COOL CLASSES: “Childhood and Children’s Literature”
This writing seminar focuses on how British and American culture has defined the child since the 18th century, tracing the ever-evolving definitions of childhood through books, games, and toys of different periods.
The Power of the Page
The pre-spring break iteration of the Office of Academic Resources’ Reading Rainbow book-advocacy series featured students, faculty, and staff recommending books that helped them “overcome a sense of powerlessness.”
Kitchen Stadium Comes to the DC
Fords Against Boredom held its annual DC Iron Chef contest with a sustainability theme this year.
Industry Expert Leads “Game Jam” for Fords
James Seetal, who has worked on popular titles like Star Wars: The Old Republic and The Elder Scrolls: Legends, led a Haverford Innovations Program-sponsored workshop that culminated in student prototypes of tabletop games.
COOL CLASSES: “Asian American Psychology”
This seminar course addresses major theories and findings in Asian American psychology, with a focus on immigration and acculturation, ethnic identity, stereotyping and discrimination, families and development, and mental health.
“The Local Story is the Larger Story” and the Bicentennial in Philadelphia
A new exhibit in the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery explores the summer of 1976 in Philadelphia through a documentary created by the 2019 Summer Doculab Fellows.
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.