“Sovereign Joy: Afro-Mexicans Kings and Queens, 1539-1640”
Sponsors: Department of History and Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Sovereign Joy explores the performance of festive black kings and queens among Afro-Mexicans between 1539 and 1640. This fascinating study illustrates how the first African and Afro-creole people in colonial…
Penn History Honors Thesis Symposium
Please join us on April 28 as we celebrate the accomplishments of this year’s graduating Honors Thesis students! Student presentations begin at 2:30 and will be followed by a poster session. Don’t miss…
Russian History and Culture Workshop
East Coast Graduate Seminar
Celebrating New Faculty Books
Roger Chartier, author of Won in Translation. Textual Mobility in Early Modern Europe (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2022), in conversation with John Pollack, translator of Won in Translation.
Celebrating New Faculty Books
Anne Berg, author of On Screen and Off. Cinema and the Making of Nazi Hamburg (2022), in conversation with Warren Breckman
Kaplan Lecture
The Bukharan Crisis: A Connected History of 18th Century Central Asia
Surviving (and Thriving) in your History Courses, or, How to Read a Book a Week
Discussion led by Professor Sarah Gronningsater and History PhD student Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon
All Penn undergraduates are welcome, boxed…