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Vigil held for Amini on Sept. 29, 2022 Credit: George Botros

The History Department of the University of Pennsylvania strongly condemns the brutal murder of Kurdish-Iranian woman, Mahsa Zhina Amini, and the attacks on protestors throughout Iran by the Islamic Republic.
Iran protest (George Betros)

Iran protests, explained. Historian Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, an expert on modern Iran and gender in the School of Arts & Sciences, discusses what sparked the protests and why they’re important. (Kristen De Groot)

Nick Foretek (Doctoral candidate in history at the University of Pennsylvania) - Anatomy of an Exodus From Russia. As the war in Ukraine progresses, an anthropologist catalogs the mass departure

Mikhail Gorbachev’s legacy. Prof. Benjamin Nathans and other Penn experts share their thoughts on Gorbachev’s impact on the Soviet Union and the world, and how history will remember him (Kristen de Groot).

Emma Hart, Professor of History, the Richard S. Dunn Director of the McNeil Center for Early American Studies, and a co-editor of the Penn Press series, “Early American Studies.”

A historical look at Diana, 25 years after her death. Emma Hart, History, offers her perspective on the history of royal celebrity, the British monarchy’s current role in public life
Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon, Ph.D. student in history-UPENN

Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon: ‘Like a bad 1980s spy film’ Brittney Griner’s imprisonment reveals Russia’s embrace of pariah identity
Tina A. Irvine (PhD 2019) is a 2022 ACLS Fellow and Visiting Scholar at the Center for Research on Race & Ethnicity in Society at Indiana University.

Tina Irvine (PhD 2019): Climate Change Just Erased the Past in Kentucky. Where Will it Happen Next?
Hannah De Oliveira, a rising senior in the College of Arts and Sciences, on College Green in July 2022.

Who, What, Why: History Major Hannah De Oliveira’s study of Japanese American internment (Brandon Baker)
Sophie Rosenfeld's headshot

Professor Sophia Rosenfeld, new chair of the History Department, University of Pennsylvania

The Department of History of the University of Pennsylvania welcomes three new professors - Joshua Teplitsky, Seçil Yilmaz, and Hardeep Dhillon.