﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Provost</title><link>https://ems-web.haverford.edu/MasterCalendar/</link><description /><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2015 18:11:52 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2017 19:07:47 GMT</lastBuildDate><category>Calendar of Events</category><atom:link href="https://ems-web.haverford.edu/MasterCalendar/RSSFeeds.aspx?data=qtalE2hWSqeZY68adHJLebaCCcawwuvcE3KjQsKYmz8%3d" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><generator>:: Master Calendar ::</generator><copyright>2026</copyright><ttl>30</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Disfarmer Exhibit Reception]]></title><description xml:space="preserve"><![CDATA[ 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM - ARTS ARTS Atrium Gallery]]></description><author>gdavidis@haverford.edu (Davidis, Georgia)</author><category>Reception/Community Gathering</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>https://ems-web.haverford.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J6Y3dhphOv0LN258sn1XAwKojeqsQX%2bTd01xrl%2fZJ3qzCrwBteoKHI7</link><guid>https://ems-web.haverford.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J6Y3dhphOv0LN258sn1XAwKojeqsQX%2bTd01xrl%2fZJ3qzCrwBteoKHI7</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Distinguished Visitors Talk by Mariano Garcia-Blanco, F. Palmer Weber Medical Research Professor and Chair of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia]]></title><description xml:space="preserve"><![CDATA[ 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM - SHA KINSC S101 Sharpless Auditorium: Distinguished Visitors Talk by Mariano Garcia-Blanco, M.D.,Ph.D., F. Palmer Weber Medical Research Professor and Chair of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology, Co-Director of the Medical Scientist Training Program, School of Medicine, University of VirginiaTalk on Monday, September 14, 2026, at 2:30pm in Sharpless Auditorium (tea at 2:15pm) "RNA and Immunity: Lessons from Autoimmune Diseases"The realization that RNA molecules can be enzymes as well as genomes suggested that RNAs were likely the earliest genomes to evolve on earth. Thus, it is likely that the earliest infections were attacks of one RNA genome on another, and also likely that RNA genomes encoded the first systems capable of distinguishing self and non-self. Today we have evidence of fossils from this RNA world in many immune systems, for instance innate immune systems in mammals. An unexpected example has emerged from our studies of multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune disease that targets neurons of the central nervous system. A gene associated with increased susceptibility to multiple sclerosis codes for the RNA helicase DExD/H-Box Polypeptide 39B (DDX39B, aka UAP56) that controls the alternative splicing of transcripts for Forkhead Box P3 (FOXP3) and soluble interleukin 7 receptor (sIL7R) – important mediators of autoimmunity. Our work cements DDX39B as an important guardian of immune tolerance. Furthermore, these findings led us to test interventions that target sIL7R and these dramatically reduce the pathogenesis of a multiple sclerosis-like syndrome in mice and non-human primates.Dr. Garcia-Blanco is an internationally distinguished scientist whose career reflects exceptional and sustained contributions to scholarship, public life, and biomedical innovation. He has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, along with fellowship in the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Academy of Microbiology, and membership in the Association of American Physicians, reflecting peer recognition at the highest level. His research fundamentally shaped the field of RNA biology through seminal discoveries of core splicing regulators, including PTB, and by establishing key mechanisms of spliceosome function and RNA trans-splicing, work that led to multiple U.S. patents and commercialization in gene therapy. He has made major contributions to understanding RNA virus replication and host–virus interactions in globally significant pathogens such as dengue, Zika, yellow fever, and Ebola virus, directly informing antiviral and public health research. His discoveries linking alternative RNA splicing of immune regulators to multiple sclerosis and T-regulatory cell function provided mechanistic bridges between human genetics, RNA biology, and autoimmune disease. In addition to his scholarly impact, he has held senior leadership roles as department chair and research center director at major academic institutions, led NIH-funded multi-investigator programs, chaired national grant review panels, and served on international scientific advisory bodies, including United Nations–affiliated organizations, demonstrating exceptional distinction in both scientific achievement and service.This event is sponsored by the Department of Biology]]></description><author>gniemi@haverford.edu (Niemi, Gina)</author><category>Lecture</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate><link>https://ems-web.haverford.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J6hmU%2fSzAG%2brIU%2fcoXw54Tr9ddO3F4XxMLSrM3pe10AL%2fm7HGfOoc7w</link><guid>https://ems-web.haverford.