Knowledge by the Slice

Every semester, this lunchtime lecture series offers topical talks by insightful faculty experts. Did we mention there's pizza? So sit back, relax, and have a slice on us.

Upcoming Lectures

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Featured Lectures

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Rethinking Electoral Maps

Dutch Cycling Infrastructure Is Amazing! Penn and Philadelphia Could Learn From It

Simon Richter, Class of 1942 Endowed Term Professor of German and Chair, Germanic Languages and Literatures, Dhivya Arasappan, C'24

Criminal Justice Reform Guided by Evidence

John MacDonald

Painted Valentines: The Artful Love Affair Between Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg

Jonathan Katz, Associate Professor of Practice, History of Art and Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies

Election Debrief: A Look at the Results of the 2022 Midterm Elections

1.5 Minute Climate Lectures | October 12, 2022

Browse the Archives

Public (Mis)Understanding of Evolution

Michael Weisberg

What's Going on in Iraq and Syria? Understanding ISIS/ISIL: A Political Science Roundtable Discussion

Brendan O’Leary Ian Lustick Rudra Sil

What is Global Justice?

Kok-Chor Tan

Understanding the Crisis in Ukraine: A Faculty Roundtable

Thomas Childers Michael Horowitz Ellen Kennedy Kevin Platt Rudra Sil Benjamin Nathans

Is Xi Jinping Changing China's Course? Reforms Under the New Leadership in Beijing

Jacques deLisle Avery Goldstein Neysun Mahboubi Marshall Meyer Yuhua Wang John Yasuda

Natural Gas: Can We Do More Than Just Burn It?

Daniel Mindiola