Monthly Archives: February 2011

Anna Everetts receives the Judy Lord Award

I am happy to share that our own Anna Everetts (Administrative Assistant for the Programs Office) is a recipient of this year’s Judy Lord Award.

The Judy Lord Endowment was established in 2004 by anonymous donors who are friends of the College. The endowment memorializes Judy Lord’s enthusiasm and community spirit and is a reward for hard work and contributions to Swarthmore College life. Earnings from the Judy Lord endowment are awarded to academic departmental administrative assistants with tenure of 10 or more years at the College.

I’m sure you will all want to join me in congratulating Anna for this recognition of her hard work!

Strategic Nonviolent Action in Egypt

The Atlantic has published a piece by Peace and Conflict Studies Professor, Lee Smithey, on “The Power of Nonviolent Resistance.” (also see Political Science / Peace and Conflict Studies Prof. Dominic Tierney’s blog at The Atlantic.)

Expanding on the recent Al Jazeera report on the nuts and bolts of strategic nonviolent action, PBS’ program Frontline has produced a longer report on the organizing behind the uprising.

Window on the Work: Shavon Norris on March 1st, 4:30PM, Troy Dance Lab

Join us for a brief look at Shavon Norris’ current work, offered by the Swarthmore Project: Window on the Work on March 1st, 2011 in the Troy Dance Lab at 4:30PM.

Shavon Norris is an artist, educator and performer.  Originally from New York City, she received a BA from Manhattanville College where she majored in Biology and a Master of Fine Arts in dance from Temple University.  Shavon’s work has been presented at many venues and festivals on the East Coast. As a performer she has worked with a variety of artists including Swarthmore alums and professors, Jumatatu Poe and C. Kemal Nance.  Shavon teaches school age children to college students, locally and nationally.  Shavon’s artistic and educational philosophies are rooted in the desire to give herself, students, performers and audiences opportunities to deepen the understanding of self and the collective.  Shavon loves what she does.

Shavon was one of the Live Arts 8 and is also one of Philly’s most exciting up-and-coming choreographers, with a vision and process that reflects her inquisitive personality. Shavon is inspired by many different forms of dance as well as personal reflection, voyeurism, physical memory, recollection, and DNA.  Shavon is currently working on a project called The body in lines which offers a peek into dancers’ and choreographers’ ideas and relationships to bloodlines, the mirror and labels.

Window on the Work: Shavon Norris on March 1st, 4:30PM, Troy Dance Lab

Join us for a brief look at Shavon Norris’ current work, offered by the Swarthmore Project: Window on the Work on March 1st, 2011 in the Troy Dance Lab at 4:30PM.

Shavon Norris is an artist, educator and performer.  Originally from New York City, she received a BA from Manhattanville College where she majored in Biology and a Master of Fine Arts in dance from Temple University.  Shavon’s work has been presented at many venues and festivals on the East Coast. As a performer she has worked with a variety of artists including Swarthmore alums and professors, Jumatatu Poe and C. Kemal Nance.  Shavon teaches school age children to college students, locally and nationally.  Shavon’s artistic and educational philosophies are rooted in the desire to give herself, students, performers and audiences opportunities to deepen the understanding of self and the collective.  Shavon loves what she does.

Shavon was one of the Live Arts 8 and is also one of Philly’s most exciting up-and-coming choreographers, with a vision and process that reflects her inquisitive personality. Shavon is inspired by many different forms of dance as well as personal reflection, voyeurism, physical memory, recollection, and DNA.  Shavon is currently working on a project called The body in lines which offers a peek into dancers’ and choreographers’ ideas and relationships to bloodlines, the mirror and labels.

Dov Cohen lecture: The Cultural Logics of Honor, Face, and Dignity Cultures

Within and Between-Culture Variation: Individual Differences and the Cultural Logics of Honor, Face, and Dignity Cultures

Please join the Psychology Department, the Intercultural Center, and the Peace and Conflict Studies Program for a lecture by:

Dov Cohen, Ph.D.

Department of Psychology

University of Illinois

Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

4:15 p.m. Science Center 101

Swarthmore College

Maps and driving instructions are available

Culture is important because it helps define psychological situations and creates meaningful clusters of behavior according to particular logics. Individual differences are important, because individuals vary in the extent to which they endorse or reject a culture’s ideals. Further, because different cultures are organized by different logics, individual differences mean something different in each. Central to these studies are concepts of honor-related violence and individual worth as being inalienable vs. socially conferred. I illustrate my argument with two experiments involving participants from Honor, Face, and Dignity cultures. The studies showed that the same “type” of person who was most helpful, honest, and likely to behave with integrity in one culture was the “type” of person least likely to do so in another culture. An integrated approach that considers cultural logics and individual differences allows for a more complete picture of both within- and between-culture variation.

Hosted by the Department of Psychology and Co-sponsored by the Intercultural Center and Peace & Conflict Studies Program

Contact: ktimmon1@swarthmore.edu

Egypt and Nonviolent Revolution: Teach-in at Haverford

Haverford will be hosting a teach-in about Egypt next week:

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Please bring your lunch and join us for a Teach In:

Protest and Democracy Movements: Egypt and Beyond

Friday, February 18, 12-2pm

Haverford College Dining Center, Bryn Mawr Room

Roundtable Discussion with:

  • Craig Borowiak (Assistant Professor of Political Science, Haverford College)
  • Anita Isaacs (Benjamin R. Collins Professor of Social Science and Associate Professor of Political Science, Haverford College)
  • Barak Mendelsohn (Assistant Professor of Political Science, Haverford College)
  • Farha Ghannam (Associate Professor of Anthropology, Swarthmore College)