Humanities
Reflecting on a Father’s Wartime Experience
In this excerpt from his book “Fighting the Night,” Paul Hendrickson recounts the time his Nonna tried to prevent her son-in-law—Hendrickson’s dad—from being sent overseas, one of many tales about his father’s time during World War II.
Penn Arts & Sciences 2024 Graduation (Photos)
More than 2,200 students earned degrees from the College, the Graduate Division, and the College of Liberal & Professional Studies.
Authoring Identity
Josephine Park, School of Arts and Sciences President’s Distinguished Professor of English, discusses the way literature has influenced the experience of being Asian American in the United States.
Korean-American Musicians Reflect on their Musical Journeys
The event was hosted by the James Joo-Jin Kim Center for Korean Studies in conjunction with the Philadelphia Orchestra, part of the center’s growing focus on community engagement.
Tyshawn Sorey Wins 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Music
He earned the acclaim for “Adagio (For Wadada Leo Smith),” a saxophone concerto that premiered on March 16, 2023, at Atlanta Symphony Hall.
Margaret Atwood in Conversation with Emily Wilson
Some 1,500 people—900 in Irvine Auditorium, 600 online—listened to the author’s discussion with Professor Emily Wilson during the annual Stephen A. Levin Family Dean’s Forum.
Origin Stories: Ayako Kano (Video)
Kano, a professor of Japanese studies, discusses her love of music and theater, her grandfather’s notebook, plus her path to academia and her notions of scholarship “as an art and as a way of life.”
Impressionism and the Modernization of Time
A new book from History of Art Professor André Dombrowski knits together the works of artists like Claude Monet and the nature of time as it emerges in its present-day form.
A Paper Tale
English lecturer Beth Kephart’s new memoir focuses on the paper that marks and memorializes our lives, from baby books to wills.
Campus Life for Students in the College of Liberal Arts for Women
The first class of 11 students graduated in 1934. During Women’s History month, we take a photo look back at what life was like for these pioneers and the hundreds of others who followed.
2024 Penn Grad Talks
Penn Grad Talks features TED Talk-style presentations by Penn Arts & Sciences graduate students on a wide range of topics.
The Power of Chick Lit
Meghan Hall, lecturer and associate director for graduate studies in the Department of English, talks about what gives the popular literary genre its staying power.
Celebrating 50 Years of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies
A three-day symposium will honor the past and present achievements of the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies program; the Center for Research in Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies; and the Penn Women’s Center.
Seeing American History through African American Literature
For Black History Month, Dagmawi Woubshet of English recommends readings from his Introduction to African American Literature course.
Lessons From 17th Century “New Netherland”
Through study of the fur and wampum trade between the Lenape and Dutch in the 1600s, fourth-year history Ph.D. candidate Molly Leech is aiming to recenter Indigenous contributions to global trade.