For Faculty: Working & Reading Groups
Working Groups
The Center provides up to $3,500 per year for Faculty Working Groups of local scholars focusing on a common research interest. Groups should be led by a Haverford faculty member and generally be constituted by at least five members, several of whom should be drawn from Haverford's faculty.
Current Groups
- American Studies–Gustavus Stadler, English, gstadler@haverford.edu
- Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Barak Mendelsohn, bmendels@haverford.edu
How to Apply
Proposals for Working Groups should include a description that includes format, possible participants, timing, and schedule, and projected budget, as well as an explanation of the intellectual scope of the project and its relationship to Haverford's academic program.
Curriculum Grant Applications Form 
Deadlines: Please email your application by 5 p.m., Friday, October 26, 2012 to Associate Director Emily Cronin at ecronin@haverford.edu The next deadline will be Friday, March 29, 2013.
Reading Groups
The Center sponsors ongoing Faculty Reading Groups which gather regularly to study texts of mutual interest. Up to $500 is available for books and refreshments.
Note: Students and staff may be included, but only when faculty organizers choose to invite them into the group.
Current Reading Groups
Man Booker Prize Reading Group
http://www.themanbookerprize.com/
Following up on the success of the Amitov Ghosh reading group in 2011-12, the Hurford Center is sponsoring a reading group lead by Raji Mohan (rmohan@haverford.edu) for 2012-13 that will read a selection of winners (mostly) of the Man Booker Prize. The reading list is made up of novels selected by active members of last year's group. Open to faculty and staff.
- September 24th: The Sea, The Sea, Iris Murdoch (1978)
- October 22nd: Moon Tiger, Penelope Lively (1987)
- November 19th: Possession, A.S. Byatt (1990)
- December 17th: Reading Turgenev, William Trevor (shortlisted 1991)
- January 21st: The True History of the Kelly Gang, Peter Carey (2001)
- February 18th: The Inheritance of Loss, Kiran Desai (2006)
- March 18th: Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel (2009)
- April 15th: The Sense of an Ending, Julian Barnes (2011)
- May 20th: 2012 Winner, tba.
Poetry Reading Group
Thursdays, Woodside Cottage 9–10 PM
PRG discusses poetry the way we all found it first: outside of the classroom. Open to students, faculty and staff. Bring a few copies of a poem that you like/don't like/want to talk about by a poet other than yourself.
Contact: cfiedler@haverford.edu, jramirez@haverford.edu, nlandiss@haverford.edu
Proposing a Reading Group
Proposals for Reading Groups should include a description that includes format, possible participants, timing, and schedule, and projected budget, as well as an explanation of the intellectual scope of the project and its relationship to Haverford's academic program.
Curriculum Grant Applications Form
Deadlines: Please email your application by 5 p.m., Friday, October 26, 2012 to Associate Director Emily Cronin at ecronin@haverford.edu The next deadline will be Friday, March 29, 2013.
Past Reading GroupsContract All | Expand All
2011-12
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Madonna, Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Aretha Franklin, Annie Lennox, Britney Spears, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey-what is a diva, after all? What are its origins, if locatable, and how has the term evolved and developed musically, temporally, and culturally? Limited spaces; open to students, staff, and faculty. To apply, email hhc@haverford.edu by Sunday, October 23rd. -
Organized by Andreea Bailuc HC '11
Curatorial & Research Intern, Slought Foundation
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Edward Albee's play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf was written in 1962 and caused a storm of controversy upon its release. This reading group will meet once a week and attempt to read, understand, and ultimately adapt into film Albee's original masterpiece. If you are interested in participating in any capacity, read on for details! -
Thursdays, Woodside Cottage 9-10 PM The Poetry Reading Group discusses poetry the way we all found it first: outside of the classroom. Bring a few copies of a poem that you like/don't like/want to talk about by a poet other than yourself. We promise hummus. Contact: agangi@haverford.eduLearn more >
2010-11
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Organized by JP Bowditch. Open to students, staff, and faculty; stop by an info session at 4:00pm in Gest 101 on Wednesday, 5/4, or contact jbowditc@haverford.edu or kwright@haverford.edu for more information. -
Michel Foucault is one of the mostly widely cited figures in the humanities, one of the most influential philosophers of the past one hundred years, and one of the most challenging to read and comprehend. Join us this summer in HCA 30 1B to untangle Foucault's classic text Discipline and Punish over food and drink. -
Monday, January 24, 4:15 PM, Stokes 102: Given the dire urgency of our current economic and ecological crises, perhaps some new insights can be gained from both classic and contemporary accounts of the nature and possible futures of capitalist society. This reading group, open to all bi-co students and faculty, proposes to study the works of Karl Marx's Capital (Volume 1).Learn More > -
Thursdays, Woodside Cottage 9-10 PM The Poetry Reading Group discusses poetry the way we all found it first: outside of the classroom. Bring a few copies of a poem that you like/don't like/want to talk about by a poet other than yourself. We promise hummus. Contact: anikolis@haverford.edu, agangi@haverford.eduLearn More >
2009-10
- Islamism for Beginners: Reading and Critiquing What Contemporary Islamists Say Reading Group
View Group Description | News Article: Islamism for Beginners - Poetry Reading Group
- Talmud Reading Group
2008-09
- House of Leaves Reading Group
View Group Description - Poetry Reading Group
- Speech Acts: Across Media and Around the World
View Group Description | Visit the blog - Talmud Reading Group
2007-08
- Poetry Reading Group
- Talmud Reading Group
- Ancient Greek Lyric Poetry Reading Group
- Wittgenstein Reading Group
2006-07
- Talmud Reading Group
- Bible as Literary Text Reading Group
- Against the Day Thomas Pynchon Reading Group
- Derrida Reading Group
- Death of a Discipline Gayatri Spivak Reading Group
2005-06
- Literary House
- Epic Books
2004-05
- Finnegans Wake