Calendar  /  Forum on Violence


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

poster for event with Michelle Alexander, Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness.
September 25, 2013 / 5:00 pm
Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Michelle Alexander
Video
poster for event with Ania Loomba on The Violence of Gandhi's Non-Violence
October 2, 2013 / 5:00 pm
The Violence of Gandhi's Non-Violence
Ania Loomba
Video
Audio
Two Cuban women in military outfits posing side by side in a vintage photograph
October 13, 2013 / 2:00 pm
Maestra
Event poster for Indian Untouchability with Christian Davenport. Woman in an orange sari carrying a bundle of sticks on her head
October 16, 2013 / 5:00 pm
Indian Untouchability
Christian Davenport
Video
Audio
Poster for Music from Exile with Daedalus Quartet. White text on black back ground.
November 6, 2013 / 5:30 pm
Music from Exile
Daedalus Quartet
Video
Audio
Film still from Letter for Dad. Candle being lit in foreground of graveyard
November 10, 2013 / 2:00 pm
A Letter to Dad
Cream colored background with image of pixelated world map. Orange and blue font reading Inequality and Violence, Lars-Erik Cederman
November 13, 2013 / 5:00 pm
Inequality and Violence
Lars-Erik Cederman
Video
Audio
Green-grey background with green text: Past Imperfect Archaeology and War in Iraq and Afghanistan C. Brian Rose. Image of man in military uniform speaking to man taking notes.
December 4, 2013 / 5:00 pm
Past Imperfect: Archaeology and War in Iraq and Afganistan
C. Brian Rose
Video
Audio
Film still from Vivir La Chicha. Woman holding a sneaker.
December 8, 2013 / 2:00 pm
Vivir la Chicha
Film still from Ghosts and Numbers. Woman lighting a candle next to a grave.
January 12, 2014 / 2:00 am
Ghosts and Numbers
Close up photo of a building. Grey text reading Archiving State Violence.
January 29, 2014 / 5:00 pm
Archiving State Violence
Deborah Thomas
Video
Audio
Film still from Operation Atropos. Women in orange jump suits with black hoods over their heads.
February 5, 2014 / 7:00 pm
Operation Atropos
February 9, 2014 / 2:00 pm
Dal Puri Diaspora
White icons of hand grenade, pen nib, radioactive sign, person behind bars
February 14, 2014 / 9:00 am
Violent Means
Herman Bennett
Ravit Reichman
Dorothy Roberts
Caleb Smith
Event poster for Control Room (dir. Jehane Noujaim, 2004, 84 min.)
February 19, 2014 / 7:00 pm
Control Room
Event poster for Violence in Contemporary Art with artist Kara Walker. Image of a whip from the piece dread from An Unpeopled Land in Uncharted Waters, 2010. Etching with aquatint, sugar-lift, spit-bite and dry-point on paper
February 21, 2014 / 5:00 pm
Violence in Contemporary Art (Canceled)
Kara Walker
Charles Bernstein
Close up of a person's face in a rear view mirror from Film poster of The Oath (dir. Laura Poitras, 2010, 96 min.)
March 5, 2014 / 7:00 pm
The Oath
Orange text on background of pollution clouds. Climate Wars Global Warming and the Attack on Science with Michael Mann and Ben Horton
March 19, 2014 / 5:00 pm
Climate Wars
Michael Mann
Ben Horton
Video
Film poster of Return (dir. Liza Johnson, 2011, 97 min.) Headshot of lead actress Linda Cardellini in orange and brown hues
March 26, 2014 / 7:00 pm
Return
Yellow background with orange halftone dots. Comic book action bubble with light blue text reading Fighting Words. Black text reading 15th Annual Undergraduate Humanities Forum Research Conference
March 28, 2014
Fighting Words
Gallery with Cy Twombly's paintings
April 2, 2014 / 5:30 pm
Cy Twombly's Fifty Days at Iliam
poster for event with Jacquelyn Campbell on Gender Based Violence In a Global Frame. Red background with light pink female symbol
April 9, 2014 / 5:00 pm
Gender-Based Violence in a Global Frame
Jacquelyn Campbell
Video
Poster for event with Gayle Salamon. Transgender flag of pink, white, and blue with text that reads The Murder of Larry King
April 21, 2014 / 5:00 pm
"If something wasn't done soon": The Murder of Larry King
Gayle Salamon
Video