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An Alarming Specificity

Through April 24, 2020
Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery

An Alarming Specificity engages with human bodies that do not align with a fictional norm grounded in white patriarchal hegemony. Curated by Aubree Penney '13, the exhibition examines ways artists subvert the predominance of white, heterosexual, cis-male, non-disabled bodies as the default of humanity. Details »

An Alarming Specificity

Performance by Linda Stupack and opening reception
Friday, March 20, 4:30–7:30 p.m.
Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery

An Alarming Specificity engages with human bodies that do not align with a fictional norm grounded in white patriarchal hegemony. Curated by Aubree Penney '13, the exhibition examines ways artists subvert the predominance of white, heterosexual, cis-male, non-disabled bodies as the default of humanity. Details »

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The Haverford Innovations Program (HIP) encourages and supports creative and strategic thinking around a problem, a need, a question, or simply an interest. The goal is to find new solutions and opportunities for entrepreneurial projects and paths of learning.

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Read "Coaching a Championship Team" from the Fall 2019 issue of Haverford Magazine.

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A course on Francophone African literature as an undergrad led Associate Professor of Political Science Susanna Wing to an M.A. in African area studies and a Ph.D. in political science. She joined the Haverford faculty in 2002, and has become an internationally recognized and widely published expert on Mali.

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