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What counts as a “monster”? What makes something “monstrous”? What makes monsters scary and why? How is it that we can be ‘scared’ by depictions of monsters in movies and …

Converse College and Wofford College will host writer and director Ellen Weissbrod for a screening and discussion of her acclaimed film, “A Woman Like That,” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April …

Hayes, a freshman at Converse College, won the consortium’s annual Bernhardt House of Violins Concerto Competition in January. As the winner, she will be the orchestra’s featured soloist and will …

Spartanburg students had the day off from school for teacher development, but about 450 girls from ages 5 to 12 spent the day learning anyway at Converse’s fifth annual Girls …

Valerie Brock Naglich ’03 is living proof that a well-rounded liberal arts education can prepare you for just about anything. She came to Converse to study music. Early in her …

A historian has taken a fresh look at the Susan Smith case and shared insights on Susan Smith and the Mommy Myth: Infanticide and the Politics of Gender at Converse …

Holly Jordan, ’06, loves working with students to share her passions for international relations, religious study and political thought. A leader in the Model Programs during her whirlwind education at …

In a recent January Term trip, Converse students experienced the rainforests of Costa Rica while studying the environmental literature with Professor Templeton, the economics of adventure tourism with Professor Young, …

Bailey Szustak ‘13, a philosophy and studio art major with a minor in art history, completed an internship with the Johnson Collection, a Spartanburg-based collection of historical and contemporary art …