News

• October 25, 2021

  Scholarship and identity through family, Afrofuturism, and 1,600 vinyl records

  As part of his ongoing exploration into multimodal scholarship, doctoral student Antoine Haywood pairs his newly published autoethnographic essay with a curated soundtrack.

• October 21, 2021

  The arts at Penn, a return to form

  Join the arts community at the University of Pennsylvania as we safely welcome back the public for a season of exhibitions, performances, new public art, and visiting artists. A range of artists will be featured across campus including Amitav Ghosh, Ulysses Jenkins, Simone Leigh, Roberto Lugo, Maya Lin, Maceo Parker, Arthur Tress, and many more.  

• October 20, 2021

  Answering ‘How will we live together?’ at the Venice Biennale

  After more than a year of delays, Penn faculty and students were able to participate in La Biennale di Venezia architectural exhibition with both virtual and physical submissions.

• October 19, 2021

  Tackling the topic of decolonization

  Deborah Thomas, who runs Penn’s Center for Experimental Ethnography, and Christopher Woods, director of the Penn Museum, discuss a conference on decolonization that starts today, why now is the time for such a conversation, and where they hope it leads.

• October 8, 2021

  ‘Poldergeist’ videos make knowledge of climate change accessible

  In the first video of a series, Simon Richter of the School of Arts & Sciences, alongside a team of interns, works to demystify the Netherlands’ handle on sea level rise.