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Connecting Philosophy and Music

… Getting past the primary emotional response, and moving on to a more critical analysis, is what Professor Cox likes … the classroom. "First year students say they want to write on music, but mostly it turns out they really just want to … from the ancient to the postmodern (his first book was on Friedrich Nietzsche). In addition, though, Cox was writing …

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Entrepreneurship Talk and Q&A with Daphne Kis 72F

… Kis 72F Daphne Kis 72F will speak at Hampshire College on November 13 at 4 p.m. in Franklin Patterson Hall (West … serves as an advisor to the Markle Foundation's initiative on Economic Security. She is a leader in global technology, … business development, and clarifying and executing on strategy. She holds an M.B.A from NYU's Stern School of …

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Myrna Breitbart

… University. Her teaching and research interests focus on the gender, race, and class dimensions of built … and urban community development, with a current emphasis on the new cultural economy and its role in urban … change and examined the impact of "creative" economies on smaller post-industrial cities. During her tenure, she …

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Alan Goodman

… professor of biological anthropology, teaches and writes on the health and nutritional consequences of … and racism. His current research includes projects on malnutrition in Mexico and Egypt, and the stresses of … continues to co-direct the AAA's public education project on race ( understandingrace.org ). Personal Website Alan …

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Hampshire College Welcomes Five New Members to the Board of Trustees

… 77F began his three-year term as the alumni trustee on July 1, 2020. Juana Schurman 72F is an attorney and senior … She is active in several community organizations and sits on the board of Gabriel's Horn Foundation. Williams holds a … and neuroscience, and his research interests focus on the interaction of cognition and emotion. Benau earned an …

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Complexities of Representations of Children

… presented at a conference in Zambia, and written an essay on the complexities of representation of children in a youth … was not part of her Div III but "just a project I did on the side." Wilton first traveled to Zanzibar, an island off the east coast of Africa, on field study in the fall of 2007. While there, she …

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Sept. 4: Dr. Vanessa Northington Gamble to Speak at Convocation

… is open and all who would like to attend are welcome. On August 30, the College welcomes 440 new students: 368 … day through September 4. Returning students arrive back on campus on September 3 and classes begin on September 5. In addition …

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Game Design Professor Embeds Hidden Puzzles in R.W. Kern Center

… thought at Hampshire. So I collaborated with many people on campus and included an art puzzle, a written-word puzzle, … puzzle, and more.” Fay designed a puzzle that calls on the periodic table of elements; one that relies on perspective shifts for visual art; and another that …

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Campus Events To Explore Medieval Ethiopian Manuscript

… a public keynote panel and faculty seminar centering on a medieval Christian Ethiopian manuscript to be held … who studied the manuscript and curated a digital exhibit on it when she took part in the 2016 ICP Internship Program … College museums and special collections. (See research on Amanda Bolin's ICP Page.) Hampshire’s Assistant Professor …

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Photos from Commencement

… from Commencement The 2013 commencement ceremony was held on Saturday, May 18. View photos on Flickr. … The 2013 commencement ceremony was held on Saturday, May 18. View photos on Flickr. … Photos from …

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Human Rights Leader Loretta Ross To Be Hampshire College Commencement Speaker

… Ross was selected by the College's 2018 graduates, voting on nominees submitted by fellow students, employees, and … is an author and speaker nationally and internationally on women’s issues as well as an expert on hate groups, racism, and other forms of intolerance. Her …

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Jewish Studies

… helped to organize the nation's first college course on the Holocaust, "Thinking the Unthinkable." One alumnus of that course, co-organizer Aaron Lansky, went on to found the National Yiddish Book Center , now the … the Hampshire campus. Students of Jewish Studies may focus on a specific aspect of Jewish culture, religion, or history, …

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Hampshire Grads Launch Web Show

… inspiration in a moment of consternation. "I was working on a documentary theater piece for my Division III (senior) project. I worked tirelessly on it, and it was driving me insane. I could not track down … a web show called WRECKED . The show, which premiered on October 15, will unveil new episodes every Monday until …

