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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



Stefan Link and Noem Magor present The United States as a Developing Nation: Capitalism and the American State

Penn Economic History Forum
- | College Hall 209

The United States as a Developing Nation: Capitalism and the American State
Stefan Link (Dartmouth) and Noam Magor (Queen Mary)

The March 28th session will be a symposium and general discussion…



The Scales of Suffering: Neo-Lachrymosity and the Writing of Jewish History

Co-sponsored event
- | Penn Museum (East Entrance)

From the Jewish Studies website:

Is the writing of Jewish history possible…

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.