Humanities at Large


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).

September 5, 2025 / 5:00 pm
Hung Liu: Happy and Gay Opening Reception

Presented by Arthur Ross Gallery

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September 19, 2025—September 20, 2025
Revisiting Language Politics

Presented by The Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy

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A woman's neutral face is the backdrop for the movie poster, Black Box Diaries
October 2, 2025 / 5:30 pm
Black Box Diaries
Shiori Ito

Presented by Penn's Department of Cinema & Media Studies

October 18, 2025
Course Projections: Film, Pedagogy, Freedom

Cinema & Media Studies Wolf Conference

October 30, 2025 / 3:30 pm
A Conversation with Aria Aber
Aria Aber, Fatemeh Shams

Presented by Penn's Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

A colorful book cover for Fire in Every Direction, by Tareq Baconi
November 11, 2025 / 5:00 pm
Fire in Every Direction
Tareq Baconi, Noura Erakat
November 15, 2025 / 5:30 pm
NCAAAE Keynote Lecture
Kukuli Velarde
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February 13, 2026—February 14, 2026
For(u)m: Re-forming Value, Re-valuing Form in Music Studies

Penn Music Graduate Conference

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February 19, 2026 / 4:30 pm
In the Ruins
Karim Mattar

Comparative Literature & Literary Theory’s Theorizing Series 2025–26

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February 20, 2026 / 9:00 am
(Un)Making the (Abyssal) Womb
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March 30, 2026 / 5:30 pm
The World According to Sound

Presented by the Department of Cinema & Media Studies

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April 15, 2026 / 6:00 pm
Speculative Fiction as Truth-Telling
Alex Smith, Margaret Killjoy, Abbey Mei Otis

Presented by Kelly Writers House

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