The Beauty of Choice
On January 29th, join Wendy Steiner and Heather Love for a discussion of The Beauty of Choice, Steiner's account of aesthetics grounded in female agency. A book signing and reception will follow.
Call for Applications
2025-26 Research Fellowships on the topic of Truth available for Penn and regional faculty, and Penn doctoral and undergraduate students. Graduate Research Assistant position also available.
2024–2025 Forum on Keywords
How do keywords point to the movement of ideas and concepts and to the shifts in their meanings and impacts as they travel across time, languages, and contexts? Join us as we track ideas in motion!
2025–26 Research Fellowships
Research fellowships on the topic of Truth are available for Penn and regional faculty, and Penn doctoral and undergraduate students.
2025–26 Graduate Research Assistant
A part-time position providing full support and a stipend is available for a dissertation-level (ABD) student in the humanities.
2025–26 Director, Undergraduate Humanities Forum
Tenured humanities faculty are invited to apply for a one-year position working with the Wolf Center's Undergraduate Research Fellows.
2026–27 Topic Director
Tenured humanities faculty are invited to propose a topic and apply for a one-year position, which involves curating a public event series and participating in a research seminar on the theme.
FELLOWS NEWS
Spring 2025 Courses
Each year, the Center's Mellon Postdoctoral Fellows teach a course inspired by our annual topic. Learn about our 2024–25 Fellows' Spring courses rostered across Penn's humanities departments.
Archives
Event Video on YouTube
Nearly 200 events are available for streaming on YouTube. Many videos are available with captions and ASL interpretation.
Undergraduate Humanities Forum
Penn undergraduate students who join the Wolf Humanities Center as Fellows of the Undergraduate Humanities Forum (UHF) conduct research in the humanities on the Center's annual topic and become part of a group of interdisciplinary scholars and the greater Wolf Center community, which also includes Penn and Regional Faculty, Postdoctoral, and Doctoral Research Fellows.