Upcoming Events

Professor Yao discusses electoral reform in rural China, and investigates whether elections reduce local capture. Exploring a comprehensive dataset spanning from 1986 to 2008, the period when the reform rolled out sequentially across the country, his research finds that the dominant clan --- the largest surname lineage group maintaining an ancestor hall or a genealogy --- enjoys substantial advantages over other clans in office holding and per-capita landholding before the introduction of elections and these advantages disappear after elections are introduced.Go to event

Heaven is often positioned as a place of eternal riches; imagined as an exclusive gated community with gold plated roads and endless mansions, heaven is made seductive through images of wealth. Glorious Blasphemy Issue 2, titled "An Otherwise Heaven," is both a zine launch and group exhibition exploring: what can heaven be when not held hostage by the greed of the capitalist imagination? Here, we annihilate and reform heaven into a blasphemous paradise, one that centers Black/queer/trans dreaming.

This talk explores the pivotal role of software engineers within China’s techno-developmental regime. As China’s internet-related sectors expand, software engineers have emerged as critical players, building the infrastructure that underpins both digital governance and economic growth. The talk delves into the dual status of these engineers as both highly valued professionals and subjects of intense labor exploitation.Go to event

The Wolf Humanities Center presents Forum on Keywords Series featuring Ben Zimmer, language columnist at The Wall Street Journal. 

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The Global Discovery Lecture Series lets you explore the world virtually, both far and near, with Penn faculty members and your fellow alumni community. Each live, interactive lecture features Penn professors sharing new and innovative research on a variety of topics.Go to event

Listen to the insight of the singular Mary Frances Berry in a new installment in the African-American branch of our Africana Lecture Series. 

Historian and activist Mary Frances Berry will have a conversation on the work of civil rights in 1964. Register today for this event in the Agora Room of the Annenberg Public Policy Center on Penn’s campus!

This is a hosted by the Center of Africana Studies. 

Professor Su discussed his recent book Deadly Decision in Beijing: Succession Politics, Protest Repression and the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre (Cambridge University Press, 2023). In a play-by-play account of the elite politics that led to the military crackdown, Yang Su addresses the repression of the protest in the context of political leadership succession.Go to event

The Global Discovery Lecture Series lets you explore the world virtually, both far and near, with Penn faculty members and your fellow alumni community. Each live, interactive lecture features Penn professors sharing new and innovative research on a variety of topics.Go to event

Join us for an engaging, stimulating conversation, with a Q&A session following the talk.

As climate change reshapes our world, human health, food security, infrastructure, and wild ecosystems are all under threat. Increased plant adaptability and resilience is key to the health of our natural systems.
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The 1.5* Minute Climate Lectures is co-hosted by Penn Arts & Sciences and Climate Week at Penn.

Join us this October 16 as six University of Pennsylvania experts highlight the theme of this year's Climate Week at Penn - Climate Solutions. 

Following the lectures,  Simon Richter, Class of 1965 Endowed Term Professor of German, will moderate a Q&A.