Calendar  /  Forum on Belief


Humanities-at-Large programs feature collaborations with groups from across Penn and Philadelphia as well as other humanities happenings cosponsored by the Wolf Center. 
Please refer to individual event pages for full event details. For questions or concerns about accessibility, please feel free to contact the Wolf Humanities Center by email or phone (215.573.8280).

Past Events

"Self Portrait", Gillian Wearing
September 4, 2003 / 5:00 pm
Mass Observation and the Solo Artist
Stuart Semmel
Photo of Alex Boraine
September 23, 2003 / 5:00 pm
Belief in Democracy
Alex Boraine
Poster for Why God Won't Go Away event
October 8, 2003 / 5:00 pm
Why God Won't Go Away
Andrew Newberg, MD
Photo of John Edgar Wideman
October 11, 2003 / 8:30 pm
A Gathering of Family
Poster for Patti Smith: Words and Music
October 16, 2003 / 8:00 pm
Patti Smith: Words and Music
Patti Smith
Poster for Movies: America's Secular Religion event
October 28, 2003 / 5:00 pm
Movies: America's Secular Religion
Robert Cort
November 5, 2003 / 5:00 pm
Great Expectations
Anthony Santomero
Photo of Harry Reicher
December 2, 2003 / 5:00 pm
Holocaust-Era Testimony
Harry Reicher
Photo of Martha Nussbaum
January 29, 2004 / 5:00 pm
Gender Justice, Human Rights, and Human Capabilities
Martha Nussbaum
Golden asian statue
February 5, 2004 / 5:00 pm
Magic and the Problem of Belief in Subaltern History
Dipesh Chakrabarty
Photo of Jonathan Lear
February 11, 2004 / 5:00 pm
Subjectivity, Irony and Belief
Jonathan Lear
February 14, 2004 / 7:00 pm
Penn Presents Gospel with Dottie Peoples
Dottie Peoples
Clayton White
Photo of Tariq Ali
February 18, 2004 / 5:00 pm
Fanaticism, Belief, Empires
Tariq Ali
Medieval Picture
March 16, 2004 / 8:00 pm
Sacred Music for Piano
Christopher Adler
Sidney Marquez Boquiren
H. James Harkins
Painting of the New Masonic Temple
March 23, 2004 / 5:00 pm
Freemasonry
Margaret Jacob
March 26, 2004—March 27, 2004
Suspending (Dis)Belief
Photo of Peter Geschiere
March 29, 2004 / 8:30 am
Witchcraft and Contemporary Africa
Peter Geschiere
Photo of María Rosa Menecal
March 30, 2004 / 5:00 pm
Three Cultures or One?
María Rosa Menecal
A shadow of a fool
April 1, 2004 / 12:00 pm
Feast of Fools
Photo of Larry Hass
April 1, 2004 / 4:30 pm
The Pleasures of Magic and Foolery
Larry Hass
Is seeing believing?
April 3, 2004 / 9:00 am
Belief
Picture of a molecule
April 14, 2004 / 5:00 pm
Should People Believe What Scientists Say?
Richard C. Lewontin
Photo of Allen Wood
April 21, 2004 / 5:00 pm
The Duty to Believe According to the Evidence
Allen Wood
Photo of Robert Farris Thompson
September 29, 2004 / 5:00 pm
Belief and Beauty
Robert Farris Thompson