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Makiki Reuvers

To understand how ideas about racial difference took root in American history, Makiki Reuvers, a Ph.D. candidate in history, examines 17th-century encounters between British colonists and Native Americans.

Traveling Black’ - Mia Bay’s new book explores the intertwined history of travel segregation and African American struggles for freedom of movement.

$5 Million Mellon Grant for Work on Dispossessions in the Americas

Made by History - Alex Royt: The Gamestop bubble is an age-old financial craze with a modern twist.

Interview: Sophia Rosenfeld, PhD.The author of "Democracy and Truth: A Short History" responds to the moment

Students at the Towne School (forerunner of Penn Engineering) in a mining and metallurgy classroom in 1891.

Research seminar (HIST245, “Petrosylvania: Reckoning with Fossil Fuel”) led by Prof. Jared Farmer looks at Pennsylvania’s—and Penn’s—role in the fossil fuel economy and, by extension, climate change

Tina A. Irvine receives two dissertation honors

Amy Gutman (President UPenn) and Wendel Pritchett (Provost UPenn) - Statement regarding the assault on the U.S. Capitol

Place-making and Mythmaking-Penn Today

Latino Voters and Lessons from the 2020 Election