COOL CLASSES: “Cross-Cultural Lament Traditions”
A complement to the current faculty seminar, “Attending the Dead,” this comparative literature course explores medieval laments and elegies alongside primary sources that contextualize the role of lament and lamenters in their societies.
COOL CLASSES: “Crises”
An economics course that explores different types of financial crises and delves deeply into the latest global financial crisis.
COOL CLASSES: “Early American Environmental History”
A history course that explores how early Americans shaped their environments, and, in turn, were shaped by their environments.
COOL CLASSES: “Perspectives in Biology: Poisons, Plagues, Pollution, and Progress”
A biology course for non-majors that focuses on the various nodes of intersection between poisons—found in nature and man-made—and the history of human misery, including contemporary issues, such as the Ebola outbreak in western Africa.
(IR)REVERENCE Conference Explores African Culture
(IR)REVERENCE, a multimedia conference celebrating African culture and the 50th Anniversary of Chinua Achebe’s novel Arrow of God, convened on the campuses of Haverford, Bryn Mawr, and Swarthmore Colleges this month.
COOL CLASSES: “Old Age in the Modern Age”
A history and anthropology course, taught by the librarian of the College, that provides a survey on the history of aging in the United States from the 17th through the 20th centuries.
COOL CLASSES: “The Earth: Ethics and Politics”
A political science course that asks how we should deal with clashes among environmental values, economic growth, and people’s desires
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.