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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



How to Read Effectively in your History Classes

Professor Amy Offner
- | College Hall 209

All Penn undergraduates are welcome to join Professor Offner for a late lunch/early dinner, as she discusses how to read more effectively for your History courses.  



Oleg Budnitskii, “Soviet Antisemitism Reconsidered: The Case of Jews in the NKVD”

East European History and Culture Workshop
- | College Hall 209

Oleg Budnitskii (Higher School of Economics, Moscow // Cullman Center, New York Public Library) “Soviet Antisemitism Reconsidered: The Case of Jews in the NKVD”

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.