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Programs for Emeritus Members of the Faculty

First Thursdays

Books We Recommend to One Another

Field trips
Centralia, PA
Delaware Water Gap
Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge

Off-Campus Programs

  • Main Line School Night
  • Martins Run
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    News about the Faculty
    College Events
    Emeritus Gatherings

    First Thursdays
    On the first Thursday of each month, when school is in session, local emeriti gather to listen to research talks, presentations about the College, and reflections on current events; participate in discussions and enjoy good cheer. This program was initiated in the Spring of 1999 for emeritus members of the faculty. Get-togethers take place in the London Room, Thomas Hall, on stated Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. unless specified to be at another time. Some of these talks are available electronically; see     below. All members of the community are invited to attend.

    The tentative schedule for the 2007-2008 academic year is:

  • September 13: David Prescott, “Exxon Valdez Lessons and Legacy - A Review of the Immediate and Long Term Impact of an Oil Spill” 
  • October 4: Homay King, Assistant Professor, History of Art, “The Shanghai Gesture: How the Hays Office Made a Brawdy House into a Casino”
  • November 1: Leslie Rescorla, Professor of Psychology and Director of the Katharine Houghton Hepburn Center, "Multicultural Epidemiology: International Research on Children's Behavioral and Emotional Problems"   
  • December 6: Catherine Lafarge, "Sun and Shadows over the Garden: The King and His Minister" (Vaux-le-Vicomte)
  • February 7: Annual lunch and discussion of Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" and "The Assault on Reason"
  • March 6: Julia Gaisser, "The Fortunes of Apuleius' Golden Ass: A Survival Story"
  • April 3: Enrique Sacerio-Gari, Dorothy Nepper Marshall Professor of Hispanic and Hispanic-American Studies, "Cuba Beyond the Headlines"
  • May 8: Spring Trip: Tour of American Philosophical Society given by Mary Patterson McPherson  

    • Click here for a list of the talks and schedules since 1999. Click for a report on emeritus trips to the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, Centralia, PA and the Delaware Water Gap.

    Emeriti who wish to make presentations are encouraged to get in touch with Catherine Lafarge, Rick Hamilton or Suzy Spain (see below).

    Off-Campus Programs

  • Main Line School Night is offering the fourth of its lecture series organized by Suzy Spain, as an effort on behalf of the College's outreach. The current series, "The Environment: From the Planet to Our Own Backyards," features Weecha Crawford, Dave Prescott, Ellen Stroud, Carol Hager, Neal Williams, and Don Barber. The lectures take place each Tuesday evening in October at 7:00 in Lower Merion High School. For more see, MLSN'S website. Admission is free with a College ID.

  • Martins Run, a Senior Residential Community, ia attempting to establish a regular series of college-level lectures on a variety of subjects, such as politics, science, literature, philoosphy, and psychology. These occur on Wednesdays at 10:30. Martins Run has a modest budget for this series and can offer small honoraria. If you would like to lecture in your area of expertise, please call Martins Runs' Activities Coordinator, Linda Payes, at 610-353-7660, extension 216.

    Emeritus Gatherings
    In addition to the program of monthly get-togethers, we are publishing electronically papers given or based on talks presented at the get-togethers as Emeritus Gatherings. Contents thus far are:

    From and about the Emeritus Faculty
    We invite current and emeritus members of the faculty to contribute items to this page. Prior items, including short papers by Bill Crawford and Lucien Platt, are     archived.
    We invite emeriti and current members of the faculty to contribute other items and suggestions for items to this website and to Emeritus Gatherings to write to Rick Hamilton or Suzy Spain. Submissions should be forwarded as electronic documents (in Word, etc.) to Rick Hamilton or Suzy Spain, care of our e-mail box.

    Other links
    For information about the privileges for emeriti, see the Faculty Handbook.

    For news about the Bryn Mawr College Faculty, click here.

    For obituaries of members of the emeritus faculty and College community, click here.

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