Events

Despite the many positive impacts of immigration on the health of democracies, do the xenophobic movements destabilizing politics throughout the world indicate a limit on the amount of migration liberal democracies can absorb?

Eric Hollinger, Tribal Liason, Repatriation Office, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History

Repatriation of Native American cultural items involves complex issues of religion, property law, provenance, and indigenous rights. 3D digital replication of objects is emerging as an approach that allows museums and tribes to manage their sometimes conflicting interests and work together toward both educational and ceremonial goals. Hollinger will describe some of the Smithsonian’s recent collaborations with tribes on 3D replication projects.

South Asia Studies 2018-2019 Colloquium presents Richard Salomon, William P. and Ruth Gerberding University Professor Emeritus, speaking on Fifteen Buddhas and a Buddha: New Gandharan Biographies of the Buddha(s).

Join us for a book talk with Dr. Mary Frances Berry about her book, "History Teaches Us to Resist: How Progressive Movements Have Succeeded in Challenging Times."

Light refreshments will be provided.

This event is free and open to the public. If you require reasonable accommodations, please provide at least 5 days notice.

U.S. Navy Veteran Jill DiSanto, who manages media relations for the School of Social Policy & Practice and the Naval ROTC battalion, among other University organizations, delivers a keynote speech as Platt performing arts students, the Penn Navy ROTC, and U.S. Army veterans Jesse Morgan Raines and Peter Freudenberger raise the U.S. flag in recognition of Veteran's Day.

This exhibition's selection of one hundred and forty-five books, photographs, manuscripts, and memorabilia by one hundred and one women and one man, dating from 1682 to 2015, reflect the sweep of women's experiences in the American wilderness. They range from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium (1705), Maria Sibylla Merian's monumental study of the flora and fauna of Surinam, hand-printed and probably hand-colored by her, to sharpshooter and entertainer Annie Oakley's travel trunk and gloves, and a souvenir envelope with a one-inch red heart through which she shot from a distance of twenty feet.

A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the School of Library Service at Columbia University, Caroline Schimmel has gathered almost 24,000 narratives and representations of women in the American wilderness—from North Pole to South—over the past forty-five years. The fiction component of her collection, apart from items in this exhibition, was donated to Penn in 2014. She continues to seek and document these known and unknown intrepid women, in both fact and fiction.

Penn Museum Second Sunday Culture Films - Join us as the Penn Museum Second Sunday Culture Films use raw footage of real events, places, and things that reveal important aspects of the social and material world.  Poi E: The Story of Our Song (dir. Tearepa Kahi, 2016, New Zealand, 92 min.)  This fun, high-energy film traces the unlikely trajectory of a hit song that captured the hearts of generations in 1980s New Zealand.

Mandi Magnuson-Hung (Wells Fargo History Museum)
One of the most enduring stereotypes in North America is the emasculated Asian male. Created in the late 19th century, this belief arose partly because early Chinese immigrants often had queues and wore silk gowns, and partly because they were forced to take jobs doing what many White Americans considered “women’s work.” As several recent polls and Steve Harvey’s putdown of Asian men demonstrate, this stereotype is still alive and well today. This panel explores how Asian American musicians and the World War II Museum in New Orleans have dealt with issues of Asian masculinity.

The Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival presents free screenings and programs in ICA’s Tuttleman Auditorium, as part of their 2018 Festival Program.

Join Dr. Mary Frances Berry, Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and Professor of History and Africana Studies, and Penn Professor Camille Charles for an interactive discussion of Dr. Berry's newest book, History Teaches Us to Resist: How Progressive Movements Have Succeeded in Challenging Times. This event is co-hosted by Alumni Education and the Center for Africana Studies and co-sponsored by Penn Spectrum Programs, and the Black Alumni Society.