Humanities
Dwelling in Possibility
Celebrating poetry and literature at Penn since 1985, Al Filreis, Kelly Family Professor of English, continues to create community at the home for writers he founded in a Locust Walk house a quarter-century ago.
The Future of History
Three historians weigh in on how we can understand our past.
Omnia 101: Defining Modern Art
André Dombrowski, Frances Shapiro-Weitzenhoffer Associate Professor of 19th-Century European Art, discusses modern art’s origins, influences, and impacts.
OMNIA Q&A: Religious Freedom as a Tool for American Occupation
Jolyon Thomas, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, discusses his award-winning book, Faking Liberties: Religious Freedom in American-Occupied Japan.
60-Second Lectures: Fall 2021 Roundup (Video)
The 60-Second Lecture series returned to campus this fall and included 1.5 Minute Climate Lectures during Climate Week at Penn.
Community Builders
Daniel Morales-Armstrong, William Fontaine Fellow of Africana Studies and History, helms a course designed to lead students in a collaborative engagement with a local Philadelphian community.
CSI: Shakespeare
Zachary Lesser, Edward W. Kane Professor of English, used ghosts, holes, and scrapes to learn more about how Shakespeare’s work was seen in his own time.
Write the Qasbah
Megan Robb of the Department of Religious Studies published a book on an early 20th-century newspaper that was influential in creating a shared Muslim identity in South Asia.
Space Into Place
In his new book, Cheikh Anta Babou, Associate Professor of History, captures the vitality of the Senegalese Murid diaspora.