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June 5, 2020
On Identity and Poetic Form: Ahmad Almallah’s ‘Bitter English’Ahmad Almallah says that “Bitter English,” his debut poetry collection, was five years in the making. But in many ways, the book is the result of a decades-long journey. Almallah, a lecturer in English and Arabic, came to the U.S. from Palestine in 2000 intending to study engineering as an undergraduate. His plans changed and he went in a more creative direction, studying communications and film, only to change course again and pursue a doctorate in Arabic literature.
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June 5, 2020
Sixteen Penn Students and Recent Graduates Awarded 2020-21 Fulbright ScholarshipsPenn has 16 Fulbright Scholars for 2020-21. Abby Cacho, Faith Cho, Serena Hajjar, Henry Hoffman. Natalia Lindsey, James Nassur, Ton Nguyen, Christine Olagun-Samuel. Mark Perfect, Stephanie Petrella, Aiden Reiter, Arryonna Santos. Adam Sax, Raka Sen, Adithya Sriram, Sam Tullman.
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June 5, 2020
Art For Philadelphia Community Bail FundPhiladelphia-based artists raising money in support of the Philadelphia Community Bail Fund. All profit goes directly to the Philadelphia Community Bail Fund. Edition of 20. Participating Artists: Jonathan Lyndon Chase, Alex Da Corte, David Hartt, Sharon Hayes, Marcus Maddox, Tiona Nekkia McClodden, and Becky Suss.
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May 18, 2020
Sarah J. Jackson and Duncan Watts Awarded 2020 Andrew Carnegie FellowshipsNow in its sixth year, the goal of the Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program is to support high-caliber scholarly research in the humanities and social sciences that addresses important and enduring issues confronting our society. The selected projects focus on a broad range of complex political, economic, technological, humanistic, and sociological matters.
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May 18, 2020
The Unique Subculture of Cuban PunkTorre Pérez, a fourth-year graduate student in the Department of Romance Languages in the School of Arts & Sciences, explores social history of Cuban punk. She built a website as part of her dissertation process, this is the first digital archive dedicated to Cuban punk, Torre Pérez says. The website includes filmed videos and interviews, as well as a band directory and map. Each band is pinpointed on the map, with a color-coding system to note its status.