Event

Based on artifacts excavated from archaeological sites in Iran, this talk will consider the problem of identifying tools and their users, which would have been used in professions and crafts in the 7th - 13th centuries. Some of these tools are currently on display at the Penn Museum's new Middle East Galleries.

Renata Holod has done archaeological and architectural fieldwork in Syria, Iran, Morocco, Central Asia and Turkey and on the island of Jerba, Tunisia. Her most recent project is a collaborative study of the grave goods of a Qipchaq kurgan in the Black Sea steppe of the 13th century. She has co-authored several books on art and architecture in the Islamic world, the focus of many of the courses she teaches at Penn.

Expert faculty from the University of Pennsylvania shed light on their research in the arts, humanities, and social sciences at the Penn Science Café. It's an evening of engaging, stimulating conversation, with a Q&A session following each talk.

Presented by Penn Arts and Sciences in partnership with the Office of University Communications, Penn Café events are free and open to the public, but RSVPs are encouraged. For more information or directions, contact Amanda Mott at ammott@upenn.edu.

Menu items are available for purchase. Happy Hour pricing from 4–6 p.m.

Click HERE to see a complete listing of all of the Spring 2018 Penn Science and Lightbulb Cafés.