The John B. Hurford '60 Humanities Center 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
Mapping Identity Blog
Janet Yoon '10 and Professor Carol Solomon are co-curating Mapping Identity, an exhibit set to open in the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery in Spring 2010. Here, Janet documents her work in preparing for the show.
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Filming a Cartoonist in the Classroom
Professor of English Theresa Tensuan and filmmaker and bookstore buyer Mary DiLullo are shooting a documentary about the innovative writing workshops led by bestselling author and artist Lynda Barry. The two filmed Barry as she led her “Writing the Unthinkable” workshop as part of the symposium “Drawing the Line: Comics and the Art of Social Transformation”.
Imaginative Feats Literally Presented/Three Fables for Projection: Guarded, Flat Land, Lost
Artists Jeanne C. Finley and John Muse explore the visual culture of America’s contemporary wars through three video works that will be exhibited in Haverford College’s Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, October 23-December 11, 2009.
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.
Inside the HHC
Mapping Identity
Janet Yoon '10 documents her work on Mapping Identity, an exhibit co-curated with Professor Carol Solomon and set to open Spring 2010 in Haverford's Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery.
Screening Music: An Aural Look at Film
How does music alter and enhance a film? How does film change the way we perceive music? Jane Holloway '11 and Genna Cherichello '11 will be exploring these questions and more through their Student Seminar blog.
John B. Hurford '60 Biography
Who was John B. Hurford '60 and why was the center named in his honor?
Events
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
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11:00Imaginative Feats Literally Presented / Three Fables for Projection: Guarded, Flat Land, LostImaginative Feats Literally Presented / Three Fables for Projection: Guarded, Flat Land, Lost http://www.haverford.edu/calendar/details/112461/1259683200 WCC Art Gallery 2009-12-01T11:00:00 2009-12-01T17:00:00
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
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11:00Imaginative Feats Literally Presented / Three Fables for Projection: Guarded, Flat Land, LostImaginative Feats Literally Presented / Three Fables for Projection: Guarded, Flat Land, Lost http://www.haverford.edu/calendar/details/112471/1259769600 WCC Art Gallery 2009-12-02T11:00:00 2009-12-02T20:00:00
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4:15Humanities Steering Committee MeetingHumanities Steering Committee Meeting http://www.haverford.edu/calendar/details/104982 Stokes 102 - Humanities Center 2009-12-02T16:15:00 2009-12-02T18:00:00
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
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11:00Imaginative Feats Literally Presented / Three Fables for Projection: Guarded, Flat Land, LostImaginative Feats Literally Presented / Three Fables for Projection: Guarded, Flat Land, Lost http://www.haverford.edu/calendar/details/112461/1259856000 WCC Art Gallery 2009-12-03T11:00:00 2009-12-03T17:00:00
Friday, December 4th, 2009
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11:00Imaginative Feats Literally Presented / Three Fables for Projection: Guarded, Flat Land, LostImaginative Feats Literally Presented / Three Fables for Projection: Guarded, Flat Land, Lost http://www.haverford.edu/calendar/details/112461/1259942400 WCC Art Gallery 2009-12-04T11:00:00 2009-12-04T17:00:00