Past Events



East European History and Culture Workshop

Kevin Platt, REES, Penn: “Global Socialist Networks in the Age of Three Worlds: Art and Arbitrage from Mexico to Moscow”
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Penn Ottoman and Persian History Group

Seçil Yılmaz, University of Pennsylvania
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History Major and More Dinner

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Interested in the History Major, History Minor, or Legal Studies and History Minor? Bring your questions and join us for dinner on Feb 15. Registration required.



Russian History and Culture Workshop

David Brandenberger (History, Richmond)
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"Stalin and the Historical Relationship between the Russians and Ukrainians: A Case Study of the General Secretary’s Editing of A. V. Shestakov’s 1937 History of the USSR."



Join the History Department at the Palestra!

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Penn Athletics and Recreation is excited to host the History Department at the Palestra on Saturday, February 11th at 2PM.  

Full-time grad and undergrad students can download free tickets by scanning the QR…



Johann Schiltberger’s Excellent Adventure: Traveler’s Tales from Late Medieval Eurasia

Paul Cobb, University of Pennsylvania
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This is the first talk in the Penn Ottoman and Persian Histories Faculty Working Group series.

Hosted in the Department of History, this talk is made…



HISTORY SPEAKING

In Defense of Defiance: Women and Political Resistance in Iran
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Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet is a prominent scholar of Iranian and Middle Eastern history. Her research addresses issues of national and cultural formation and gender concerns in Iran, as well as…



Legal History Workshop

Yanay Israeli (University of Michigan)
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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…