Ugliness Book Launch
Author and visual artist Moshtari Hilal will read passages from the English translation of her book Ugliness, published by New Vessel Press (2025) and translated by Elisabeth Lauffer. Hilal's book was first published in German under the title Hässlichkeit by Hanser Verlag (2023).Go to event
Global Discovery Series: 2025 Oscars Debrief
The Global Discovery Lecture Series lets you explore the world virtually, both far and near, with Penn faculty members and your fellow alumni community. Each live, interactive lecture features Penn professors sharing new and innovative research on a variety of topics. Participants will have the opportunity to ask in-depth questions and are sure to learn something new in each one hour session.
Calling all Quaker film buffs and Oscar enthusiasts!Go to event
Purim and Local Purims in Early Modern Italy: Tales of Freedom and Survival
This talk examines the celebration of Purim in early modern Italy and the emergence of local Purims, unique commemorations established by Jewish communities to mark moments of deliverance from persecution and existential threats.Go to event
Understanding the Recent Wave of Military Coups in West Africa
The most recent headlines out of Africa have been dominated by the third wave of military coups in the “Francophone” African region of mainly West Africa. Indeed, it is reported that “eight governments have been overthrown in Francophone African countries in the past three years” (The Africa Report Posted on August 30, 2023, 12:32).
Go to eventCrom Saunders: Evolution in Deaf Identities
The collective identity of the Deaf community in the United States has undergone some changes in recent years. Those changes mirror other identities and their development in society, resulting in overlapping of identity and how we understand it. This has caused some controversy in Deaf Studies and related fields. Professor Saunders' presentation will explore some of the history behind those changes and how we now look at Deaf identity in the U.S.
Go to eventDesigning Blackness in Brazil: Future of the Museum
The Penn Museum, in collaboration with the Center for Africana Studies, is excited to present "Designing Blackness in Brazil," an interdisciplinary and international workshop dedicated to reimagining museums as inclusive, dynamic spaces that authentically represent African and African Diasporic identities.Go to event
Overruled Film Screening
Overruled follows the lives and aspirations of male refugees from Afghanistan who work as “ball boys” in tennis clubs in Iran. While excelling at tennis, they come to realize that, no matter how skilled they are, they will be excluded from the sport and barred from participating in games simply because they are “Afghan.” They face discrimination, are denied permanent residency and citizenship in Iran, and live under the constant threat of detention and deportation. Should they undertake the dangerous journey and flee by land to Europe?Go to event
Aesth-ethics of Resistance: Grammars of Listening and Radical Testimony
The Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies External Speaker (CLALSES) Series presents Maria Rosario del Acosta Lopez (Professor of Hispanic Studies at UC Riverside): "Aesth-ethics of Resistance: Grammars of Listening and Radical Testimony."
Penn Science Café: There is No One Way To Teach Math
Penn Science Café
Get ready for a lively, interactive Science Café with Penn math professor Robin Pemantle and Penn physics senior lecturer Bill Ashmanskas, both members of Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Innovation’s active learning seminar!
Join us for an engaging, interactive conversation about Pemantle’s new book, There Is No One Way to Teach Math, in which he and his co-author, veteran high-school teacher Henri Picciotto, share their collaborative insights.Go to event
Knowledge by the Slice | Whither South Korean Democracy?: Democratic Backsliding, Executive Power, and Constitutional Governing
Penn Arts & Sciences' long-running Knowledge by the Slice lunchtime series offers educational talks led by our insightful faculty experts. Did we mention there’s pizza? So, come for the discussion and have a slice on us.
On December 3, 2024, in a surprising move, President Yoon of South Korea declared emergency martial law, which was revoked six hours later after lawmakers blocked the order with a Parliament vote. Along with the indictment of the president on insurrection charges, the Constitutional Court is conducting the impeachment trial.
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