Bryn Mawr Stories

This course will take a broad view of the nation’s first capital, in anthropological, geographic, and historical perspective.

This class investigates the unique history of housing in Philadelphia. We will cover the problems the city has faced and still faces in providing affordable housing, fair access to housing and creating diverse and vibrant neighborhoods and its great legacy of innovation in this area.

This course will explore the vibrant contemporary art world of the city of Philadelphia—a city uniquely positioned to attract artists with its many top-tier fine art schools, world-class museums, affordable living and studio spaces, and thriving network of artist-run galleries and exhibition spaces.

This transdisciplinary course, which will be taught in Philadelphia, focuses on anthropology’s contributions (and potential contributions) to engaging critical environmental issues in urban settings.

This course will examine the history of epidemic disease in American cities, with a focus on Philadelphia.

Using Philadelphia neighborhoods as our site of study, this course will analyze the relationship between race/ethnicity and spatial inequality, emphasizing the institutions, processes, and mechanisms that shape the lives of urban dwellers.

This course aims to look at the importance of access to finance to small businesses and low and moderate income households, identifies how and why this access is lacking and examines efforts to address this issues.

The course will engage with the history of Philadelphia as an immigrant city and look at the ways in which the different neighborhoods have changed over time.

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Wednesday, June 1-Thursday, June 9, 2022

Monday, April 25-Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Wednesday, June 8 - Friday, June 17, 2022