Events

Friday, October 23, 2015

1-keynote

Keynote Event: The Wall in Our Heads Public Conversation with Michael Kimmelman, architecture critic, The New York Times, and Paul M. Farber, curator of The Wall in Our Heads and Postdoctoral Writing Fellow, Haverford College
4:30 p.m.
Sharpless Auditorium, Koshland Integrated Natural Sciences Center

2-Opeing-Reception

The Wall in Our Heads Opening Reception
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Whitehead Campus Center

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

“You Are Entering the American Sector”: Shinkichi Tajiri, Sculpture in Exile, and the Reconstruction of the Berlin Wall – Bryn Mawr College Center for Visual Culture Colloquium, Paul M. Farber, Postdoctoral Writing Fellow, Haverford College
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Thomas Library 224, Bryn Mawr College

Friday, November 6, 2015

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“Rebooting the Cold War: A Cultural Archive of Western Nostalgia and Triumphalism” – Talk by Penny Von Eschen, L. Sanford and Jo Mills Reis Professor of Humanities, Department of History, Cornell University
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Whitehead Campus Center

Thursday, November 12, 2015

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Everything Will Be Taken Away
The Wall in Our Heads
Haverford College Faculty Conversation & Walkthrough
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Whitehead Campus Center

Faculty enter The Wall in Our Heads exhibition as a starting point for a free-ranging discussion of their research and interests.

With:
Imke Brust, Assistant Professor of German, Haverford College
Homay King, Associate Professor of History of Art, Bryn Mawr College
Nimisha Ladva, Visiting Assistant Professor of English, Haverford College

Friday, November 13, 2015

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Crosslisted: Dangerous Connections
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Whitehead Campus Center

Courtney Carter ’17 leads an interactive associative exercise that connects students, the Berlin Wall, and The Wall in Our Heads.

Friday, November 20, 2015

7-Making-Radio

Crosslisted: Making Radio & the Reunification
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Whitehead Campus Center

Berlin-based artist and host of DIY Church Markus Stein gives a talk in collaboration with Esme Trontz ’17 on making radio and the reunification of Berlin.

Thursday, December 3, 2015

8-Transforming-Division

Transforming Division: A Conversation on Civic Barriers and Bridges

With:
Keir Johnston, Amber Art & Design
Ernel Martinez, Amber Art & Design
Jessica Solomon, MSOD, Executive Director, Art in Praxis
Mark Strandquist, People’s Paper Co-op/Village of Arts & Humanities
Shira Walinksy, City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program/ Southeast by Southeast

A working session with local activists and artists. Come hear about their practices, share your projects, and discuss tools for creative action.

Open Community Lunch with the Panelists
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Multicultural Center, Stokes 106

Roundtable Discussion
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Hurford Center Seminar Room, Stokes 102

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

9-Concluding-Conversation

The Wall in Our Heads Closing Conversation:
Axel Klausmeier, Director of the Berlin Wall Foundation
Hope M. Harrison, Associate Dean for Research; Associate Professor of History and International Affairs, The Elliott School, George Washington University
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Whitehead Campus Center

10-Student-Exhibition

The Split that is Echoed in Numerous Ways
Transdivisional Student Exhibition
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery Lounge, Whitehead Campus Center

Featuring work by students in the classes
Sculpture: Materials and Techniques, Markus Baenziger (Fine Arts)
Post-Wall German Film & Intermediate German, Imke Brust (German)
Transnational Crossings, Paul M. Farber (Writing Program)
Introduction to Documentary Video Production, Vicky Funari (Documentary Film)
Imagining Other Futures: Art, Poetry, and Social Change, John Hyland (Writing Program)