60-Second Lectures
Time and Location
Lectures will take place every Wednesday in September starting at 11:50 a.m. in front of the Benjamin Franklin statue outside of College Hall. In the case of inclement weather, lectures will be held in Café 58, Irvine Auditorium.
Featured Lectures
Heather J. Sharkey, Professor and Chair of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Josephine Park, School of Arts and Sciences President's Distinguished Professor of English
Matthew Levendusky, Professor of Political Science and Stephen and Mary Baran Chair in the Institutions of Democracy, Annenberg Public Policy Center
Paul Sniegowski, Stephen A. Levin Family Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Professor of Biology
Special 60 Second Lectures
In April, Penn Arts & Sciences’ long-running 60-Second Lectures presented a special series of Living the Hard Promise themed lectures. See our faculty talks on “Asian America and the Hard Promise,” “Why Listening Matters,” and “The Liberating Arts.”
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.
No upcoming lectures at this time. Please check back later.
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Heather J. Sharkey, Professor and Chair of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Dengting Boyanton, LPS'23
Emma Keeler, C'23, G'23, Biology
Gary Bernstein, Reese W. Flower Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Greg Ridgeway, Professor and Chair of Criminology and Co-Director of the Data Driven Discovery Initiative