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Previous Clusters

For more than a decade, Bryn Mawr students and faculty have worked side-by-side, learning and growing through interdisciplinary 360° experiences. 

Recent Clusters

All 360 Clusters
Four students walk down a dirt road with brightly colored two-storey buildings on either side.
360°

360°: African Traditions

Healing in a Globalized World

Students will explore the ways in which African societies are trying to overcome colonial legacies, promote well-being, and contribute to fashioning our interconnected world.

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Students lined up in front of sculptural sign reading "Volcan Masaya"
360°

360°: Nicaragua: Places and Names

This cluster focuses on the rich geologic and linguistic history and present of Nicaragua to explore the ongoing interconnectedness between landscape and language.

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Four people stand in the foreground of a glacier lake
360°

360°: Energy Afterlives

What comes in the wake of energy extraction? This cluster will examine the afterlives of coal, oil, and nuclear energy through the lenses of the arts, political science, and earth science.

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Course Clusters by Discipline

Course Clusters by Year

Energy Afterlives (Geology, Political Science, Russian)

Europe from the Margins (German, History, Political Science)

Nicaragua: Places and Names (Geology, Linguistics)

Origins of Freedom (Anthropology, French and Francophone Studies, Political Science)

Temperate and Tropical Coasts in Transition (Biology, Geology)

Transplants (Biology, East Asian Languages and Cultures, French and Francophone Studies)

African Traditions: Healing in a Globalized World (French, History)

Climate Change: Science and Politics (Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science)

Minerals, Museums, and Western Colonialism (Geology, History of Art)

Paradigms of Revival (Dance, Education, Museum Studies)

Taste (Anthropology, EALC)

Decolonizing Knowledges (Literatures in English, Physics, Sociology)

Europe from the Margins (German, History, Political Science)

Textiles in Context (Chemistry, History of Art)

Centering Critical Blackness (Dance, Education)

Constraints: Storytelling in the Digital Age (EALC, French)

Science, Democracy, and Truth (Biology, Philosophy)

Textiles in Context (Chemistry, History of Art)

Borderlands (Anthropology, East Asian Languages and Cultures, Environmental Studies)

Children's Literature (Creative Writing, English, Sociology)

Climate Change: Science and Politics (Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science)

Migrations (English, History, Sociology)

Temperate and Tropical Coasts in Transition (Biology, Geology)

Empires (East Asian Languages and Cultures, Health Studies, Linguistics)

Eurasia in the Anthropocene (Biology, Russian Language, Russian Literature)

Pathways to Policy (Economics, Sociology)

Textiles in Context (Chemistry, History of Art, Museum Studies)

Biennials and Conservation (History of Art, Museum Studies)

Climate Change: Science and Politics (Geology, Philosophy, Political Science)

Expressing the Inexpressible: Trauma and Resilience through Comics (East Asian Languages and Culture, French and Francophone Studies, Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research)

Foodways and Migration (Classical and Near Eastern Archeology, English, History)

Science, Power, and Truth (Biology, Philosophy, Political Science)

Contemplative Traditions (East Asian Studies, General Studies, Psychology)

Eurasia in Flux: Trans-Siberian Perspectives on Russia and China (East Asian Languages and Culture, Russian Language, Russian Literature)

Migrations and Borderlands (English, Sociology, Spanish)

Mirroring the Self (History of Art, Museum Studies)

Origin Stories (Biology, English, Geology, Physics)

Poetics and Politics of Race: Querying Black and White (Education, English, History of Art)

Temperate and Tropical Coasts in Transition (Biology, Geology)

Arts of Resistance (Education, English, Political Science)

Climate Change: Science and Politics (Geology, Philosophy, Political Science)

Food and Communication (East Asian Languages and Cultures, English, Spanish)

Shakespeare in Global and Local Landscapes (Theater, Performance Ensemble)

Contemporary Cuban Culture and Society in a Global Context (Growth and Structure of Cities, Political Science, Spanish)

Identity Matters (Disability Studies, English, Social Work)

Struggles for Global Health Equity (Health Studies, History, Social Work)

Temperate and Tropical Coasts in Transition (Biology, Geology)

China and the Environment (East Asian Studies, Economics, Philosophy)

Contemplative Traditions (East Asian Studies, General Studies, Psychology)

Eco-Literacy (Economics, Education, English)

Exhibiting Modern Art (History of Art, Museum Studies)

Perspectives on Sustainability: Disasters and Rebuilding in Japan (Art History, Growth and Structure of Cities, Japanese)

To Protect the Health of the Public (French, General Studies, Social Work)

The Mediterranean as a Crossroads: History, Migrations, Identities (French, History)

Performance Across Language and Culture (English, Theater)

Space and Identity: Psychological, Artistic, and Spacial Approaches to Hamburg, Philadelphia, and Beyond (Growth and Structure of Cities, Psychology, Russian)

Renewable Energy (Chemistry, Geology)

Transforming the Legacy of Oil (Economics, Growth and Structure of Cities, History)

Women in Walled Communities: Silence, Voice, Vision (Education, English, General Studies)

Contemplative Traditions (East Asian Studies, General Studies, Psychology)

Learning and Narrating Childhoods (Education, French, Psychology)

Perspectives on Sustainability (Education, Growth and Structure of Cities, Mathematics)

Changing Education (Biology, Education, English, Growth and Structure of Cities, History)

The Last Days of Hapsburg: Vienna 1900 and the End of an Empire (German, History of Art)