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Upcoming Events



The Paradox of Hunger Strikes

Nayan Shah, Professor of American Studies & Ethnicity and History, University of Southern California
Co-sponsored event
- | Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt Library, 6th floor / Online

The Paradox of Hunger Strikes

Nayan Shah

Professor of American Studies & Ethnicity and History, University of Southern California

 

Wednesday,…



The Other Reconstruction: The Enslavers State After Emancipation

Gautham Rao, American University
Legal History Workshop
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Professor Gautham Rao, from American University, will present his paper, “White Power: Policing American Slavery (manuscript under contract), introduction and chapter 5, “The Other Reconstruction: The Enslavers State…

History Speaking

In an age of wrenching social change and momentous global challenges, history gives us fresh perspectives, important distinctions, and a sense of how we got here. This year, join Penn historians for lively discussions of the past that seek to better orient us in the present. Because as events unfold, that’s History Speaking, too.

Penn & Slavery Project

The Penn & Slavery Project teaches us that no colony, state, or well-funded university was buffered from slavery’s reach. Penn’s story is a national story, and one of great importance to our ongoing efforts to come to terms with our nations’s history of slavery.