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Jewish history scholar talks antisemitism in today’s world
Protesters march across a bridge protesting against hate and antisemitism.

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    • Jewish history scholar talks antisemitism in today’s world

    Historian Beth S. Wenger discusses the history of modern antisemitism, its effect on the Jewish people, antisemitism on the right and left, Kanye West, Kyrie Irving, criticism of Israel, and the history of Jewish people in America.
    Going beyond the binary in historical explorations of sex and gender
    Faculty member Beans Velocci

    Beans Velocci, a faculty member in the Department of History and Sociology of Science, studies the complex and conflicting ways gender and sex have been investigated and represented by scientists and medical professionals.

    Going beyond the binary in historical explorations of sex and gender

    Beans Velocci of the School of Arts & Sciences explores how sex and gender have been shaped and categorized through history—and the consequences of those constructions taking on the guise of scientific and medical fact.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Brazil’s presidential election
    Tulia Falleti, Melissa Teixeira, and Marilene Felinto seated at a table addressing an audience.

    CLALS director Tulia Falleti, CLALS Distinguished Visiting Scholar Marilene Felinto, and Penn historian Melissa Teixeira, discuss Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva’s defeat of right-wing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.

    Brazil’s presidential election

    Three experts share their thoughts on Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva’s defeat of right-wing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, and what it means for Latin America’s largest democracy.

    Kristen de Groot

    At risk of persecution, scholars continue research at Penn
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    (Homepage image) Ángel Alvarado was a top economist and lawmaker in Venezuela who was able to escape persecution with Penn’s At-Risk Scholars Program. He is currently the Latin America’s Project Senior Fellow at Penn’s Economics Department.

    At risk of persecution, scholars continue research at Penn

    The recently launched At-Risk Scholars Program has enabled two people—an art historian and economist—to escape persecution and danger with a period of residence at the University.

    Kristen de Groot

    From ‘the United States are’ to ‘the United States is’
    A photograph of a wheeled cannon pointing out at the horizon

    The U.S. fought a bloody civil war over whether sovereign authority should reside at the state or federal level. Battles like the one at Gettysburg, pictured here, were only a small part of the ideological fight. (Photo by John Kostyk on Unsplash)

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    • From ‘the United States are’ to ‘the United States is’

    Political scientist Melissa M. Lee on how the linguistic shift from plural to singular demonstrates the evolution of sovereign authority in the U.S.

    Kristina García