Penn History Book Conversations
Kathy Brown and Sally Gordon
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
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)
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
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]
“Wealth and its Distribution in Germany 1895-2018”
Penn History Film Conversation
Town Destroyer with Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman
Showing of film Town Destroyer (52 mins.) followed by conversation with the two directors, Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman.
Penn Ottoman and Persian History Group
Christine Philliou, UC Berkeley
Penn Economic History Forum
Harold James [Princeton]
Symposium on Seven Crashes: The Economic Crises that Shaped Globalization (New Haven: Yale University Press, February 2023)
Film screening and discussion of "Port Triumph" with Director Jeffrey L. Gould
Hosted by Professor Amy Offner
The History Department and the Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies are pleased to co-sponsor a screening and discussion of the documentary film Port Triumph with the film's director, Professor Jeffrey L.…