Painted Valentines: The Artful Love Affair Between Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg
Painted Valentines: The Artful Love Affair Between Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg
Across some of the most famous paintings in the history of American art, Johns and Rauschenberg conducted a very public love affair that was also, by design, very private. In this talk Professor Jonathan Katz, a founding figure in queer art history, decodes their pictorial language and reveals their complex relationship.
Election Debrief: A Look at the Results of the 2022 Midterm Elections
Election Debrief: A Look at the Results of the 2022 Midterm Elections
The U.S. is facing extraordinary challenges and much uncertainty during this election cycle. The integrity of voting, peaceful transitions of power, and even the very nature of democracy were called into question during the last election. What will this year bring? Watch a special post-election roundtable with Political Science faculty analyzing the immediate results of the 2022 election.
1.5 Minute Climate Lectures | October 12, 2022
1.5 Minute Climate Lectures | October 12, 2022
Penn Arts & Sciences and Climate Week at Penn presents
The 1.5* Minute Climate Lectures
A special edition of Knowledge by the Slice
In October 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change announced that limiting global warming to 1.5°C would require rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented change in all aspects of society.
What Is Race?
What Is Race?
Philosophers have asked "What is race?" for centuries now without any consensus on an answer. In this talk, Quayshawn Spencer will consider the U.S. government’s current definition of race, how it generates a novel answer to the general question of what race is, and discuss why all former race theories have been radically incorrect.
The Democratic Primaries: What Can We Learn From Iowa and New Hampshire?
The Democratic Primaries: What Can We Learn From Iowa and New Hampshire?
Voters caucused in Iowa on February 3, 2020 and the first primary election in the nation was held in New Hampshire on February 11— just two days before this talk. What can these early and limited results tell us about what the electorate is thinking and what might come next? A panel of professors from the Department of Political Science discussed these questions and others from the audience.