Past Events



The Ottoman Empire in a Trans-Imperial World

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Join a panel of historians as they discuss the Ottoman Empire in the nineteenth century in an international context. How did the Ottoman Empire adapt to a context of inter-imperial competition in an era of European…



Politics of the throat: Voice, body, and modern performances of humanity

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Politics of the throat: Voice, body, and modern performances of humanity

Brenda Jo Brueggemann, U. of Lousville
Catherine Robson, NYU
Daniel Shigo…



"Reflections on History at Penn"

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Please join the history department as we celebrate the career of Professor Jonathan Steinberg as he retires from Penn.

Remarks by…



Center for Teaching & Learning Faculty-to-Faculty Lunch

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Faculty-to-Faculty Lunch: Exams that Test What We Want Students to Learn

Peter Holquist, History
Jeff Winkler, Chemistry



Annenberg Seminar in History

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Susan Schulten, University of Denver
"Visual knowledge: Graphic and cartographic innovation in the early republic"

          This Annenberg is part of the Penn alum series.



Russian History & Culture Workshop

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Maya Vinokour (Comparative Literature, Penn)
"Workflows: Human Labor and Bodily Energy in the works of Andrei Platonov"

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Workshop in the History of Material Texts

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Roger Chartier, University of Pennsylvania and the Collège de France
"Maps in Fiction. From the Carte de Tendre to don Quixote's  Viajes"



Penn Economic History Forum

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Angus Burgin, Johns Hopkins
“The Postindustrial Moment: Automation and the End of Work”

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Enter, Riding on an Elephant: One Way to Approach Ottoman Edirne

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Dr. Amy Singer, Tel Aviv University
Enter, Riding on an Elephant: One Way to Approach Ottoman Edirne

DATE: Wednesday, April 8, 2015
TIME: 4:00pm
LOCATION: Stiteler Hall…



Languages of Struggle and the Advent of Mass Democracy in Germany

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Dr. Damian Valdez, University of Cambridge
Languages of Struggle and the Advent of Mass Democracy in Germany

DATE: Tuesday, April 7, 2015
TIME: 5:15pm
LOCATION: 209…