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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



CETLI Graduate Student Workshop

- | College Hall 209



Lunch with Professor Gronningsater

Professor Sarah Gronningsater
- | College Hall 205

Join the Aspiring Educators at Penn and the History Undergraduate Advisory Board for a lunchtime talk about teaching history! All undergraduates welcome.  Be sure to RSVP in advance to reserve your seat (and lunch…

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.