Voice of Witness Uses Oral History to Illuminate Human Rights Abuses
Ashley Jacobs, a former prisoner and Voice of Witness (VoW) narrator, gave an emotional and moving reading from the book “Inside This Place, Not of It: Narratives from Women’s Prisons.”
Peabody Award Winners and Animation Software Designer Talk Animation Techniques
Peabody Award-winning independent animators Paul and Sandra Fierlinger and software developer Fabrice Debarge of France’s TVPaint will give an on-campus talk about animation on Tuesday, March 13, at 4:15 p.m. in Stokes 102 that promises to feature a screening of the Fierlinger’s work-in-progress, Slocum a Man at Sea With Himself.
Jack Carnell: Looking at America
The exhibition Jack Carnell: Authentic America-Color Photographs 2006 to 2008 runs through April 22 in the Atrium Gallery of the Marshall Fine Arts Center. Carnell will be on campus to speak about his work and his travels on March 14 at 4:30 p.m.
On-Campus Linguistics Symposium Takes on Austen, Shakespeare and Comics
The Feb. 24 linguistics symposium on campus grappled with two big questions: How can cognitive science lead to a better appreciation of literature, and how can literature be useful in understanding how the human mind works?
A Playwright Returns to Her Roots
Alena Smith ’02 was in the audience last week for a staged reading of her play, The Lacy Project, which had an all-student cast and was directed by her former classmate Visiting Assistant Professor of English and Writing Christian DuComb ’01.
Students Use Tri-Co Library Resources to Learn About “Where We’re From”
A series of presentations in Magill Library, titled “Where We’re From,” kicked off on Thursday, February 16, to both demonstrate the wealth of information available to us on campus, as well as teach us something about the cultures of the increasingly diverse Haverford student body.
Spelman College Professor Introduces “Kairotic Spaces”
Dr. Margaret Price, a professor of English at Spelman College, put her ideas into practice during her Feb. 9 talk, “Ways to Move: Disability and the Kairotic Space of the Classroom,” during which she took special pains to accommodate as many learning styles as possible.
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.