The Rhythm of the Words and the Pleasure of the Sounds
Award-winning poets Joan Larkin and Robert Hershon read a selection of their work last week at an event organized by Visiting Assistant Professor of English Thomas Devaney and sponsored by creative writing programs at Haverford College, Swarthmore College, and the Hurford Center for the Arts and Humanities.
CLUB LIFE: Promoting and Teaching Mindfulness
The student-run Meditation Group aims to introduce more members of the Haverford community to meditation and to help foster their practices.
Getting It Right: Brook Danielle Lillehaugen on “Arrival”
Our assistant professor of linguistics, a field linguist who studies the Zapotec languages of Mexico, talks about what it’s like to see her profession portrayed on film.
COOL CLASSES: “Viruses, Humans, Vital Politics: An Anthropology of HIV and AIDS”
This medical anthropology and health studies course explores how HIV and AIDS have come to shape how humans live today, both intimately and socially.
Reading List
After another successful Reading Rainbow event sponsored by the Office of Academic Resources, we have seven suggestions for books to add to your personal library (or holiday wishlist) this winter.
COOL CLASSES: “Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Gender”
Students in this course, which explores the intersection of gender, sexuality, race, class, religion, and embodiment in our time, bring the personal into the classroom and to take what they learn out into the world.
COOL CLASSES: “Visual Histories of the Civil Rights Movement”
This history course in which students students study Civil Rights-era images as artifacts, as part of archives, and pathways to visibility, solidarity, and justice.
Cool Classes
The Club Life @ Haverford
A series exploring the many varied student clubs on campus.
What They Learned
A series exploring the thesis work of recent graduates.
Where They’re Headed
A blog series detailing the post-Haverford plans of our recent graduates.