Humanities
OMNIA Q&A: The Winners and Losers in Post-Socialist Europe
Kristen Ghodsee and Mitchell Orenstein, professors of Russian and East European Studies, discuss their new book, Taking Stock of Shock.
Al Filreis and the Power of Poetry
After Amanda Gorman’s inaugural poem captured attention, the director of Kelly Writer’s House reflects on what poetry can do.
Amateur Music-Making in the Early Republic
In a new book, Glenda Goodman, Assistant Professor of Music, probes how hand-copying musical compositions and amateur performance shaped identity and ideas in the post-Revolutionary War period.
Bringing History to the Surface
Mantha Zarmakoupi, Morris Russell and Josephine Chidsey Williams Assistant Professor in Roman Architecture, conducts underwater surveys to map ancient travel and political intrigue.
Science, Politics, and Vaccine Acceptance
As the COVID-19 vaccine is being distributed across the country, new research out of the Department of Philosophy shows that knowledge about the nature of science can combat political biases.
Café Conversations (Video)
In the virtual edition of the Penn Café series, faculty pairs discussed the timely topics of vaccine ethics and the light and dark sides of loving land.
Life in the Screen
In two classes, Rahul Mukherjee, Dick Wolf Associate Professor of Television and New Media Studies, is looking at the big picture of our digital life.
Omnia Podcast: In These Times (Audio)
A six-episode podcast series that explores the forces that have shaped events in 2020.
Lost and Found
Translation is an art that allows us to communicate across cultural difference.
Dialogue, Revisited
OMNIA looks back on books from three faculty whose contributions to the conversation on race and social justice have stood the test of time.
Looking to Corporations to Learn About Religion
Jolyon Thomas, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, investigates the interdependent roles of corporations and religion.