Calendar  /  Forum on Time


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

September 20, 2001 / 6:30 pm
PROVOST'S SPOTLIGHT SERIES A Night of Arts and Culture
Photo of J.T. Fraser
September 25, 2001 / 5:30 pm
Time Felt, Time Understood
J.T. Fraser
Photos of William Vollman, James Welch, Daniel K. Richter
October 11, 2001 / 8:00 pm
The Historical Novel
William Vollman
James Welch
Daniel K. Richter
A scene from Pleasantville
October 24, 2001 / 5:30 pm
Cut To: Subjectivity, Time, and the Movies
Gary Ross
A photo of David Landes
November 14, 2001 / 5:30 pm
Revolution in Time
David Landes
A photo of Felipe Fernández-Armesto
November 28, 2001 / 5:30 pm
What Is History Now?
Felipe Fernández-Armesto
A photo of 4 women
December 14, 2001 / 6:45 pm
Anonymous 4, with Mary Carruthers
Anonymous 4
Mary Carruthers
Eighth blackbird musicians
January 11, 2002 / 7:00 pm
Music for the Beginning of Time featuring George Crumb
Eighth Blackbird
Poster for Destiny and Design event
January 16, 2002 / 5:30 pm
Destiny and Design: Perceptions and Uses of Time in South Asia
David Pingree
Photo of Robert Barchi
February 27, 2002 / 5:30 pm
Managing Time: The Aesthetics and Engineering of Early Watch Design
Robert Barchi
A man with painted/tattooed face
March 1, 2002—March 2, 2002 / 5:00 pm
Time and Space, Memory and Place
Photo of Hans Christian von Baeyer
March 6, 2002 / 5:30 pm
That Relentless Whirligig: What Physics Tells us about Time
Hans Christian von Baeyer
Photo of Sandra Rosenthal
March 20, 2002 / 5:30 pm
Scientific Time and Temporal Experience
Sandra Rosenthal
Classic Period (AD 250 - 900) Long Count from Quirigua, Guatemala
April 5, 2002 / 4:00 pm
Time Among the Maya
Stephen Houston
Matthew Restall
Charles Golden
Poster for Time Symposium event
April 6, 2002 / 9:00 am
Time Symposium
Photo of Jonathan Weiner
April 17, 2002 / 5:30 pm
Time: The View from Darwin's Islands and Benzer's Bottles
Jonathan Weiner
Jean Dampt's "The Grandmother's Kiss"
May 1, 2002 / 4:00 pm
Time's Potential
Jeffrey Kallberg
Eugene Narmour
Chrstine Poggi
Rosemary Stevens
Susan Stewart
Neville Strumpf
John Trojanowski