Events

Join the Johns Hopkins Black Faculty & Staff Association to register to vote before our upcoming elections.

Join American Experience producers and experts from the new documentary The Vote for an exclusive clip screening followed by a panel discussion on the passage of the 19th Amendment.

In a moment when legacies of structural racism are tearing us apart, how do we begin to see each other’s pain as our own? Join SNF Agora Conversations in trying to make sense of the current crisis and exploring pathways forward.

The SNF Agora Institute and SAIS host an event reflecting on how citizens can use protest, activism, and organizing to effectively—and safely—make their voices heard, hold leaders accountable, and make real change happen

Dorothea Wolfson, the program director for the MA in Governmental Studies, will address the philosophic and cultural obstacles that prolonged women’s battle to win the vote in light of the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment.

Author Kathleen Waters Sander and curator Natalie Elder will discuss the role that Baltimore’s Gilded Age philanthropist Mary Elizabeth Garrett played in the fight to pass the 19th amendment as part of the Hopkins at Home Women’s Suffrage Series.

Heidi Herr, the outreach librarian for Special Collections at Johns Hopkins University, will interview several students, including Ivy Xun, Laurel Poolman, and Nandini Dey, about their experiences researching the Women’s Suffrage Movement and share examples of their work as part of the Hopkins at Home Women’s Suffrage Series.

Johns Hopkins education experts discuss what we can learn about the shifting landscape of the politics of education by examining how different states and the federal government have approached remote learning and reopening schools amidst the pandemic.

Elaine Weiss, a Baltimore-based journalist and author of The Woman’s Hour, will discuss the nail-biting climax of one of the greatest political battles in American history — the ratification of the constitutional amendment that granted women the right to vote — with her husband, Julian Krolik, Johns Hopkins professor of physics and astronomy, as part of the Hopkins at Home Women’s Suffrage Series.

Martha S. Jones, the Society of Black Alumni presidential professor and a professor of history at Johns Hopkins, will discuss her forthcoming book, Vanguard, a history of African American women’s pursuit of political power — and how it transformed America, with Johns Hopkins President Ronald J. Daniels.

Former New York Times reporter Scott Shane will go over recent case studies in online disinformation, using real images and video clips, and discuss how to separate truth from fabrication.

Join contributors to the SAIS Review‘s 40.1 issue, Ex Amicitia Pax, in a discussion of the uses and limitations of diplomacy amidst a global pandemic and numerous social movements. The issue and event explore themes of diplomacy, from how power plays a role in international negotiations to reflections on various multilateral institutions.

For Day 1 of the SNF Agora Institute’s virtual conference entitled “Remember, Reflect, Recommit: Celebrating Women’s Suffrage,” Martha Jones, professor of history, and SNF Agora Director Hahrie Han discuss the many ways women past and present have used their voices to profoundly influence our democracy.

For Day 2 of the SNF Agora Institute’s virtual conference entitled “Remember, Reflect, Recommit: Celebrating Women’s Suffrage,” panelists will discuss “Women Working Across the Aisle.”

Day 3 of the SNF Agora Institute’s virtual conference entitled “Remember, Reflect, Recommit: Celebrating Women’s Suffrage” will explore the multiple ways women have—historically and today—used voting, legislating, and other forms of civic engagement to shape our democracy.

Voter Tuesday office hours give you an easy way to get registered and ready or ask the questions you have about casting your ballot.

Scott Shane, former New York Times reporter and visiting scholar at the SNF Agora Institute, will discuss previous and current issues with Russian election Interference as part of the International Studies Leadership Council fall speaker series entitled “The 2020 Election and the Future of American Democracy.”

Dean Eliot A. Cohen and Anne Applebaum, a senior fellow at the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University and Pulitzer-winning historian of Soviet atrocities, will discuss Applebaum’s new book, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism.

As part of the SNF Agora’s webcast series “SNF Agora Conversations: Election 2020,” Suzanne Mettler and Robert C. Lieberman will map out five times in U.S. history that our democracy was in serious crisis and identify four characteristics of democratic disruption.

Participants will analyze different debates and techniques used by presidential candidates and learn what to look for during the first debate on Sept. 29.

A month before election day, political journalists are struggling to cover a campaign with more than the usual share of falsehood, exaggeration, and vitriol. How can voters sort fact from fiction and make an informed choice?

This two-day virtual Cultivating Youth Activism conference will connect youth activists with civics practitioners and scholars from around the world in order to discuss the best practices of youth advocacy and challenges facing democracy in the current moment.

Join Sen. Barbara Mikulski, representing Maryland, and Lester Spence, professor of political science at Johns Hopkins, as they dip into ideas of politics as a tool for creating change.

This two-day virtual Cultivating Youth Activism conference will connect youth activists with civics practitioners and scholars from around the world in order to discuss the best practices of youth advocacy and challenges facing democracy in the current moment.

Avi Rubin, a professor of computer science, will lead a discussion describing how electronic voting in the U.S. began, the problems with security in e-voting, as well as trade-offs of various other approaches to voting.

Kori Schake, Randy Scheunemann, and Mark Lippert will discuss the implications of the 2020 election on U.S. foreign policy and the politics of foreign policy for the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies Kissinger Center.

IDEAL JHU launches its new Protecting Democracy Symposium with a panel on “The Russia Attack: 2016 and the Future of Election Security.”

Voters in Maryland: Come join Alpha Kappa Psi and Women in Business to learn how to get your vote counted and your voices heard.

Eliot A. Cohen, Hahrie Han, and Henry Farrell will have an across-the-aisle discussion of the fundamental questions facing our political parties and, more importantly, where we might find the opportunities for common ground that will be crucial to our ability to move forward as a nation.

Student participants will consider the next steps in their civic journey following the 2020 election.

What happens on election night and the days following will raise important questions about what happened and why, and how we can all begin to move our democracy forward together. The SNF Agora Institute, in partnership with Hopkins at Home, invites students, faculty, staff, and alumni to bring their questions to experts from Johns Hopkins and elsewhere, using a flexible AMA-style platform that allows them to ask questions as they arise, on their own schedules.

Join Johns Hopkins SEED: Students Educating and Empowering for Diversity, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, and the Johns Hopkins Counseling Center to process through the current election information, strategize for individual and collective next steps, and talk about the importance of civic engagement.

Join the SNF Agora Institute, the Peabody Institute, and Hopkins at Home for a live radio broadcast of the acclaimed opera Scalia/Ginsburg, followed by a conversation with composer Derrick Wang, hosted by Fred Bronstein, dean of the Peabody Institute.

Johns Hopkins experts convene to discuss the likely implications of the 2020 election for public health policy, including what to expect in the U.S. Congress and federal health agencies

One week after the U.S. presidential election, SNF Agora Institute and Hopkins@Home invite Johns Hopkins students, faculty, staff, and alumni to join a conversation with Johns Hopkins experts about what happened in the election and why, and how our community and our country might move forward together to realize the promise of democracy.

Join a bipartisan post-election discussion exploring what we have learned in the past four years or more about parties, partisanship, and the structures of our democracy.

Join the School of Public Health’s Public Health Students for Reproductive Justice, Anti-Racist Coalition, and Science Policy Group to learn more about how you can take political action beyond voting.

Hopkins Votes is hosting a special Georgia Runoff Information Session event for any Georgia voters or interested students to ask questions and learn more.