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Winter Break

December 20, 2019—January 20, 2020

Our Featured Events will return after Winter Break.

  • Feb

    26

    "Adventure Capital: Migration and the Making of an African Hub in Paris"

    Wednesday, February 26, 2020
     4:30PM to 6:15PM
    Lutnick Library 232

    Join us for refreshments at 4:30 p.m. and a talk at 4:45 p.m. by Julie Kleinman '04, assistant professor of anthropology at Fordham University, on her recent book. In this groundbreaking work, Kleinman chronicles how West Africans use the Gare du Nord to create economic opportunities, confront police harassment, and forge connections to people outside of their communities. Part of the Young Academic Alumni Lecture series.

  • Feb

    26

    "Learning Our Way Out of This Mess:" Education and the Climate Crisis Workshop

    Wednesday, February 26, 2020
     4:30PM to 6:30PM
    VCAM|VCAM|201 Media Production/Object Study Classroom

    Join artist and educator Tal Beery (director of Eco Practicum and founding faculty of School of Apocalypse) for a workshop to envision new ways of teaching and learning to confront environmental crisis. Workshop participants will work together to distill a set of educational principles from their own personal experiences and use them to develop plans for new programs on campus that can mobilize the student body. We will also explore the many roles artists can play in instigating profound learning experiences for a wide variety of audiences.

  • to be human

    Feb

    28

    Technology and Justice Symposium: "To Be Human: Surveillance, Recognition, Distortion"

    Friday, February 28, 2020
     1:30PM to 6:00PM
    VCAM 201

    This series focuses on the ethics of technological adoption and adaptations, inviting technologists, academics, activists, and artists to examine issues from algorithmic decision-making in the criminal justice system to the near constant surveillance of our actions to the future of work in an automated world.

  • Feb

    28

    Diversity, Mechanisms, and Evolution of Assembly Line Polyketide Synthases

    Friday, February 28, 2020
     3:00PM to 4:15PM
    Sharpless Auditorium

    Distinguished Visitor Chaitan Khosla, ChEM-H, Wells H. Rauser and Harold M. Petiprin Professor, School of Engineering and Professor of Chemistry, Stanford University.

  • Feb

    28

    “Gravity-Driven Granular Flow Through A Bottleneck”

    Friday, February 28, 2020
     4:30PM to 6:00PM
    Sharpless Auditorium

    A talk by Distinguished Visitor Kerstin Nordstrom, Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Physics at Mount Holyoke College.

  • public observing nights

    Feb

    28

    Public Observing

    Friday, February 28, 2020
     6:45PM to 8:45PM
    Strawbridge Observatory

    These events include observing though one or more of our telescopes (weather permitting), activities for children, and a student-led talk on a topic in astronomy. This event takes place rain or shine.

  • Mar

    1

    Concert Artist Series: Lorelei Ensemble

    Sunday, March 1, 2020
     3:00PM to 5:00PM
    Marshall Auditorium

    Lorelei is an all-professional vocal ensemble, comprising nine women whose expertise ranges from early to contemporary repertoire. Their a cappella program “Without Walls” presents music by Perotin, Sungi Hong, David Lang, Jessica Meyer, Hildegard von Bingen,  and a traditional arrangement of "Wayfaring Stranger." Ticket prices are $20 (adult), $15 (senior), $10 (student) $5 (children 7-17), and free to the Tri-College community. Tickets can be purchased in advance through Brown Paper Tickets.

  • Mar

    2

    "(Re)programming cell identity and function in plants"

    Monday, March 2, 2020
     2:30PM to 4:00PM
    Sharpless Auditorium

    Doris Wagner is a Robert I. Williams Term Professor of Biology at the University of Pennsylvania. Wagner's research focuses on the reprogramming of cell identity and function during developmental transitions and in response to environmental inputs in plants.

  • Mar

    3

    "Crossing Borders: From Slavery to Abolition, 1670-1865" Opening Talk and Reception

    Tuesday, March 3, 2020
     4:30PM to 6:00PM
    Lutnick Library 200

    Join us for a reception and talk celebrating the opening of "Crossing Borders," curated by Sarah Wilma Watson and the students of the Fall 2019 Crossing Borders writing seminar. This exhibit explores the themes of authorship, perspective, and abolitionism in a global context through engagement with Aphra Behn’s 1688 novel Oroonoko and Haverford’s collection of rare books, manuscripts, and maps related to transatlantic travel, the slave trade, and abolition.

  • close-up of the face of a statue of a japanese girl

    Mar

    4

    Strange Truth: "Shusenjo"

    Wednesday, March 4, 2020
     7:00PM to 9:30PM
    Bryn Mawr Film Institute

    This film, part of Strange Truth 2020, delves deep into the most contentious debates and uncovers the hidden intentions of the supporters and detractors of comfort women. Most importantly it finds answers to some of the biggest questions for Japanese and Koreans: Were comfort women prostitutes or sex slaves? Were they coercively recruited? And, does Japan have a legal responsibility to apologize to the former comfort women? A conversation with filmmaker Miki Dezaki will follow the screening. Screenings at Bryn Mawr Film Institute are free for all Tri-Co students, staff, and faculty.

  • Mar

    18

    Music & Conversation with andPLAY DUO

    Wednesday, March 18, 2020
     4:15PM to 6:00PM
    Founders Great Hall

    andPlay DUO's program presents adventurous new works for violin and viola, including music by Philadelphia-area composers Ingrid Arauco, Richard Belcastro, Richard Brodhead, and Suzanne Sorkin.

  • Richard Lenatsky

    Mar

    18

    Yiddish Culture Festival: Richard Lenatsky

    Wednesday, March 18, 2020
     7:30PM to 10:00PM
    Chase Auditorium

    Richard Lenatsky returns with a stirring program of Yiddish songs, accompanied by Sender Botwinik on the keyboard. Richard always provides rich details of the history and meaning of each musical piece, as he weaves them into an intriguing story. English translations provided.