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J6hmU%2fSzAG%2brIU%2fcoXw54Tr9ddO3F4XxMLSrM3pe10AL%2fm7HGfOoc7w</guid><enclosure url="https://ems-web.haverford.edu/MasterCalendar/imagewriter.aspx?imageId=24667" length="5000" type="image/jpg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Distinguished Visitors Talk by Zachary Levenson, Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies, Florida International University]]></title><description xml:space="preserve"><![CDATA[ 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM - GST GST 101: Distinguished Visitors Talk by Dr. Zachary Levenson, Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies, Florida International UniversityTalk on Thursday, September 19, 2026, at 4:15pm in GEST 101 (tea at 4:00pm) "Black Consciousness and the Politics of Racial Autonomy"How can movements harness the catalytic power of antiracism to confront racial domination without amplifying racial division? This talk revisits South Africa’s Black Consciousness Movement (BCM), drawing on in-depth interviews with former BCM activists who mobilized against apartheid in the 1970s and 80s. Emphasizing the dialectical relation between domination and resistance, it develops the concept of racial autonomy politics: a form of struggle that revolves around the production of new racial categories. Under apartheid, racial domination operated through fragmentation and dehumanization. In response, BCM activists articulated an expansive conception of Blackness that unified those subjected to racial oppression while simultaneously rehumanizing participants. This approach diverges from both a narrow identity politics that reifies existing racial categories, and a race avoidance politics that organizes around non-racial categories. Advancing a third model, the BCM shows that the autonomous production of new racial identities can enable movements to address the lived experience of racial domination, but without reifying the categories produced by domination.This event is sponsored by the Department of Sociology and The William Gibbons Rhoads Fund]]></description><author>gniemi@haverford.edu (Niemi, Gina)</author><category>Lecture</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>https://ems-web.haverford.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J6Ss05VriN4A5r86rbP52cLwwAaSQYu%2bPlU13HJ5C7AAXbkDpgrj5Te</link><guid>https://ems-web.haverford.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J6Ss05VriN4A5r86rbP52cLwwAaSQYu%2bPlU13HJ5C7AAXbkDpgrj5Te</guid><enclosure url="https://ems-web.haverford.edu/MasterCalendar/imagewriter.aspx?imageId=24649" length="5000" type="image/jpg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[M. Gessen on the Politics of the Past and Politics of the Future]]></title><description xml:space="preserve"><![CDATA[ 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM - ROB ROB Marshall Auditorium: The Michael B. Kim Institute for Ethical Inquiry and Leadership, the John B. Hurford '60 Center for the Arts and Humanities, Haverford College Libraries, and the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship present:A Conversation with M. Gessen, Award Winning Author and Opinion Writer, New York Times"Politics of the Past and Politics of the Future"Thursday, September 17, 2026 |  7:00 p.m. ETMarshall Auditorium (Roberts Hall) | Haverford CollegeREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.  Register hereDoors open at 6:15 p.m. Please arrive no later than 6:45 p.m. to allow for check-in. Doors close promptly at 6:55 p.m.About the Event:Few writers have spent as much time studying authoritarianism as New York Times opinion writer and author M. Gessen. Haverford College's Distinguished Visitors Program welcomes them for a timely conversation on politics, memory, and the future. Autocrats rise in times of high anxiety. They promise to assuage the anxieties in exchange for people handing over their political agency. Contemporary autocrats specifically promise to return people to an imaginary past when life was predictable and felt safe. The only way effectively to counteract a politics of the past is by conjuring an inspiring politics of the future. What could that look like, and do we see signs of this kind of politics if we look closely enough?About M. Gessen:Gessen is the author of 11 books, including the National Book Award–winning The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia and The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin. A Pulitzer Prize–winning opinion writer at The New York Times, they have covered political subjects including Russia, L.G.B.T. rights, Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, and the rise of autocracy, among others.Registration:Advance registration is required for all attendees. Current Haverford, Bryn Mawr, or Swarthmore students, faculty, and staff must register and present a valid college-issued ID. Alumni, families, friends of the College, and community members are welcome to attend and must register in advance. All attendees will be required to present a photo ID with a name matching their registration.Security and Entry Information:Enhanced security measures will be in place for this event. All attendees must present valid photo ID, and bags may be subject to inspection. Certain items, including large bags, signs and banners, noisemakers, alcohol and illegal substances, projectiles, and weapons or items resembling weapons, are prohibited. Haverford College reserves the right to prohibit any additional item it determines to be a safety hazard.Accessibility and Accommodations:Guests with disabilities, medical requirements, or other access needs may contact hc-kim-ethics@haverford.edu in advance to arrange reasonable accommodations.]]