Expert faculty shed light on their research in the arts, humanities, and social sciences at the Penn Lightbulb Café. It's an evening of engaging, stimulating conversation, with a Q&A session following each talk.

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Past Lightbulb Cafe Events


Virtual Lightbulb Café: Elderflora by Jared Farmer

Speaker: Jared Farmer, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History

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Speaker: Moderator: Karen M'Closkey, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, Weitzman School of Design 

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Would you like to be in a book group with fellow alums from around the world, reading works by Penn Arts & Sciences faculty? Hit the books and get ready to join us for the Penn Arts & Sciences Virtual Lightbulb Café: Faculty Book Series!

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Virtual Homecoming Lightbulb Café: Everyday Utopia featuring Kristen Ghodsee

Speaker: Kristen Ghodsee, Professor and Chair of Russian and East European Studies

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Speaker: Moderated By: Assistant Professor of English and Cinema and Media Studies

Penn Lightbulb Café

Would you like to be in a book group with fellow alums from around the world, reading works by Penn Arts & Sciences faculty? Hit the books and get ready to join us for the Penn Arts & Sciences Virtual Lightbulb Café: Faculty Book Series!

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Homecoming at Lightbulb Café: Feeling Is Believing

Speaker: Donovan Schaefer

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What makes people believe – or disbelieve – scientific information? What’s the connection between thinking, knowing, and feeling?

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