Senior thesis explores Bayard Rustin’s civil rights vision Connor Nakamura’s senior thesis traces Bayard Rustin’s life from 1955 to 1965, including his focus on creating economic opportunity.nocred Senior thesis explores Bayard Rustin’s civil rights vision Fourth-year Connor Nakamura’s research delves into Rustin’s life, work, and legacy as a thinker and leader.
The monstrous and mythical 'Man and Centaur,' bronze, circa 750 BC.(Image: Metropolitan Museum of Art) The monstrous and mythical In his book “Centaurs and Snake-Kings: Hybrids and the Greek Imagination,” Jeremy McInerney, professor of classical studies in the School of Arts & Sciences, investigates the power of hybridity in myth.
How British settlers used children as tools of settlement in the British Atlantic Image: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers; Library of Congress How British settlers used children as tools of settlement in the British Atlantic Erica Duncan’s research at Penn’s McNeil Center for Early American Studies focuses on how children became essential to shaping ideas of freedom within the Black Atlantic.
The law in the 19th-century American South Image: Courtesy of Picryl The law in the 19th-century American South Madison Ogletree, a McNeil Center for Early American Studies Consortium Dissertation Fellow, explains her deep dive into law and the everyday lives of free African Americans in rural areas of the slave South.
Jessica Varner on the long arc of built environment and its materials nocred Jessica Varner on the long arc of built environment and its materials Varner, an assistant professor of landscape architecture at the Weitzman School, explores the intersections between architectural, environmental, and chemical history.
Sourcing early American archives of rebellion Image: iStock/Gorlov Sourcing early American archives of rebellion In her research, Marley Lix-Jones, an Advisory Council Dissertation Fellow at the McNeil Center, finds histories of rebellion and social connections within enslaved communities.
A seminar explores what history can be A photograph in the collection of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania shows students at a Native American boarding school.(Image: Courtesy of Omnia) A seminar explores what history can be Hardeep Dhillon, an assistant professor of history in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences, teaches a first-year seminar that explores the history of children in America while equipping students with foundational analytical skills.
Jimmy Carter remembered Then-Presidential candidate Jimmy Carter prepares to give a speech to a crowd estimated at 35,000 in downtown Philadelphia in October 1976.(Image: AP Photo/File) Jimmy Carter remembered Penn faculty reflect on the legacy of the former president, who led America almost a half-century ago and whose post-presidency was defined by humanitarian work and service.
A century-old law’s aftershocks are still felt at the Supreme Court Penn In the News The New York Times A century-old law’s aftershocks are still felt at the Supreme Court PIK Professor Karen M. Tani says that granting the Supreme Court the power to set its own agenda has caused it to gravitate toward cases that have preoccupied the conservative legal movement. Abortion has always been more than health care Penn In the News Time Abortion has always been more than health care In an opinion essay, Ph.D. student Christen Hammock Jones in the School of Arts & Sciences says that relying solely on expertise and professional judgment primes people to think about abortion rights as a matter of medical judgment instead of equality and autonomy. Load More
Abortion has always been more than health care Penn In the News Time Abortion has always been more than health care In an opinion essay, Ph.D. student Christen Hammock Jones in the School of Arts & Sciences says that relying solely on expertise and professional judgment primes people to think about abortion rights as a matter of medical judgment instead of equality and autonomy.