The Liberal Arts, the Humanities, and Critical, Community-Led Global Justice Work

November 10 and 11, 2023, Haverford College will host a convening made possible by the Community-based Global Learning Collaborative and the Global Engagement in the Liberal Arts Conference. The 2023 Haverford Institute, Stepping Into the Work: Expanding Understanding of Global Positionality, Responsibility, and Opportunity, is an opportunity for faculty, staff, administration, and community leaders to connect with colleagues who are making space for integrated, experiential learning aligned with public purposes, disciplinary understanding, inclusive student development, and civic and global learning. 

Participants will be treated to a dynamic series of presentations and intermittent, intentional dialogue and connection on Haverford College's arboretum campus. The first three plenary sessions will include vibrant examples of place-based and localized global learning and community engagement, institution-wide efforts to recognize and make space for experiential learning, and the interdisciplinary engagement of history, languages, anthropology, and linguistics in applied, contemporary archival justice work, globally. 

Confirmed speakers include: 

Plenary 1: Locally Rooted Global Learning: Community-led Partnerships

Plenary 2: Integrated Experiential Learning: Local, Global, and Career 

  • Gundolf Graml, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean for Curriculum and Strategic Initiatives, Professor of German, Agnes Scott College, will share insights gleaned from Agnes Scott College’s development of The Summit, a 4-year integration of academic and co-curricular experiences

  • Amy Johnson, Assistant Provost for Immersion and Experiential Learning at Vanderbilt University, will speak about Immersion Vanderbilt, which aims to ensure every, “student the opportunity to pursue intellectual curiosities through immersive experiences that are as creative and unique as the students themselves.” 

Plenary 3: Archives and Global Community-based Justice Work

  • Brie Gettleson, Latin American Studies Librarian, University of Pennsylvania, together with Daniel Alvarado, a human rights advisor at the Grupo de Apoyo Mutuo and co-coordinator of the GAM Historical Archive, will share about their efforts leveraging digitization and archival work to ensure historical memory and support justice

  • Brook Lillehaugen, Associate Professor of Linguistics, Haverford College, and Janet Chavez Santiago, Author, Educator, and Zapotec Speaker, Teotitlán del Valle Oaxaca, Mexico, will speak about their indigenous language advocacy work and collaboration, including through the Ticha Project

Additional speakers are confirmed and will be shared in the coming weeks.

Registration, Logistics, Meals, and Accommodations 

Registration is open. The early bird deadline is September 15. 

Participants should plan to arrive in Philadelphia by the evening of Thursday, November 9. The gathering begins at 8:30 am on the 10th, and will conclude by approximately 2 pm on the 11th. This is a full-participation, high-engagement gathering, with facilitated connection and dialogue between sessions. 

Welcoming and registration will begin at 8:30 am on Friday, November 10. Programming will begin at 9 am, all at Haverford College. Lite breakfast and lunch are included.

Friday evening, a reception will be offered at The Landing Kitchen, which is both adjacent to the recommended hotel and across the Schuylkill River from the Philadelphia Neighborhood of Manayunk. Individuals or small groups are on their own for dinner.

Saturday, November 11, doors open again at 8:30 am, with programming kicking off at 9:15. Lite breakfast and lunch are included. Programming will conclude by 2:00. Transportation will be provided from the hotel to the campus at the beginning and end of each day.

The institute hotel room block is: 

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