Preserving a House with Haverfordian Ties
After graduating with a degree in history, James Truitt ’17 has hit the archives at a historic house in Philadelphia that reflects the story of one Quaker family over the course of 300 years.
COOL CLASSES: “Topics in Enlightenment History: The Self Before The Selfie”
This history seminar uses primary-source readings, historical scholarship, and theoretical texts to explore the “self talk” of the Enlightenment period and to explore parallels to our own social-media age.
COOL CLASSES: “Plagues, Diseases, and Epidemics in History”
This history course examines the theories and strategies that people developed to explain the advent and spread of individual plagues and epidemics.
A Closer Look at a Pennsylvania Origin Story
An exhibit in Haverford’s Magill Library, born of a spring 2017 history class, attempts to distinguish fact from fiction in examining William Penn’s Colonial-era treaty with the Lenape Native Americans.
COOL CLASSES: “Origins of the Global South”
A history course analyzing “the first phase of globalization in world history,” a complex historical process rooted in the ancient and medieval worlds.