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Welcome to the Department of History at the University of Pennsylvania. Over thirty historians in the standing faculty with a broad range of research specialties advance our understanding of the past.

Upcoming Events



"The Unrelenting Archive" with Dr. Marisa J. Fuentes

Annual Kaplan Lecture
- | Golkin Room, Houston Hall

It is our great pleasure to announce that Dr. Marisa J. Fuentes,…



Annenberg Seminar

Chad Williams (Brandeis)
- | College Hall 209

"W.E.B Du Bois, the First World War and Social Scientific Failure" with Chad Williams (Brandeis University)

Department of History, Annenberg Seminar

Date: Tuesday, April 23, 2024…

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.