About Us
The John B. Hurford '60 Center for the Arts and Humanities supports the intellectual and artistic endeavors of faculty and students by fostering collaboration, experimentation, and critical thought through a variety of seminars, symposia, working groups, arts and performance residencies, and exhibitions, reaching beyond the local and familiar to connect with diverse communities of writers, artists, performers, thinkers, activists, and innovators.
In recent years, the HCAH has deepened its commitment to the arts through its stewardship of the Campus Exhibitions Program and the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, advancing the Center's primary goal of cultivating interdisciplinary connections between classic humanistic study and contemporary artistic, intellectual, and ethical currents in the wider public world through vigorous inquiry, innovative artistic practices, and intensive exchanges.
Support for the Center comes from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Leaves of Grass Foundation, the Kessinger Family Fund for Asian Performing Arts, the Koshland Humanities Center Directorship Fund, The E. Clyde Lutton '66 Memorial Fund for the Performing Arts, the Edwin E. Tuttle '49 Funds for the Arts, the Student Arts Fund and Haverford's general endowment income.
Staff
Israel Burshatin, Levin Professor of Comparative Literature and Spanish, and Koshland Director: iburshat@haverford.edu
Emily Carey Cronin, Associate Director: ecronin@haverford.edu
James Weissinger '06, Associate Director: jweissin@haverford.edu
Matthew Seamus Callinan, Exhibitions Coordinator: mcallina@haverford.edu
John Muse, Visiting Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature, Faculty Curricular Liaison: jmuse@haverford.edu
Kerry Nelson, Administrative Assistant: knelson@haverford.edu
Steering Committee
- Divisional Faculty Representatives:
- Indradeep Ghosh (Economics)
- Rajeswari Mohan (English)
- Weiwen Miao (Mathematics)
- At-Large Faculty Representatives:
- Markus Baenziger (Fine Arts)
- Andrew Friedman (History)
- John Mosteller (Institutional Advancement)
Student Advisory Board
- Alethea Rockwell '12
- Robin Riskin '12
- Daniel Ikeda '13
- Shahzeen Nasim '15
Mellon Post-Doc Fellows
Farid Azfar, Visiting Assistant Professor of History (2010-12)
Zainab Saleh, Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology (2011-13)
Also Teaching Through Affiliation With The John B. Hurford '60 Center for the Arts and Humanities
Vicky Funari, Visiting Filmmaker
John Muse, Visiting Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature, Faculty Curricular Liaison
Student Office Assistants
Tiffany Fritz '12
Fiona Lin '14
CJ Morrison '15
Miriam Pallant '14
Aigner Picou '14
Aisha Rajput '15
Navid Soroush '14
Kim Wegel '13
Graphic Designer
Duncan Cooper '09 - soogood.org