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January 21, 2019: Update from President Nelson

… to be present to address your concerns and questions. On campus, I expect to hold more assemblies for staff and … And in addition to the web forum we had with parents on Saturday, we’ve scheduled two web forums with alums that … questions in an updated FAQ document, which you can find on our website here . Your feedback and questions are …

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Marlene Gerber Fried Honored with APHA Advocacy Award

… who have demonstrated a strong commitment to advocacy on behalf of reproductive health and rights. Professor Gerber … Health, introduced Gerber Fried at the award presentation “on behalf of the many young people whose lives [she’s] … Professor Gerber Fried’s scholarship and teaching focus on reproductive rights and public policy. She is coauthor of …

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From Chaos Theory to Outlaw Emotion, A Div III Short Story Collection

… clippings. Quotes. Phrases heard from a passerby or on the radio. When she's about to begin a new story, she … make up her Div III (senior) project, Haus can look back on the way skills learned at Hampshire have become just as … less indulgent and sentimental. Lynne had a big influence on that." Independent studies with Hanley, Haus says, were …

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Mentoring & Collaboration Produce Award-Winning Film

… Eleven Madison Park. It was planned as part of a series on food and world-class restaurants that never materialized. The footage had set on a shelf for over a decade, but the time finally seemed … Films in Midtown Manhattan. The Restaurateur is now on the film festival circuit, where it won the Sonoma …

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Nathalie Arnold

… studies. In anthropology, Nathalie has focused primarily on Swahili Muslim communities of the Western Indian Ocean, … in Pemba, Zanzibar. Her book, Mystical Power and Politics on the Swahili Coast: Uchawi in Pemba (Boydell and … a new research project exploring these in Islamic contexts on the Swahili Coast. The first stage of this research …

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Hampshire College Alums Divad Durant and Hira Nabi Featured in "The Nation"

… . Alum Divad Durant’s piece, " Work in Progress ," focuses on a film Durant made during his first year at CUNY’s … collaborated with Yera Dahora, a director from Brazil, on a short screenplay Durant had written. In the essay, Durant reflects on their unique virtual collaboration. Hampshire College alum …

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Viveca Greene

… Viveca Greene Viveca Greene (she/her) teaches courses on contemporary US politics, critical humor studies, audience … research, and disinformation. Her research focuses on far-right extremists’ uses of irony and social media, … ( The Oxford Handbook of Screen Comedy, The Joke Is on Us: Political Comedy in Late Neoliberal Times, and We the …

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Exhibition Questions History of U.S. Relationship with Puerto Rico through Ironic “Museum” of Empire

… beginning with a public opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, September 20 — one year to the day from Hurricane Maria’s landfall on Puerto Rico — in the Gallery, on the ground floor of the Harold F. Johnson Library. The …

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Sports Recap: Three Hampshire Teams Compete in League Playoffs

… during her first year at Hampshire. The team focuses a lot on drilling skills, working on choreography, and practicing its program for two major … to attend Hampshire, and she says her participation on the team is “arguably one of the best things I’ve done. …

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HIV-Prevention Education

… native England. In her teaching approach, Lewis focuses on participative learning and uses the prisms of culture and … in this new epidemic. At Hampshire, Lewis focused on AIDS education on campus, in courses and with student groups. Back in …

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A Div III that Includes Up-close Exploration of Shark Conservation

… be "the most influential and life changing for everyone on earth. And a lot of it comes down to what happens with the … as responsible for "turning half of the carbon dioxide on earth into oxygen," are being depleted as the atmospheric … important ocean ecosystems are, for regulating all life on earth," Fogel says. Fogel premiered the documentary on May …

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Soliloquy’s Garden

… to consider the lives of the utilitarian objects we use on a daily basis," she says, "and to realize the … the personalities of the things we throw away." Working on the garden, Seaman discovered that "junk" has a surprising … message at the beginning of the year quickly took on a theme that is dear to my heart," she reflects. Some of …

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