></description><author>gniemi@haverford.edu (Niemi, Gina)</author><category>Lecture</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>https://ems-web.haverford.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J753m5Ajz2Ek9Lsturn4Bj8sGap0ERqQu9ySOMPSjj19lwAnsH3Nukj</link><guid>https://ems-web.haverford.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J753m5Ajz2Ek9Lsturn4Bj8sGap0ERqQu9ySOMPSjj19lwAnsH3Nukj</guid><enclosure url="https://ems-web.haverford.edu/MasterCalendar/imagewriter.aspx?imageId=24662" length="5000" type="image/jpg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Distinguished Visitors Talk by Stephen Perloff, Editor of The Photo Review]]></title><description xml:space="preserve"><![CDATA[ 4:15 PM to 6:00 PM - CHS CHS 104 Chase Auditorium: Distinguished Visitors Talk by Stephen Perloff, Founder and Editor of The Photo Review, Editor of The Photograph Collector, Editor of The Daguerreian Society Quarterly and The Daguerreian AnnualTalk on Wednesday, September 23, 2026, at 4:30pm in Chase Auditorium (tea at 4:15pm) "Mike Disfarmer and the American Studio Photographer Tradition"(See additional information about the Disfarmer Exhibit here)Stephen Perloff is the founder and editor of The Photo Review, a critical journal of international scope publishing since 1976, and editor of The Photograph Collector, the leading source of information on the photography art market. He is also the editor of The Daguerreian Society Quarterly and The Daguerreian Annual. He has taught photography and the history of photography on both the undergraduate and graduate levels at numerous Philadelphia-area colleges and universities, including at Bucks County Community College (where Emmet Gowin and George Krause had taught), Moore College of Art, Tyler School of Art, the University of Delaware, The University of the Arts, and Haverford College.He has been the recipient of two grants from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts for arts criticism. He was the recipient of the Sol Mednick Award for 2000 from the Mid-Atlantic region of the Society for Photographic Education, the first annual Vanguard Award from the Philadelphia Center for the Photographic Image in 2007, the Colin Ford Award for Curatorship from the Royal Photographic Society in 2012, and the Distinguished Service Award from the American Photography Archives Group in 2026.He has been widely praised for his writing about the photography art market. His articles have been reproduced in dozens of other journals — like American Photo, The Art Newspaper, Town &amp; Country, Silvershotz, Photo News, Camera, and the website L’Oeil de la Photographie — and he has been called on as an expert to comment on the state of the photography market for publications such as The New York Times, The Toronto Globe &amp; Mail, The Wall Street Journal, Photo District News, and the New York Observer.This event is sponsored by the Department of Fine Arts and The Paul Desjardins Fund]]></description><author>gniemi@haverford.edu (Niemi, Gina)</author><category>Lecture</category><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:15:00 GMT</pubDate><link>https://ems-web.haverford.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J4yRXU0%2fmZOHpCqQNmjOqrAfvvALOqCQl0yoFRsEOhvYwpxeG9H6Yhs</link><guid>https://ems-web.haverford.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J4yRXU0%2fmZOHpCqQNmjOqrAfvvALOqCQl0yoFRsEOhvYwpxeG9H6Yhs</guid><enclosure url="https://ems-web.haverford.edu/MasterCalendar/imagewriter.aspx?imageId=24668" length="5000" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Distinguished Visitors Talk by Masao Sako, Arifa Hasan Ahmad and Nada Al Shoaibi Presidential Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University  of Pennsylvania]]></title><description xml:space="preserve"><![CDATA[ 4:15 PM to 6:00 PM - LUT LUT 200 Instruction and Events: Distinguished Visitors Talk by Dr. Masao Sako, Arifa Hasan Ahmad and Nada Al Shoaibi Presidential Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of PennsylvaniaTalk on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, at 4:30pm in LUT 200 (tea at 4:15pm) "Building Quantitative Reasoning for an Interdisciplinary Curriculum"Professor Masao Sako is the Professor of Physics and Astronomy. His research focuses on observational cosmology with supernovae in order to study dark energy.Kite and Key are the twin Foundations of Penn's new College Curriculum, introducing students to complementary ways of understanding the world through humanistic and quantitative inquiry. Together, they provide a common intellectual experience that encourages students to engage critically with complex questions from multiple perspectives.This talk will focus on Key, a course that introduces students to quantitative, computational, and scientific ways of thinking in an increasingly data-rich and AI-driven world. Rather than