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Welcome to the Department of History at the University of Pennsylvania. Over thirty historians in the standing faculty with a broad range of research specialties advance our understanding of the past.

Upcoming Events



A More Perfect Union: Histories of Voting in America

Hardeep Dhillon and William Sturkey, organizers
History Speaking
- | Arch 108

A More Perfect Union: Histories of Voting in America Program

10:45am
Opening Remarks
Dr. Hardeep Dhillon, Penn

11am
The Promise…



Chains of Captivity: Caribbean Warfare and the Slave Trade in Colonial Philadelphia

Christopher Baldwin, with VanJessica Gladney
Race & Slavery Working Group
- | Zoom

History Speaking

In an age of wrenching social change and momentous global challenges, history gives us fresh perspectives, important distinctions, and a sense of how we got here. This year, join Penn historians for lively discussions of the past that seek to better orient us in the present. Because as events unfold, that’s History Speaking, too.

Penn & Slavery Project

The Penn & Slavery Project teaches us that no colony, state, or well-funded university was buffered from slavery’s reach. Penn’s story is a national story, and one of great importance to our ongoing efforts to come to terms with our nations’s history of slavery.