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Research connecting the land and the sea
Illustration of a historic maritime harbor.

Image: Courtesy of Picryl

Research connecting the land and the sea

Ph.D. candidate Chelsea Cohen, a historical and maritime archaeologist in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences, combines terrestrial and underwater methods in her research of historical port cities, agroforestry, and maritime culture.

From The McNeil Center for Early American Studies

Patterns of Soviet Jewish emigration in the post-Stalin era
A woman in a grey dress stands in front of colorful trees. She is smiling with her arms crossed.

Alexandra (Sasha) Zborovsky traveled to countries including Lithuana, Georgia, and the Netherlands for her research into Soviet Jews’ emigration from the USSR.

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Patterns of Soviet Jewish emigration in the post-Stalin era

For four decades, more than one million Jews left the USSR despite the Soviet Union’s complex bureaucracy and opposition to emigration. Doctoral candidate Sasha Zborovsky explores the intricate dynamics.
Teaching and learning abroad in Vietnam
Group of students and professor pose for a photo in front of a restaurant.

Professor of history Fred Dickinson (back, right) with his students in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

(Image: Courtesy of Fred Dickinson)

  • Q&A

    • Teaching and learning abroad in Vietnam

    In a Q&A, Fred Dickinson of the Department of History discusses his semester as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar in Vietnam and building out Southeast Asian studies at Penn.
    Stop treating students like babies
    Chronicle of Higher Education

    Stop treating students like babies

    Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education organized an in-person 2016 discussion between Penn students and Republican students at Cairn University to foster productive conversation and find common ground.

    Presidential historian assesses Trump’s 2024 win
    CBS News

    Presidential historian assesses Trump’s 2024 win

    Mary Frances Berry of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential victory and upcoming second term.

    Stringing together the history of an ancient Incan textile
    A colorful Quipu (abacus inca) hanging on a wall.

    Image: iStock/simonmayer

    Stringing together the history of an ancient Incan textile

    Kyle Marini, a Barra Dissertation Fellow in Art and Material Culture at The McNeil Center for Early American Studies, is developing an interdisciplinary methodology to recreate an ancient Incan rope to illuminate Inca modes of artistic representation.

    From The McNeil Center for Early American Studies

    Omnia podcast: Democracy and Decision 2024
    Rendering of the White House with tree roots growing underground beneath the foundation.

    Illustration: Nick Matej

    Omnia podcast: Democracy and Decision 2024

    The new season of Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences podcast examines the state of U.S. democracy in the context of the upcoming presidential election.

    From Omnia

    University announces Penn Global Middle East Distinguished Visiting Scholar Initiative
    Dahlia Scheindlin, Shay Hazkani, and Amal Jamal

    (Left to right) Dahlia Scheindlin, Shay Hazkani, and Amal Jamal are the inaugural Distinguished Visiting Scholars in the Penn Global Middle East Distinguished Visiting Scholar Initiative.

    (Left image: Eyal Warshavsky)

    University announces Penn Global Middle East Distinguished Visiting Scholar Initiative

    The program will formally launch in fall 2025 with the arrival of the inaugural visiting scholar, Dahlia Scheindlin, followed by Shay Hazkani in spring 2026, and Amal Jamal in fall 2026.
    ‘What is the Enlightenment? Questions for the 18th Century’
    A man looks at a stand-alone wall of carved busts in niches

    Image: David von Becker/Deutsches Historisches Museum

    ‘What is the Enlightenment? Questions for the 18th Century’

    In a new exhibition in Berlin, Liliane Weissberg of the School of Arts & Sciences curates hundreds of objects reflecting on the nature of Enlightenment and its continued significance today.

    Kristina García

    60 years of civil rights with Mary Frances Berry
    Marcia Chatelain and Mary Frances Berry converse on a stage in front of an audience

    Emeritus professor Mary Frances Berry reflected on the 60-year anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in conversation with Marcia Chatelain.

    (Image: Tyrone Bullock, Jr.)

    60 years of civil rights with Mary Frances Berry

    The emeritus Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought reflected on the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in conversation with Marcia Chatelain.

    Kristina García