Undergraduate Research Seminar
Forum on Heritage, 2022-2023
Wolf Undergraduate Humanities Forum (WUHF) meetings are open to invited guests only.
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February 10,
2:00 pm
Humanities Conference Room, Williams 623
Workshopping:
Ezra Chan, A Legacy of Loss: An Ethical Exploration of Human Remains in Collections
Respondents: Wes Matthews, Tyler Kliem
Vita Raskeviciute, Mythmaking on the Crossroads: Rethinking National Narratives in Post-Communist Lithuania
Respondents: Olive Coles, Aili Waller -
February 17,
2:00 pm
Humanities Conference Room, Williams 623
Workshopping:
Miriam Shah, Inheriting Political Myth: India’s National Identity?
Respondents: Olive Coles, Wes Matthews
Olive Coles, An Investigation into Ideas of ‘Collective Trauma’ and ‘Elective Suffering’ as Perceived Components of the Russian Identity, and Subsequent Exploration of their Mobilization within Political Contexts -
March 17,
2:00 pm
Humanities Conference Room, Williams 623
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March 24,
2:00 pm
Humanities Conference Room, Williams 623
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March 31,
2:00 pm
Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, 6th floor Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Van Pelt Library, 3420 Walnut Street
Undergraduate Humanities Forum Research Conference
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April 7,
2:00 pm
Humanities Conference Room, Williams 623
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April 14,
2:00 pm
Humanities Conference Room, Williams 623
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April 21,
2:00 pm
Humanities Conference Room, Williams 623
Past Seminars
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September 2,
2:00 pm
Humanities Conference Room, Williams 623
Introductions from Undergraduate Humanities Forum Director Julia Verkholantsev, Heritage Topic Director Emily Wilson, and Wolf Humanities Center staff; followed by a discussion of plans and activities for the year
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September 9,
2:00 pm
Humanities Conference Room, Williams 623
Discussion about fellows' projects
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September 13,
4:30 pm
Humanities Conference Room, Williams 623
Forum on Heritage Welcome Reception
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September 16,
2:00 pm
Humanities Conference Room, Williams 623
Conversation about the Humanities as a field
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September 30,
2:00 pm
Visit to the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
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October 21,
2:00 pm
Visit to Penn Museum
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October 28,
2:00 pm
Humanities Conference Room, Williams 623
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November 4,
2:00 pm
Humanities Conference Room, Williams 623
Mid-semester update on research progress
Workshopping: Sophie Qi, Keep Hong Kong Clean: Health as Nation building in post-war Hong Kong
Respondents: Roseline Gray, Pierre Peters -
November 10,
12:00 pm
Humanities Conference Room, Williams 623
Lunch and conversation with artist Shahzia Sikander, Wolf Humanities Center's 2022–23 Dr. S.T. Lee Distinguished Lecturer: Heritage as Poltergeist (Nov 9)
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December 2,
2:00 pm
Humanities Conference Room, Williams 623
Workshopping: Aili Waller, Using Genealogy to Recover Lost Artists: The Case of Mary Josephine Walters
Respondents: Zoë Affron, Ezra Chan -
December 9,
2:00 pm
Humanities Conference Room, Williams 623
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January 13,
2:00 pm
Humanities Conference Room, Williams 623
Workshopping:
Roseline Gray, Debunking Russian translatio imperii - the myth of “Moscow as the Third Rome” and its role in Russian political and religious thought
Respondents: Sophie Qi, Aill Waller
Pierre Peters, BRING IT ON HOME: A Decolonial Analysis of Musical Instruments in the Penn Museum
Respondents: Zoë Affron, Tyler Kliem -
January 20,
2:00 pm
Humanities Conference Room, Williams 623
Workshopping: Wes Matthews, Architecture Of Disillusion: A Qualitative Study of Nihilism Among Black Men in Hip Hop Performance
Respondents: Pierre Peters, Sophie Qi -
January 27,
2:00 pm
Humanities Conference Room, Williams 623
Workshopping: Zoë Affron, Nature as Knowledge: Environmental Representation and the Bloomsbury Group, 1906-1920
Respondents: Ezra Chan, Miriam Shah