The John B. Hurford '60 Center for the Arts and Humanities seeks to enhance the intellectual and cultural life at Haverford by fostering challenging exchange among faculty, students, and diverse communities of writers, artists, performers, thinkers, activists, and innovators. The Center sponsors programs that promote relationships between classic humanistic study and contemporary intellectual, artistic, and ethical currents in the wider public world.
Current Features
2012 Summer Interns Announced
Thirteen students have been awarded HCAH summer internships, securing placements for themselves with host organizations like the Publishing Office of the Library of Congress, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and Dave Eggers' young authors program 826 Valencia. In addition, the Center is supporting three students accepted into the Philadelphia Museum of Art's Museum Studies Internship Program.
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Black Star: a video installation by Jesse Weaver Shipley
May 25–27, 2012, Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery: Black Star displays Ghana's participation in the 2010 football World Cup held in South Africa, using the spectacle of global football to tell more intimate tales of West African cosmopolitan travel and life.
HCAH 2012-13 Undergraduate Fellows
Nineteen undergraduate fellows have been selected for the 2012-13 Student Seminar program, including majors from the departments of Biology, Classics, Computer Science, English, Environmental Studies, History, Mathematics, Music, Philosophy, Physics, Psychology, Religion, and Spanish.
Tri-Co Film Festival Winners
Congratulations to Tri-Co Film Festival award-winners Carl Sigmond '13 and Jon Appel '12, Haverford College students whose projects were both supported by the Hurford Center's Student Arts Fund.
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WHAT DO NEXTGEN DIGITAL HUMANISTS THINK?
Re:Humanities is the only national digital humanities conference of, for, and by undergraduates. Hear thoughts from participants in this year's conference.
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And the Winner Is Nick Kahn
At approximately 1:20 p.m. on April 20th, the title of this exhibition changed from And the Winner Is… to And the Winner Is Nick Kahn.
Visit the site >The Center supports scholarship, teaching, arts, and public forums. We strive to offer a broad range of innovative programming for both faculty and students that is well-integrated with the curriculum. The general public is invited and welcome to attend the public forums and arts events as our guests.
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Events
Friday, May 25th, 2012
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4:30PMBlack Star: a video installation by Jesse Weaver Shipley - Opening ReceptionBlack Star: a video installation by Jesse Weaver Shipley - Opening Reception http://www.haverford.edu/calendar/details/205291 WCC Art Gallery 2012-05-25T16:30:00 2012-05-25T18:00:00