Book Talk | Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State
This event is presented by the Middle East Center.
Between the 1850s and World War I, the Ottoman Empire welcomed about a million Muslim refugees from Russia. These refugees established hundreds of villages throughout the Ottoman Balkans, Anatolia, and the Levant. Most villages still exist today, including what is now the city of Amman. Dr.Go to event
"All That Breathes" Film Screening and Q&A with Director Shaunak Sen
This event is co-sponsored by the Center for the Advanced Study of India, the Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication, Penn Arts & Sciences Cinema and Media Studies Department.
Join us for a film screening featuring All That Breathes on Tuesday, April 2. Following the screening is a Q&A with the film's director, Shaunak Sen.
Go to eventAn Evening with Giancarlo Esposito
Mr. Esposito is well known for his roles in television hits like Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, the Mandalorian, and the Boys, as well as film classics like Do the Right Thing. He brings extensive lived experience in the entertainment industry and a rich intersectional perspective.
During this moderated event, Mr. Esposito will discuss how his identity as a bi-racial actor has influenced the way he interacts with his roles and the industry as a whole.
60-Second Lectures | Asian America and the Hard Promise
60-Second Lectures
Penn Arts & Sciences' long-running 60-Second Lectures and its new Living the Hard Promise series will come together this spring semester for a series of special themed lectures.
Josephine Park, School of Arts and Sciences President's Distinguished Professor of English, will kick off the season with her lecture, What is rest?, at 11:50 a.m. And as per tradition, there will be cookies!
Go to eventAccelerating India’s Development: A State-Led Roadmap for Effective Governance
A CASI Book Talk is in partnership with Penn Economics and the South Asia Center.
About the Book:
Accelerating India’s Development: A State-Led Roadmap for Effective Governance (Penguin, 2024) systematically analyses India’s governance challenges, especially in delivering essential public services, and highlights how these are limiting India’s development.Go to event
Confronting Antisemitism: A Symposium on Its Past and Present
The term antisemitism invokes actions, arouses passions, and enflames debate. On April 7, 2024, the Jewish Studies Program of the University of Pennsylvania will host a symposium on the history, meanings, and responses to antisemitism in the past and present. Scholars will convene to discuss the ways in which the term itself has been and continues to be matter of powerful political contest, will explore the relationship between antizionism and antisemitism, and will consider Jewish responses to such challenges as agents of history in their own right.
Go to eventMira Jacob: Reading and Conversation
This event is co-sponsored by the Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI), the Asian American Studies Program, the Center for Experimental Ethnography.Go to event
Screening & Discussion | A New Peace of Münster
This event is presented by the Department of Cinema & Media Studies, the Department of Francophone, Italian, & Germanic Studies, and Public Trust.
Please join us for the Penn Premiere of A New Peace of Münster, a documentary about the climate migration along the Dutch-German border.
The screening will be followed by a conversation featuring;
60-Second Lectures | April 10
60-Second Lectures
Penn Arts & Sciences' long-running 60-Second Lectures and its new Living the Hard Promise series will come together this spring semester for a series of special themed lectures.
Joshua Teplitsky, Joseph Meyerhoff Associate Professor of Modern Jewish History and Director of the Jewish Studies Program, will step up to the podium next at 11:50 a.m. And as per tradition, there will be cookies!
Go to eventSpring Water Policy Forum: The Nexus of Climate Change, Nature-Based Solutions, and CSO Remediation in the Northeast Mega Region
The Water Center at Penn is pleased to present our first annual Spring Water Policy Forum, which will be held in person on the University of Pennsylvania's campus.
The theme for this year will be The Nexus of Climate Change, Nature-Based Solutions, and Combined Sewer Overflow Remediation in the Northeast Mega Region and the Forum will consist of an afternoon of panel discussions focused on this theme.
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