Past Events



Russian History and Culture Workshop

East Coast Graduate kruzhok
Apr 28, 2023 Apr 29, 2023 at -



The Philomathean Society's 2023 Annual Oration: An Evening with Dr. Cornel West

moderated by Penn University Chaplain and Vice President for Social Equity & Community Rev. Charles (Chaz) Lattimore Howard
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The Philomathean Society's 2023 Annual Oration welcomes renowned public intellectual Cornel West for a talk on community and public on civic duty and engagement moderated by Penn University Chaplain and Vice President…



East European History and Culture Workshop

Sofya Salomatina, History Department, Moscow Lomonosov State University: “Commercial Banking in the Russian Empire in the Period 1860-1913: Development and Market Integration.”
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Joint session with the Penn Economic History Forum, Friday 2-4pm.



Why was Roe v. Wade Overturned? What History Tells Us

Penn Women's Center
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Penn Women's Center Living Room

This location is ADA accessible

Why was Roe v. Wade Overturned? What History Tells Us

Come by for lunch at the Penn Women's Center for discussion about the…



Penn History Book Conversations

Kathy Brown and Sally Gordon
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Discussion of Kathy Brown, Undoing Slavery: Bodies, Race and Rights in the Age of Abolition (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2022).  In conversation with Prof. Sally Gordon.



HISTORY SPEAKING

Penn, Fossil Fuel, and the History of the Future
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Jared Farmer studies the histories of built and unbuilt environments from the hyperlocal to the planetary. His temporal expertise is the long nineteenth century; his regional expertise is the North…



Legal History Workshop

Hardeep Dhillon (University of Pennsylvania)
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The workshops will continue to be hybrid. Zoom links and classroom location will be available in the calendar invites. Papers will be circulated for each individual workshop closer to the date. Lunch will be…



Poetry, Prose, and Reckoning with History: Clint Smith in Conversation With Mia Bay

Stephen A. Levin Family Dean’s Forum
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The Stephen A. Levin Family Dean's Forum welcomes Clint Smith as this year's speaker. 

This event is free and open to the public. Doors will open at 3:30 p.m. Tickets are required.



Penn Economic History Forum

Charlotte Bartels [Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung]
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“Wealth and its Distribution in Germany 1895-2018”



Penn History Film Conversation

Town Destroyer with Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman
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Showing of film Town Destroyer (52 mins.) followed by conversation with the two directors, Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman.