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*Fellow Spotlight*
2025-26 Wolf Humanities Center Regional Faculty Fellow Samuel Proffitt Driver is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian at Dickinson College.
2025-26 Wolf Humanities Center Regional Faculty Fellow Samuel Proffitt Driver is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian at Dickinson College.
November 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
*Fellow Spotlight*
2025-26 Wolf Humanities Center Regional Faculty Fellow Samuel Proffitt Driver is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian at Dickinson College.
2025-26 Wolf Humanities Center Regional Faculty Fellow Samuel Proffitt Driver is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian at Dickinson College.
Her work, which revolves around the consequences of colonization in Latin American contemporary culture, is a visual investigation about aesthetics, cultural survival, and inheritance.
November 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Her work, which revolves around the consequences of colonization in Latin American contemporary culture, is a visual investigation about aesthetics, cultural survival, and inheritance.
Saturday, November 15
NCAAAE Keynote Lecture
42nd Northeast Conference on Andean and Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory
Kukuli Velarde is a Peruvian-American artist based in Philadelphia.
NCAAAE Keynote Lecture
42nd Northeast Conference on Andean and Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory
Kukuli Velarde is a Peruvian-American artist based in Philadelphia.
November 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Saturday, November 15
NCAAAE Keynote Lecture
42nd Northeast Conference on Andean and Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory
Kukuli Velarde is a Peruvian-American artist based in Philadelphia.
NCAAAE Keynote Lecture
42nd Northeast Conference on Andean and Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory
Kukuli Velarde is a Peruvian-American artist based in Philadelphia.
Tomorrow, Nov 12th: Join us at Public Trust for a screening of two classic feminist documentaries of the 1970s: The Woman’s Film (1971) and Inside Women Inside (1978). Followed by a conversation with Shilyh Warren (UT Dallas) and Asher Guthertz (UPenn). wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/events/woman...
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Tomorrow, Nov 12th: Join us at Public Trust for a screening of two classic feminist documentaries of the 1970s: The Woman’s Film (1971) and Inside Women Inside (1978). Followed by a conversation with Shilyh Warren (UT Dallas) and Asher Guthertz (UPenn). wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/events/woman...
This event is supported by Penn’s Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication; The Middle East Center at the University of Pennsylvania; Program in Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies; and Wolf Humanities Center; Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture; and La La Lil Jidar.
November 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This event is supported by Penn’s Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication; The Middle East Center at the University of Pennsylvania; Program in Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies; and Wolf Humanities Center; Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture; and La La Lil Jidar.
Tuesday, November 11th
Writer, scholar, and activist Tareq Baconi and Rutgers Professor of African Studies and Criminal Justice Noura Erakat will be in conversation, celebrating Baconi’s new book, Fire in Every Direction.
Writer, scholar, and activist Tareq Baconi and Rutgers Professor of African Studies and Criminal Justice Noura Erakat will be in conversation, celebrating Baconi’s new book, Fire in Every Direction.
November 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Tuesday, November 11th
Writer, scholar, and activist Tareq Baconi and Rutgers Professor of African Studies and Criminal Justice Noura Erakat will be in conversation, celebrating Baconi’s new book, Fire in Every Direction.
Writer, scholar, and activist Tareq Baconi and Rutgers Professor of African Studies and Criminal Justice Noura Erakat will be in conversation, celebrating Baconi’s new book, Fire in Every Direction.
Image 3: A proto-surrealist still-life by Giorgio de Chirico, which puts a pair of estranged artichokes on an off-center pedestal. © 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, Rome.
www.artic.edu/artworks/308...
www.artic.edu/artworks/308...
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Image 3: A proto-surrealist still-life by Giorgio de Chirico, which puts a pair of estranged artichokes on an off-center pedestal. © 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, Rome.
www.artic.edu/artworks/308...
www.artic.edu/artworks/308...
*Fellow Spotlight*
2025-26 Wolf Humanities Center Penn Faculty Fellow Ege Yumusak is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania.
2025-26 Wolf Humanities Center Penn Faculty Fellow Ege Yumusak is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania.
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
*Fellow Spotlight*
2025-26 Wolf Humanities Center Penn Faculty Fellow Ege Yumusak is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania.
2025-26 Wolf Humanities Center Penn Faculty Fellow Ege Yumusak is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania.
Coming soon! Penn Philosophy welcomes Catarina Dutilh Novaes (VU Amsterdam) for a discussion about her forthcoming book, Reason and Power in Argumentation (CUP, 2026).
Thursday, November 13
3:00–5:00pm
Van Pelt Library, Class of 1955 Room
Free & open to all
wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/events/novaes
Thursday, November 13
3:00–5:00pm
Van Pelt Library, Class of 1955 Room
Free & open to all
wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/events/novaes
November 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Coming soon! Penn Philosophy welcomes Catarina Dutilh Novaes (VU Amsterdam) for a discussion about her forthcoming book, Reason and Power in Argumentation (CUP, 2026).
Thursday, November 13
3:00–5:00pm
Van Pelt Library, Class of 1955 Room
Free & open to all
wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/events/novaes
Thursday, November 13
3:00–5:00pm
Van Pelt Library, Class of 1955 Room
Free & open to all
wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/events/novaes
Weds 11/19: Harvard Professor of Ukrainian History Serhii Plokhy joins Penn historian Benjamin Nathans to analyze the impact of the Russo-Ukrainian war on academia, explore a project titled The Ukrainian History: A Global Initiative, and discuss Plokhy’s forthcoming publication. bit.ly/3WYJhQr
November 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Weds 11/19: Harvard Professor of Ukrainian History Serhii Plokhy joins Penn historian Benjamin Nathans to analyze the impact of the Russo-Ukrainian war on academia, explore a project titled The Ukrainian History: A Global Initiative, and discuss Plokhy’s forthcoming publication. bit.ly/3WYJhQr
Applications for our 2026–2027 Postdoctoral Fellowships on the theme of "Practice" are due this Sunday, November 2.
wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/postdoc
wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/postdoc
October 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Applications for our 2026–2027 Postdoctoral Fellowships on the theme of "Practice" are due this Sunday, November 2.
wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/postdoc
wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/postdoc
*Fellow Spotlight*
2025-26 Wolf Humanities Center Regional Faculty Victor Sierra Matute ( @sierramatute.bsky.social) is an Assistant Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature in the Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature at Baruch College, The City University of New York.
2025-26 Wolf Humanities Center Regional Faculty Victor Sierra Matute ( @sierramatute.bsky.social) is an Assistant Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature in the Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature at Baruch College, The City University of New York.
October 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
*Fellow Spotlight*
2025-26 Wolf Humanities Center Regional Faculty Victor Sierra Matute ( @sierramatute.bsky.social) is an Assistant Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature in the Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature at Baruch College, The City University of New York.
2025-26 Wolf Humanities Center Regional Faculty Victor Sierra Matute ( @sierramatute.bsky.social) is an Assistant Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature in the Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature at Baruch College, The City University of New York.
What is the difference between doing good and not doing bad? Between lying and not telling the truth? The truth and a truth?
A conversation with Meta Mazaj and Mahyar Entezari will follow the screening.
Presented in collaboration with Penn's Department of Cinema & Media Studies and Public Trust.
A conversation with Meta Mazaj and Mahyar Entezari will follow the screening.
Presented in collaboration with Penn's Department of Cinema & Media Studies and Public Trust.
October 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
What is the difference between doing good and not doing bad? Between lying and not telling the truth? The truth and a truth?
A conversation with Meta Mazaj and Mahyar Entezari will follow the screening.
Presented in collaboration with Penn's Department of Cinema & Media Studies and Public Trust.
A conversation with Meta Mazaj and Mahyar Entezari will follow the screening.
Presented in collaboration with Penn's Department of Cinema & Media Studies and Public Trust.
We’re delighted to introduce Julia Verkholantsev, Topic Director of the Wolf Humanities Center’s 2025-2026 Forum on Truth and Associate Professor of Russian and East European Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.
October 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
We’re delighted to introduce Julia Verkholantsev, Topic Director of the Wolf Humanities Center’s 2025-2026 Forum on Truth and Associate Professor of Russian and East European Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.
Her premiere novel, Good Girl, was published in 2025.
Presented by Penn's Department of Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures.
Presented by Penn's Department of Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures.
October 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Her premiere novel, Good Girl, was published in 2025.
Presented by Penn's Department of Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures.
Presented by Penn's Department of Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures.
Thursday, October 30: Poet and novelist Aria Aber will be in conversation with Professor Fatemeh Shams (MELC).
Aber is an assistant professor of Creative Writing at the University of Vermont. Her debut poetry collection, Hard Damage (2019), won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize and the Whiting Award.
Aber is an assistant professor of Creative Writing at the University of Vermont. Her debut poetry collection, Hard Damage (2019), won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize and the Whiting Award.
October 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Thursday, October 30: Poet and novelist Aria Aber will be in conversation with Professor Fatemeh Shams (MELC).
Aber is an assistant professor of Creative Writing at the University of Vermont. Her debut poetry collection, Hard Damage (2019), won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize and the Whiting Award.
Aber is an assistant professor of Creative Writing at the University of Vermont. Her debut poetry collection, Hard Damage (2019), won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize and the Whiting Award.
Her debut poetry collection, Hard Damage (2019), won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize and the Whiting Award. Good Girl, her premiere novel, was published in 2025.
