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
Special 60 Second Lectures
Penn Arts & Sciences’ long-running 60-Second Lectures presents 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.