To celebrate the opening of Revolution at Penn?, exhibition curators John Pollack and Jim Duffin will give a tour of the exhibition, followed by a panel conversation with Kathy Brown (History), VanJessica Gladney (History), Jessica Roney (HIstory, Temple), Sophia Rosenfeld (History), Jonathan Zimmerman (GSE and History). Topics to be explored center around Philadelphia's "radical" revolution, the place of Penn and its political and social status in the 18th century, the discoveries of the Penn and Slavery Project, and the implications of these histories for the contemporary university.
Image credit: Frontispiece, from The Triumphs of Love or, Happy Reconciliation (Philadelphia: Folwell, 1795) (PS 808 M78 T8 1795)
Date:
Thursday, February 13, 2025
Location:
Kislak Center Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, 6th Floor
Campus:
Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
Categories:
Exhibit Opening, Kislak