Halloween: Chilling Selections

Horror Film: Meaning in the Extreme

Philippe Met, Professor of Professor of French and Francophone Studies, ushers students to the darkest corners of horror cinema to shed light on its cultural and philosophical importance.

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It Only Hurts When I Read

Ian Fleishman, Assistant Professor of German, looks at wounding to study narrative.

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Three Questions: Witchcraft

Robert St. George, Emeritus Professor of History, researches and teaches early American cultural history, witchcraft in the early modern world, public culture, American vernacular architecture, performing history, and American consumer culture.

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Death, Disease, and Demons

Meg Leja, a former postdoctoral fellow at Penn’s Wolf Humanities Center, helps students get in touch with their ghostly sides.

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Plotting Murder and Paris

Andrea Goulet, Professor of French and Francophone Studies, discusses her book Legacies of the Rue Morgue: Science, Space, and Crime Fiction in France.

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OMNIA Podcast: UFOs and the Creation of Knowledge (Audio)

Kate Dorsch, Associate Directory of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, discusses her research on UFO sightings in Cold War America and how scientific knowledge is created and communicated to the public.

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