Insomnia

Archival Encounters (Audio)

Kate Dorsch is interested in aliens— but not really.

Online Content: Fall/Winter 2018

A small sampling of recent highlights.

Online Content

A small sampling of recent highlights.

Over the River, Through the Woods, and Down 34th Street (Video)

Penn Arts and Sciences faculty bike varied terrain to get to campus.

Three Questions: Carmen Maria Machado

Carmen Maria Machado, Writer-in-Residence at Kelly Writers House, combines science fiction, horror, folk tales, and pop culture references in stories that are utterly modern and unabashedly focused on female experience. Her debut collection, Her Body and Other Parties, was a finalist for the 2017 National Book Award.

Happy Birthday, Frederick Douglass

The Price Lab and the Black Graduate and Professional Student Assembly joined organizations nation-wide to celebration Frederick Douglass’ 200th birthday.

Scholarship, Now Streaming

Penn Arts and Sciences professors are guests on a new podcast featuring academics in conversation.

Origin Stories: Karen Redrobe (Video)

Karen Redrobe, Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Endowed Professor in Film Studies, discusses her journey as a film scholar.

Three Questions: Witchcraft

Featuring Robert St. George

Office Artifacts: Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw

Discover the stories behind the Associate Professor of History of Art's favorite office items.

Dog Days of Summer

Man's best friend has always been a hero of film, literature, and visual art.

Three Questions: Judging the National Book Award

James English, John Welsh Centennial Professor of English and Director of the Penn Humanities Forum, chaired the committee that selected the National Book Award winner in fiction last November.

Office Artifacts: Diana Mutz

Discover the stories behind the Samuel A. Stouffer Professor of Political Science and Communication's favorite office items.

Homer Simpson’s Odyssey

Professor Peter T. Struck, the Evan C Thompson Chair for Excellence in Teaching, on the cultural significance of "The Simpsons."

Office Artifacts: Deborah A. Thomas

Discover the stories behind the professor of anthropology's favorite office items.