60-Second Lectures
The 60-Second Lectures have been a Penn Arts & Sciences tradition since 2003. Prior to the pandemic, you could find the School’s faculty on College Green every spring and fall, taking a minute to share their perspectives on topics that ranged from lost medieval words to unequal life chances to the ever-present threat of climate change.
Featured Lectures
M. Susan Lindee, Janice and Julian Bers Professor of History and Sociology of Science
Charles “Chaz” Howard, Vice President for Social Equity and Community and University Chaplain
Mary Frances Berry, Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and Professor of History and Africana Studies
Special 60 Second Lectures
The 60-Second Lectures: In Quarantine series explored the complex social, cultural, historical, and economic issues surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. Check out the video library here.
60-Second Lectures on Racial Injustice.
This set of short talks spotlights the history and contemporary manifestations of racism in the U.S., Black lives and culture, and the range of factors that have contributed to this moment.
1.5 Minute Climate Lectures to sound the alarm about the climate emergency, to call for large-scale climate action, and to share a vision of constructive and comprehensive response.
Upcoming Lectures
60-Second Lectures - Good Climate Policy STARTS with Good Water Policy
60-Second Lectures
Speaker: Howard Neukrug
This will be a Special Earth Day Edition of the 60-Second Lecture.
Go to event60-Second Lectures - Being Stuck “Here”: Comics’ Lessons for Pandemic Living
60-Second Lectures
Speaker: Jean-Christophe Cloutier
The 60-Second Lectures have been a Penn Arts & Sciences tradition since 2003.Go to event
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M. Susan Lindee, Janice and Julian Bers Professor of History and Sociology of Science
