Digital humanities scholars are orchestrating an epic crowdsourcing effort to sort and transcribe handwriting on thousands of documents discarded hundreds of years ago, known as the Cairo Geniza.
Dagmawi Woubshet is an associate professor of English, new to Penn this year.
A product of the 1980s: Q&A with English professor Dagmawi Woubshet
English professor Dagmawi Woubshet describes himself an “African-Americanist” in his literary pursuits. An immigrant from Ethiopia, he focuses on the 1980s in his research and his courses.
The School of Design professor and chair of the Fine Arts Department discusses the challenge of designing a war memorial, and shares which memorials he finds most compelling.
The 13 students in André Dombrowski’s history of art curatorial class researched and chose more than 100 objects from 14 institutions, including the Penn Museum Archives, to represent World’s Fairs from 1851 to 1915 in an Arthur Ross Gallery exhibition.
The world on view
The world is on view at the Arthur Ross Gallery, interpreted by 13 students in André Dombrowski’s history of art curatorial class. They chose more than 100 objects from 14 institutions to represent World’s Fairs from 1851 to 1915.
For a freshman seminar on travel writing with English Professor David Wallace, Yonathan Gutenmacher wrote about his family's journey to Brazil.
Pen to paper: journey to discovery
In a freshman seminar on travel writing, students wrote articles about their experiences during Spring Break. Yonathan Gutenmacher described his family’s journey to Brazil to explore his mother’s childhood.
In a seminar on the sounds of the Middle Ages, taught by music professor Mary Channen Caldwell (second from left), freshmen Oscar Moguel,Su Ly, and Kristen McLaughlin learned about carillon bells in a historic church on Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square.
Exploring the sounds of the Middle Ages
In a seminar on the sounds of the Middle Ages taught by music professor Mary Channen Caldwell, freshmen learned about period music and instruments, the carillon bells in a historic church on Philly’s Rittenhouse Square.
New York Times columnist and author Charles Blow (left) speaks with Penn English Professor Al Filreis at the Kelly Writers House.
A reading and discussion with Charles Blow, following a deep dive into his work
For their class at Kelly Writers House, Penn students read 82 columns and a personal memoir written by Charles Blow, an opinion writer at The New York Times.
English Professor Peter Stallybrass has retired after 30 years of teaching at Penn. He is known for his History of the Material Texts workshops.
A life of books
Books define the life of Peter Stallybrass, an English professor who has retired after 30 years at Penn, known for his History of Material Texts workshop. He explains the five seminal books of his storied academic career.
From left: Penn curators and professors Holly Pittman and Stephen Tinney with Museum Director Julian Siggers at the April 16 press preview.
Revealing Penn Museum’s Middle East treasures
Objects that trace the path of human history—from the era of hunting and gathering to the creation of cities—are on display in the Museum’s new Middle East Galleries.
