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More intricate riddles of life on ‘In These Times’
Fantasy drawing of a human overcoming inner demons.

Image: Marina Munn

More intricate riddles of life on ‘In These Times’

Episodes 4 and 5 of the OMNIA podcast’s fourth season cover how to confront trauma, using words as a coping mechanism, and music and meaning.

Joan DeJean on ‘Mutinous Women’
Joan DeJean and the cover of her book Mutinous Women

In her latest book “Mutinous Women,” Joan DeJean of the School of Arts & Sciences investigates the lives of female prisoners deported in 1719 from Paris to the French Colony of Louisiana. DeJean’s research follows their paths and corrects the historical record, documenting that they were victims, unjustly accused and convicted.

(Image: Candace diCarlo)

Joan DeJean on ‘Mutinous Women’

In her latest book, Joan DeJean of the School of Arts & Sciences investigates the lives of female prisoners deported in 1719 from Paris to the French colony of Louisiana.

Louisa Shepard

Undergraduate research projects look at migration from multiple angles
art of people walking across a brown expanse carrying suitcases and bundles

For the 2021-2022 academic year, the Wolf Humanities Center explored the topic of migration. Image: The Migration of the Negro, #18: The migration gained in momentum, 1941. Casein tempera on hardboard, 12"x18". Lawrence, Jacob (1917-2000) ©ARS, NY Location: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Undergraduate research projects look at migration from multiple angles

The Wolf Undergraduate Humanities forum takes on the topic of migration, with individual research projects ranging from slavery debates within the Jewish Orthodox community to Southeast Asian refugee youth.

Kristina Linnea García

Four Penn faculty awarded Guggenheim Fellowships
four faculty faces

Four Penn faculty have been awarded a 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship. They are (left to right, top to bottom) Daniel Barber in architecture in the Weitzman School of Design and Kimberly Bowes in classical studies, Guthrie Ramsey in music, and Paul Saint-Amour in English, all in the School of Arts & Sciences.

Four Penn faculty awarded Guggenheim Fellowships

Four faculty have been named 2022 Guggenheim Fellows—Daniel Barber in architecture in the Weitzman School of Design and Kimberly Bowes in classical studies, Guthrie Ramsey in music, and Paul Saint-Amour in English in the School of Arts & Sciences.

Louisa Shepard , Louisa Shepard

Exploring Asian American athletes: Stereotypes and success
gloria lee at the penn ice rink

Gloria Lee, a junior in Penn’s Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research and a member of Penn’s Figure Skating Club, at the Class of 1923 Ice Skating Rink. (Image: Eric Sucar)

Exploring Asian American athletes: Stereotypes and success

Asian Americans are competing at the highest levels of sport, a topic discussed in David Eng’s Introduction to Asian American Literature and Culture course in the School of Arts & Sciences.

Kristina Linnea García

David Melnick, a Bay Area poetry pioneer and co-founder of Gay Artists and Writers Kollective, dies at 83

David Melnick, a Bay Area poetry pioneer and co-founder of Gay Artists and Writers Kollective, dies at 83

Ron Silliman of the School of Arts & Sciences spoke about the life of David Melnick. “David Melnick was ... one of the most fearless and well-read avant-garde poets in the U.S.” said Silliman, who is editing collection of the late poet’s work. “Almost as fierce as his poetry was his sense that he should not become famous, and he often had to be coaxed into any public performances.”

Book bans are back in style

Book bans are back in style

John L. Jackson, dean of the Annenberg School for Communication, said the resurgence of attempted book bans has little to do with the content. “It's all about the readers. It's all about the folks who are organizing our contemporary political discourse,” he said.

Alternative literary history
Emily Steiner’s hands hold open an antique book.

Alternative literary history

A decade of research and writing by English Professor Emily Steiner has resulted in a new book about the work of John Trevisa, a 14th century English author who translated encyclopedias and other reference books, helping to create a body of general knowledge for non-specialists.

Louisa Shepard