Thursday, October 30
3:30pm–5:30pm
Humanities Conference Room, Williams 623
Thursday, October 30
3:30pm–5:30pm
Humanities Conference Room, Williams 623
October 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Her debut poetry collection, Hard Damage (2019), won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize and the Whiting Award. Good Girl, her premiere novel, was published in 2025.
Thursday, October 30
3:30pm–5:30pm
Humanities Conference Room, Williams 623
Thursday, October 30
3:30pm–5:30pm
Humanities Conference Room, Williams 623
Penn Music invites proposals for papers & performances for their Feb 13–14 graduate conference, For(u)m: Re-forming Value, Re-valuing Form in Music Studies. Grad students across disciplines are invited to examine the intersection of form & value in music, sound, & performance.
tinyurl.com/2xyhbftx
tinyurl.com/2xyhbftx
October 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Penn Music invites proposals for papers & performances for their Feb 13–14 graduate conference, For(u)m: Re-forming Value, Re-valuing Form in Music Studies. Grad students across disciplines are invited to examine the intersection of form & value in music, sound, & performance.
tinyurl.com/2xyhbftx
tinyurl.com/2xyhbftx
Oct 18: Penn's Department of Cinema & Media Studies hosts a day of conversation at the intersection of film, pedagogy, and freedom, organized in conjunction with the Open Access publication of Course Projections: Film, Pedagogy, Freedom, eds. Full details: cinemastudies.sas.upenn.edu/events/2025/...
October 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Oct 18: Penn's Department of Cinema & Media Studies hosts a day of conversation at the intersection of film, pedagogy, and freedom, organized in conjunction with the Open Access publication of Course Projections: Film, Pedagogy, Freedom, eds. Full details: cinemastudies.sas.upenn.edu/events/2025/...
Weds 10/22: Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth, said Albert Camus. Geraldine Brooks spent half her life as a journalist, running after the truth in difficult places. Later she turned to fiction, but her novels always hew as closely as possible to historical truth.
October 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Weds 10/22: Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth, said Albert Camus. Geraldine Brooks spent half her life as a journalist, running after the truth in difficult places. Later she turned to fiction, but her novels always hew as closely as possible to historical truth.
Tonight, October 3, join us at Public Trust for a screening and conversation. Tree of Violence is a documentary that combines animation and live-action footage to capture the artistry of Victoria Lomasko, a Russian artist and journalist.
Register here to attend: www.eventbrite.com/e/tree-of-vi...
Register here to attend: www.eventbrite.com/e/tree-of-vi...
October 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Tonight, October 3, join us at Public Trust for a screening and conversation. Tree of Violence is a documentary that combines animation and live-action footage to capture the artistry of Victoria Lomasko, a Russian artist and journalist.
Register here to attend: www.eventbrite.com/e/tree-of-vi...
Register here to attend: www.eventbrite.com/e/tree-of-vi...
Friday, October 3: Please join us for the 2024 documentary Tree of Violence, the first screening in the Perspectives Film Series hosted by the Wolf Humanities Center, the Department of Cinema & Media Studies, and Public Trust.
September 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Friday, October 3: Please join us for the 2024 documentary Tree of Violence, the first screening in the Perspectives Film Series hosted by the Wolf Humanities Center, the Department of Cinema & Media Studies, and Public Trust.
In 2025–2026, the Wolf Humanities Center is pleased to host scholars from across the humanities disciplines who are conducting research on our annual topic, Truth. Join us in welcoming this year’s cohort of Research Fellows!
wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/fellows/truth
wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/fellows/truth
September 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
In 2025–2026, the Wolf Humanities Center is pleased to host scholars from across the humanities disciplines who are conducting research on our annual topic, Truth. Join us in welcoming this year’s cohort of Research Fellows!
wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/fellows/truth
wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/fellows/truth
Join us in welcoming the new director of the Wolf Humanities Center, Ayako Kano, professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations! Kano is a cultural historian specializing in the history of gender and performance in Japan.
More: wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/kano-director
More: wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/kano-director
August 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Join us in welcoming the new director of the Wolf Humanities Center, Ayako Kano, professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations! Kano is a cultural historian specializing in the history of gender and performance in Japan.
More: wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/kano-director
More: wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/kano-director
Standing faculty at Penn in the humanities and allied departments are invited to apply for 2026–27 research fellowships on the Wolf Humanities Center’s annual theme, Practice. Apply by October 1, 2025.
Full fellowship and application details: wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/fellowships/...
Full fellowship and application details: wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/fellowships/...
August 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Standing faculty at Penn in the humanities and allied departments are invited to apply for 2026–27 research fellowships on the Wolf Humanities Center’s annual theme, Practice. Apply by October 1, 2025.
Full fellowship and application details: wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/fellowships/...
Full fellowship and application details: wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/fellowships/...