… is using an historical framework to examine cultural and social taboos around alcohol policy in the United States. By tracing the history of both alcohol use and legal controls in the United States, Torpey's Div III, … striking parallels between contemporary alcohol policy and antiquated—and commonly regarded as failed—attempts at …

… University of Pennsylvania. Professor Miller's teaching and research have mainly concerned new media and political culture. The latter includes work on the … subjectivity of citizenship, which can be more affective and popular-cultural than overtly political, and the use of …

… principal Kern Center donors; Hampshire students, faculty, and staff; college trustees; and partnering architects, builders, and suppliers. The college is also planning a larger …

… 2015 Staff Excellence Awards Joan Barrett and Debora Nelson received the 2015 Carol and Blair Brown Staff Excellence Awards, presented May 1. … administrative assistant in the School of Natural Sciences and Nelson is an annual giving associate in the advancement …

… with the Western literary canon — the poems are intimate and personal exchanges with their source texts. I integrated … fields of study, such as literature, creative writing, and history: A comprehensive understanding of a specific work necessitates substantial contextual and historical research as well as close observation of …

… in September. The festival took place at Mass MoCa, and included numerous headliners as well as a competition for … three main categories in the contest: Best Band, Best Duo, and Best Banjoist. Hargreaves and bassist Ethan Jodziewicz were one of five finalists in …

… Fall 2020 Update from the President Dear students, staff, and faculty, As we pass the middle of the fall semester, we … possible for our community to gather (mostly) in person, and how impressively Hampshire has risen to the challenge of … would be able to make this happen — dedication, ingenuity, and care for fellow humans made it possible. This semester …

… dive into study areas they're passionate about with alums and other faculty at the forefront of their fields. The Creative Media Institute; the Food, Farm, and Sustainability Institute; the Institute for Curatorial … Practice; the Institute for Transforming Social Justice; and TESOL teacher training gave participants opportunities to …

… Innovative Student Projects   Hampshire's new Design, Art, and Technology (DART) program announces the first six … learning, expand colors available for steel surfaces, and use ice as a medium for exposing light to the human eye. … the ever-evolving relationship between humans, animals, and objects. One explores the relationship between sound and …

… Joshua Murray In the realm of African American literature and culture, the idea of joy is often ignored. This lack of … about the concept, inspired African American Literature and Culture Assistant Professor Tara Bynum to design a course … Pleasures, #BlackJoy.  During the fall term, Bynum and her students delved into black joy and #blackjoy. The …

… campaign , apply a new sustainable business model, and celebrate its 50th anniversary. An alumnus of Hampshire, Fuentes 05F began his two-year term this month and is eligible to serve two more terms with Board approval. He previously served as Vice Chair and has been a trustee since 2016. Fuentes is currently …

… Mission-Based Endowment Investing As many schools and nonprofits are grappling with investing their endowments aligned with their mission and values, or facing scrutiny from constituents, the … undertook this challenge as it implemented a policy and process for mission-based investing. The report is …

… history project," focusing mainly on the usherettes and their place in cinema history. Usherettes served multiple roles. "They were performative, and played an aesthetic and ornamental role. They also kept order in the theaters," …

… Scholar The annual award from Marguerite Casey Foundation and Group Health Foundation provides “unrestricted support to … can provide critical insight to social justice leaders and whose ideas encourage all of us to imagine how we can radically improve our democracy, economy and society.” Abolitionist archivist Orisanmi Burton 99F is …

… Wallen Jeffrey Wallen's teaching interests include 19th- and 20th-century comparative literature (German, French, … studies, modernism, Jewish studies, psychoanalysis, and philosophy. He has published widely on 19th- and 20th-century European literature; on biography and …

… thesis project seeks to level the playing field for small and medium farms by offering affordable technology to monitor the health of livestock. Minot and a team of four other Hampshire students, merging their … The team is developing a system that detects disease and predicts breeding cycles through individual animal’s …

… When Professor Michael Lesy sat down at his computer and clicked on a collection of menus from 1908, he found they "could conjure up the taste, smell, and sight of food that had been prepared, served, and eaten more than one hundred years ago." Just as the menus …

… our communities through the innovative use of technology, and the promotion of benevolence in business.  He is … Health, a New York health transformation initiative,  and serves as adviser, investor, and/or Director for several small health-focused companies.  …

… to a railing outside his third-floor residence hall room and hung speaker wires weighted with 200 pounds of rocks … a project he would immerse himself in over the next year and a half, culminating in the creation of a new—and very large—musical instrument and earning him a degree in …

… up this weekend in the Hampshire College Studio Theatre, and tickets are available now. The first, Marisol , is a published work by the award-winning playwright and Oscar-nominated screenwriter, José Rivera. The play … god. The play was "slotted" by Div II Brianna Turnbull, and productions are on October 18th and 20th at 8:00 p.m. …

… Unstoppable Aldersons Abigail Meisel When you meet Glenna and Earl Alderson for the first time, you really wish you … whitewater. “That was our second winter-term trip, and we were still in our twenties, but we were on duty with … That trip marked the onset of more than 560 weekend and extended trips — paddling, hiking, rock climbing, …

… New Game in Four Months Lara Leilani Matthias Developing and publishing a mobile game for Apple and Android devices in four months would be an aggressive … Studio class are almost halfway through their project, and are hard at work to develop their own point-and-click …

… Dear Hampshire Students, Faculty, Staff, Parents, Alums, and Friends, This has been a full-on week of meetings and interactions on campus and off, following Friday’s Board announcement—extremely …

… from the mid 1980s to 2007. Gardeners, farmers, growers, and food-lovers from across the Northeast will again share their inspiration and ideas for organic food, farming, health, activism, and beyond. With an array of workshops, seminars, exhibits, …

… Sperling received her M.A. from the Universität Göttingen and her Ph.D. from Stanford University. Sperling’s teaching interests focus on medieval/early modern history and visual culture, with a special emphasis on the Italian … decolonial archive studies, (queer) body history, and comparative legal studies of the Mediterranean. Her most …