News and Views

Headshot of Elizabeth Magill

M. Elizabeth Magill nominated to become President of the University of Pennsylvania.
Jared Farmer headshot

Jared Farmer (History) - Jane E. Dmochowski (Earth and Environmental Science) and Irina Marinov (Earth and Environmental Science), talk about the challenges to understanding the Earth’s 4.6 billion year history, and more

Arielle X. Alterwaite - Biddy Mason in Images: A Monumental Life in Monumental Forms

Sophie Rosenfeld

Sophia Rosenfeld (Upenn-History), Heather Williams (Upenn-Africana Studies), and David Young Kim (Upenn-Art History), three historians weigh in on how we can understand our past and the Future of History.
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Benjamin Nathans - Opinion: Putin is banning the group that memorializes Stalin’s crimes. That’s bad for Russia.
Sarah Yu

Sarah Xia Yu - Past plagues, current pandemics, and public hygiene messaging
Prof. Serena Mayeri

Prof. Serena Mayeri, a professor of Law and History, on abortion rights in the Supreme Court: Reproductive freedom “remains in grave jeopardy”.
History Speaking Poster

Past confronts present at 'History Speaking' lecture series. Penn Historians will present a series of lively discussions of historical issues that seek to better orient attendees in the current moment.
Ben Nathans Headshot

Benjamin Nathans - "To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement." A podcast from the Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) - University of Wisconsin-Madison

Cheikh Babou Headshot

Cheikh Babou interviewed on New Books in African Studies