Centers, Institutes, and Projects

The Center's goals are twofold: 1) to raise the academic and intellectual visibility of the social sciences at Bryn Mawr and in the broader community; and 2) to build collaborative relationships among social science faculty and students.

As one of the College’s original Centers for 21st-Century Inquiry, we build on the traditions in art and archeological study at the College while supporting inquiry and exploration into modern visual expression.

Established in honor of Mary Flexner, a Bryn Mawr graduate of the class of 1895, the Lectureship has brought some of the world’s best-known humanists to campus for a brief residency.

Based in the medieval city of Avignon, in Provence, in the south of France, this is a six-week intensive summer program in advanced French and Francophone studies, and in Theater studies, for undergraduate and graduate students.

The QMSEC Center (Quantum Materials, Sensing and Education Center) at Bryn Mawr College integrates resources from higher education, national laboratories, and industry to advance the frontier of quantum information science and engineering (QISE) through cutting-edge research in quantum materials and quantum sensing, alongside innovative educational initiatives. 

The mission is to co-create space and time for dialogue, reflection, relationship-building, and action to dismantle unjust systems, honoring our inherent interconnections and interdependencies.

This project asks how spiritual change is happening today as innovative delivery systems for spirituality emerge. The project examines this “spiritual infrastructure of the future” by building the scholarly, public, and professional networks required to understand it. 

Funded originally by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and now supported jointly by Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges, the Teaching and Learning Institute (TLI) embraces a partnership model of faculty and student academic development