serving as a traditional mathematics, statistics, or computer science course, Key uses these disciplines as tools for investigating how knowledge is created, tested, and communicated. Students learn to formulate questions, evaluate evidence, distinguish correlation from causation, recognize bias and uncertainty, and communicate quantitative ideas clearly. The course emphasizes experiential learning with coin tosses, card games, and other hands-on activities to help students build intuition about probability, randomness, and uncertainty before extending these ideas to broader questions in statistics and scientific reasoning. More broadly, Key seeks to cultivate intellectual habits that students can apply across disciplines, from the natural and social sciences to the humanities and beyond.The talk will also discuss opportunities to strengthen connections between Kite and Key. The most important questions facing our society require both humanistic and quantitative inquiry. By integrating these complementary approaches, we can help students see how evidence, values, and reasoned discussion inform sound decision-making.This event is sponsored by East Asian Languages and Cultures, Japanese Program]]></description><author>gniemi@haverford.edu (Niemi, Gina)</author><category>Lecture</category><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 20:15:00 GMT</pubDate><link>https://ems-web.haverford.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J7OkAzVBAyrvuCxQddg%2f%2ffkHdmKD8T79HoakJjJnD%2fkadzevJ3JZ2BC</link><guid>https://ems-web.haverford.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J7OkAzVBAyrvuCxQddg%2f%2ffkHdmKD8T79HoakJjJnD%2fkadzevJ3JZ2BC</guid><enclosure url="https://ems-web.haverford.edu/MasterCalendar/imagewriter.aspx?imageId=24665" length="5000" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early Career Scholars Talk by Jacqueline Yi, Assistant Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Washington Bothell]]></title><description xml:space="preserve"><![CDATA[ 4:15 PM to 6:00 PM - SHA KINSC S101 Sharpless Auditorium: Early Career Scholars Talk by Jacqueline Yi, Assistant Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Washington BothellTalk on Monday, November 2, 2025 at 4:30pm (tea at 4:15pm) in Sharpless Auditorium"Beyond the Model Minority: Pathways from Internalized Racism to Antiracism for Asian Americans"Abstract: The model minority myth portrays Asian Americans as a homogenous, “problem-free” racial group that has overcome racial barriers through hard work and cultural virtues. Although often framed as a positive stereotype, this narrative obscures Asian Americans' experiences of oppression and minimizes the role of structural forces that shape racial inequity. In this presentation, Dr. Yi examines how the model minority myth contributes to internalized racism among Asian Americans and explores its consequences for psychological well-being and antiracist engagement. Drawing on meta-analytic evidence, Dr. Yi will first present her research on the psychological toll of internalized racism for Asian Americans (James &amp; Yi, 2026). She will then share her quantitative and qualitative work on how internalizing the model minority myth can shape Asian Americans' responses to racism, including reduced engagement in antiracist practices (Yi &amp; Todd, 2021, 2023). Dr. Yi will conclude by discussing implications for clinical and community-based interventions that promote critical consciousness, psychological healing, and collective liberation for Asian Americans and other marginalized communities. Speaker bio: Jacqueline (Jaki) Yi, Ph.D. is an assistant professor at the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington Bothell. Trained as a clinical-community psychologist at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, she studies how Asian Americans navigate systems of oppression, particularly their experiences with race and racism and their engagement in sociopolitical action. Her research also examines campus- and community-based interventions for promoting the well-being of marginalized groups and advancing social justice. She teaches undergraduate courses on Asian American Psychology, Multicultural Counseling, and Clinical Psychology, and her clinical experiences include culturally responsive individual and group counseling, as well as outreach and prevention work with racially minoritized communities. Committed to making research accessible beyond academia, she translates evidence-based insights from Asian American Psychology for the public and shares educational content through social media (@jakiyiphd).Hosted by Asian American Studies and Department of Psychology]]></description><author>gniemi@haverford.edu (Niemi, Gina)</author><category>Lecture</category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 21:15:00 GMT</pubDate><link>https://ems-web.haverford.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J5AfCcMfUxZwoXxdlm3Dlh6pVR4Or7hssb7v8cGrfdwCSiu6uftBTBs</link><guid>https://ems-web.haverford.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J5AfCcMfUxZwoXxdlm3Dlh6pVR4Or7hssb7v8cGrfdwCSiu6uftBTBs</guid><enclosure url="https://ems-web.haverford.edu/MasterCalendar/imagewriter.aspx?imageId=24684" length="5000" type="image/jpg" /></item></channel></rss>