hopkins University Press hosted an epitaph writing contest on the Goodreads website, which you may still access and review here. The Press proposed the contest as a way to mark the shortlisting by PEN/America of my recently published book, Cut These Words into My Stone, a…
By Brendan Coyne As people across the world grapple with such issues as the Islamic State and continued hostilities between Palestinians and the Israeli state to institutionalized discrimination and militarized police to climate change and unstable governments, the world's largest collection of political scientists meets this week in Washington, D.C. We're happy to be here supporting…
By Brendan Coyne As people across the world grapple with such issues as the Islamic State and continued hostilities between Palestinians and the Israeli state to institutionalized discrimination and militarized police to climate change and unstable governments, the world's largest collection of political scientists meets this week in Washington, D.C. We're happy to be here supporting…
Guest post by Howard L. Nixon II Arguments in favor of “pay for play” for college athletes in big-time college sports make National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and university officials cringe. However, both groups have had to address this issue repeatedly this year in the face of media attention to the Northwestern University National Labor Relations…
The Doctor Is In is an occasional series where JHU Press authors discuss the latest developments and news in health and medicine. Guest post by Susan Noonan, M.D., M.P.H. On August 11, 2014, the world learned that we had lost a dearly beloved, charismatic human being to the devastating illness and consequences of depression. To…
The Doctor Is In is an occasional series where JHU Press authors discuss the latest developments and news in health and medicine. Guest post by Susan Noonan, M.D., M.P.H. On August 11, 2014, the world learned that we had lost a dearly beloved, charismatic human being to the devastating illness and consequences of depression. To…
Guest post by Eric Allen Hall As the recent events in Ferguson, Missouri, make clear, the fight for civil and human rights is far from over. The shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teen, by a white police officer provides a window into contemporary race relations. The predominately African American protesters in Ferguson argue…
By Hilary S. Jacqmin Earlier this year, more than a dozen employees of Johns Hopkins University Press traveled to Great Kids Farm in Catonsville, Maryland, to participate in a day of service. Working together with other volunteers from JHU’s Sheridan Libraries as part of a joint effort cosponsored by the diversity committees of both entities, Press…
By Hilary S. Jacqmin Earlier this year, more than a dozen employees of Johns Hopkins University Press traveled to Great Kids Farm in Catonsville, Maryland, to participate in a day of service. Working together with other volunteers from JHU’s Sheridan Libraries as part of a joint effort cosponsored by the diversity committees of both entities, Press…
Guest post by Joseph F. Spillane Historians have, finally, seized upon the phenomenon of mass incarceration as a subject worthy of serious consideration. The astonishing and unprecedented rise of imprisonment rates between the early 1970s and the 2000s is undoubtedly one of the most significant developments in modern social policy. Indeed, mass incarceration is now…