Past Events

History Department Open House

Penn Undergraduates are invited to join the History Department faculty at our fall Open House! Come and learn more about studying History at Penn, especially our spring '23 History courses and the History Major and…

“Sovereign Joy: Afro-Mexicans Kings and Queens, 1539-1640”

Sponsors: Department of History and Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Sovereign Joy explores the performance of festive black kings and queens among Afro-Mexicans between 1539 and 1640. This fascinating study illustrates how the first African and Afro-creole people in colonial…

Celebrating Walter Licht Upon His Retirement After 44 Years at Penn: His Contributions to Scholarship, Teaching and Mentoring, and Service to the University and the Community

Graduation Reception for History Majors in the Class of '22

Penn History Honors Thesis Symposium

Please join us on April 28 as we celebrate the accomplishments of this year’s graduating Honors Thesis students! Student presentations begin at 2:30 and will be followed by a poster session. Don’t miss…

Russian History and Culture Workshop

East Coast Graduate Seminar

Celebrating New Faculty Books

Roger Chartier, author of Won in Translation. Textual Mobility in Early Modern Europe (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2022), in conversation with John Pollack, translator of Won in Translation.

Celebrating New Faculty Books

Anne Berg, author of On Screen and Off. Cinema and the Making of Nazi Hamburg (2022), in conversation with Warren Breckman

Kaplan Lecture

The Bukharan Crisis: A Connected History of 18th Century Central Asia

"Ukraine's Existence and Russia's Missiles: Historical Context and Analysis of the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian War."