Calendar  /  Forum on Word and Image


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 with Medieval painting
September 23, 2005—September 25, 2007
Elective Affinities
Circular map
September 24, 2005—January 9, 2006
Mapping the Pacific Coast
Photo of Art Spiegelman
September 27, 2005 / 6:00 pm
Comix 101
Art Spiegelman
Woman in the museum
October 3, 2005 / 5:00 pm
Histos: Anatomical Devices and Corporeal Texts
Linda Carreiro
Poster for Renaissance Romans and Egyptian Obelisks event
October 10, 2005 / 5:00 pm
Renaissance Romans and Egyptian Obelisks
Anthony Grafton
Old paining with a woman in pink dress on it
October 28, 2005 / 8:00 pm
Word, Image, Music
Marc-André Hamelin
Jody Karin Applebaum
Poster for Phantom of Opera
October 31, 2005 / 8:00 pm
Phantom of the Opera
Poster with the US map on it
November 2, 2005 / 5:00 pm
The Deflective Power of Images in Political Ads
Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Poster with a night city view
November 16, 2005 / 5:00 pm
Public Art
Jenny Holzer
A man sitting by the table
November 30, 2005 / 5:00 pm
Search for Simplicity in an Over-Teched World
John Maeda
Video
Audio
Poster for Mapping the West Coast of North America event
December 7, 2005 / 5:00 pm
Mapping the West Coast of North America
Henry Wendt
Video
Audio
Poster for Envisioning Evidence event
January 25, 2006 / 5:00 pm
Envisioning Evidence
Jennifer Mnookin
Video
Audio
Piper
February 1, 2006 / 5:00 pm
The Look of the Voice
Emma Dillon
Poster for Brand Names and Logos
February 8, 2006 / 5:00 pm
Brand Names and Logos
Yoram (Jerry) Wind
February 16, 2006—February 17, 2006
Visual Dialogues
Morning Cleaning, Mies van der Rohe Foundation, Barcelona painting
February 17, 2006 / 5:30 pm
Jeff Wall, Wittgenstein, and the Everyday
Michael Fried
Land text from about 3000 BCE in pictographs
February 22, 2006 / 5:00 pm
When Speech was Nails
Steve Tinney
Poster for If Ben Had Had His Way event
February 24, 2006 / 4:00 pm
If Ben Had Had His Way
Video
Audio
Portraits of Artists Poster
March 1, 2006 / 5:00 pm
Portraits of Artists
Bruce L. Miller, M.D.
Video
Audio
Red Rock (Ngaimangaima) by Daisy Kungah from Billiluna
March 15, 2006 / 5:00 pm
Wild Yam Dreaming
Pamela McClusky
Video
Audio
Photo of a house wall
March 17, 2006 / 9:00 am
Picture This!
Poster for Experimental Ontological-Hysteric Theater event
March 22, 2006 / 5:00 pm
Experimental Ontological-Hysteric Theater
Richard Foreman
Video
Audio
Poster for the Word & Image Conference
March 30, 2006—March 31, 2006
Word & Image Conference
Theodor DeBry, Admiranda Narratio... Virginiae, 1590 - Painting
March 30, 2006 / 5:00 pm
Flesh Made Word
Jane Caplan
Snakes by M.C. Escher
April 11, 2006 / 5:00 pm
Storytelling and Imaging in Medical Diagnosis
Rita Charon, MD, PhD
Murray Grossman, MD, EdD