Undergraduate Research Seminar

Forum on Practice, 2026-2027

Wolf Undergraduate Humanities Forum meetings are open to invited guests only. All sessions are in the Humanities Conference Room, Wiliams 623, unless otherwise noted.

 

  • August 28, 2:00 pm

    Welcome & Introductions with "Practice" Topic Director Glenda Goodman

  • September 8, 4:30 pm

    Wolf Humanities Center Fellows Welcome Reception

  • September 11, 2:00 pm

    Visit to Eastern State Penitentiary 

  • September 18, 2:00 pm
  • September 24, 5:30 pm

    Widener Lecture Hall, Penn Museum

    "Practicing Attention--But Why?"
    S.T. Lee Lecture in the Humanities by author Jenny Odell

  • September 25, 2:00 pm

    Discussion with author Jenny Odell

  • October 9, 2:00 pm
  • October 14, 5:30 pm

    Widener Lecture Hall, Penn Museum

    Density 2036: A New Ecosystem for Contemporary Music
    Lecture and Performance by Claire Chase, Flutist and Professor of the Practice, Department of Music, Harvard University

  • October 16, 2:00 pm
  • October 23, 2:00 pm
  • October 30, 2:00 pm
  • November 11, 5:30 pm

    TBD

    The Practice of Articulation
    Lecture by author Rachel Kolb. Presented in ASL with ASL/English interpretation provided

  • November 13, 2:00 pm
  • November 20, 2:00 pm
  • December 2, 5:30 pm

    TBD

    Love Abide with You, The Birthplace Quilts
    A workshop exploring the concept of "birthplace," mending, and commemoration today with artist mike durkin

  • December 4, 2:00 pm
  • January 22, 2:00 pm
  • January 29, 2:00 pm
  • February 5, 2:00 pm
  • February 12, 2:00 pm
  • February 19, 2:00 pm
  • February 26, 9:00 am

    Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

    Wolf Humanities Center Symposium on Practice

  • March 19, 2:00 pm
  • March 26, 2:00 pm
  • April 2, 2:00 pm
  • April 9, 9:00 am

    Undergraduate Humanities Forum Research Conference

  • April 14, 5:30 pm

    Reading Practices: Disability, the Senses, and Literary History
    Lecture by Sari Altschuler, Associate Professor of English and Founding Director, Health, Humanities, and Society Program; Northeastern University