New Exhibit Curated By Courtney Lynne Carter ’17 Takes a Long, Hard Look at Material Culture
WE’RE SORRY THIS ITEM IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE, up through March 6 in VCAM, finds comedic value in a serious subject.
COOL CLASSES: “After the Sunset: Lessons in Transition to Peace: The South African Example”
This anthropology course, co-taught by this semester’s Friend in Residence, engages with issues, theories, and methodologies of nonviolent and violent struggles, peace negotiations, transitional justice, post-conflict reconstruction, and peacebuilding by looking at South Africa as a case study.
VCAM Hosts 20/20 VISION Exhibit
A collection of creative work from 20 student artists was displayed in VCAM after an open-call search across campus.
Club Life: FUCS Brings the Music to You
The Federation United Concert Series is a group committed to bringing an eclectic range of musical acts right to your doorstep.
Spring Plenary Celebrates Community Values
This semester’s iteration of Haverford’s long-standing tradition celebrating self-governance focused on resolutions addressing sustainability, environmental justice, and student agency.
Strange Truth 2020 Broaches Contemporary Issues Through International Film
With two screenings and an exhibition planned for this semester, the ninth year of the Strange Truth series will examine themes of gender, justice, and historical memory across modern media.
COOL CLASSES: “Quakers, War, and Slavery 1646-1723”
This seminar encourages students to analyze primary sources and secondary works to explore how and why early Friends came to see both war and slavery as immoral.
COOL CLASSES: “Anthropology of Human Rights: Engaged Ethnography and Anthropologist as Witness”
This course examines how anthropologists contribute to human rights in law and grassroots movements.
COOL CLASSES: “Refugees and Forced Migrants”
This political science course integrates diverse disciplinary approaches—legal, political, sociological and anthropological—to explore the causes of migration, the dynamics of assimilation and incorporation of migrants in the U.S., and the process and impacts of deportation and (re)incorporation in Mexico and Central America.
COOL CLASSES: “Junior Research Seminar: The Federal Reserve”
This economics course covers the history of monetary policy and central banking before and after the creation of the Fed, as well as current debates in monetary policy.
CLUB LIFE: Lame Ducks Are Anything But
Haverford’s long-standing, midnight-skating, stick-wielding, hoagie-eating ice hockey team is open to all players, regardless of skill level.
Renowned Poet Holds Reading On Campus
Earlier this month, poet Eileen Myles and Haverford’s Visiting Professor of English Thomas Devaney read their poems in Lutnick Library at a joint event.
COOL CLASSES: “Machine Learning”
This computer science course explores both classical and modern approaches to machine learning, with an emphasis on theoretical understanding.
COOL CLASSES: “Real Work and Dream Jobs: Art and Theories of Work”
This visual studies course is an introduction to theories of work, thinking critically and historically about the role of work in society, the promise of art as an ideal form of work, and the structural persistence of gendered, classed, and racial divisions of labor.
Semester Closes With Openings of Five New Exhibits
Students in six courses from across disciplines produced five exhibitions in VCAM and Lutnick Library expressing their learning through visual art.
COOL CLASSES: “Visualizing Border/lands”
This anthropology course explores visual representations of the border, including film and photography, but also text and sound.
CLUB LIFE: Food Co-op Makes Sure That Delighting Your Taste Buds Doesn’t Have to Break the Bank
Barely one year old, this new campus organization offers students access to food that is both healthy and cheap.
COOL CLASSES: “Travel Narratives in Latin America”
This Spanish course examines the ideas and impact of European travel writers in Latin America and the Caribbean and includes discussion of the imprint they left on the literature of Latin America from the 17th century to the present.