HORIZONS Fall 2013, The Newsletter of the Johns
Hopkins University , Covers a detail story on the research
contributions of UK
HORIZONS, The Newsletter of the center for Africana Studies at Johns Hopkins University Fall 2013, Feb Covers a detail story on the research contributions of UK. The Newsletter is an initiative of the Dept. of History: Center for Africana Studies, Directed by Dr Franklin W. Knight. One of the lead editor Dr Vijay is a PhD Scholar of the Hopkins University. The Center for Africana Studies and Center for Race and Culture: MICA is working on collaborative research projects. The Newsletter has also extensively covered all the art works of UK.
About: The Johns
Hopkins University (informally Johns Hopkins, JHU,
or just Hopkins) is a not-for-profit private research university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The University was founded on January 22, 1876,
and named for its benefactor, the philanthropist Johns Hopkins. Daniel Coit Gilman was
inaugurated as the first president on February
22, 1876. The institution pioneered the concept of the modern research
university in the United States and has ranked among the world's top such
universities throughout its history. The National Science
Foundation (NSF) has ranked Johns Hopkins #1 among U.S.
academic institutions in total science, medical and engineering research and development spending
for 31 consecutive years. As of 2011, thirty-seven Nobel Prize winners have been affiliated with Johns
Hopkins in a span of just 135 years, and the university's research is
among the most cited of any institution globally, making it one of the most
prestigious universities in the world
About the Editor/Director of
the Journal: Dr Franklin W. Knight joined the faculty of the Johns
Hopkins University in Baltimore in 1973 and in 1991 was appointed the Leonard
and Helen R. Stulman Professor of History. Professor Knight was president
of The Historical Society (2004–2006), and served as president of the Latin
American Studies Association between October 1998 and May 2000. He also serves
on advisory committees of the National Research Council, the Handbook of Latin
American Studies of the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress and the
editorial boards of several academic journals. He is the director of the Dept.
of History and the Centre for Africana Studies and the senior Editor of the
reputed Journal titled HORIZON.
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