Humanities
OMNIA Q&A: Monument Lab's Research Program (Video)
Laurie Allen, Director for Digital Scholarship at Penn Libraries, and Penn's Price Lab for Digital Humanities are helping to immortalize the public art and history project.
Our Odyssey
Emily Wilson, Professor of Classical Studies, is the first woman to translate Homer’s classic into English.
OMNIA Q&A: The Independence Referendum in Catalonia
Antonio Feros, Associate Professor of History, on why Catalans—the people who populate the northeastern region of Spain—feel so strongly about their regional identity.
Three Questions: Witchcraft
Featuring Robert St. George
Tweeting the Medieval
Emily Steiner, Professor of English, uses new technology to illuminate age-old manuscripts.
Office Artifacts: Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw
Discover the stories behind the Associate Professor of History of Art's favorite office items.
Arts and Sciences in Action
New grant initiatives have Penn Arts and Sciences faculty and students engaging with each other and the rest of the world.
OMNIA Q&A: Sixty Years After the Civil Rights Act of 1957, Where Are We?
Former Civil Rights Commission Chair Mary Frances Berry, Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and a professor of history and Africana studies, reflects on then and now.
The Death of a Princess
We asked English Professor David Wallace—and his mum—about the death of Princess Diana 20 years ago.
Dog Days of Summer
Man's best friend has always been a hero of film, literature, and visual art.
Austenworld
English Professor Michael Gamer on why Jane Austen may be more popular than ever, two centuries after her death.