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21 Aug 2025
How has what we perceive as truth been constructed, obscured, misunderstood, contested, and reimagined throughout history? Join us on Weds 9/17 and Thurs 9/18 for “The Edges of Truth: Secrecy, Artifice, and the Limits of Knowledge”
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21 Aug 2025
A two day conference in @pennmuseum and @upennlib featuring scholars from @penn, @princeton, @yale, @haverfordedu, @eotvos_uni, @JohnsHopkins, @LondonU, and @getty.
Free and open to the public. Registration encouraged. bit.ly/4oLVyEK
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16 May 2025
Heartfelt congratulations to each of Wolf's graduating students!! We thank you for your contributions and wish you all the best in your future endeavors. Best wishes to the entire Class of 2025!
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4 Feb 2025
Follow us on BlueSky to keep up with our public events, research fellowships, and professional development opportunities! bsky.app/profile/wolfhumanit…
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17 Jan 2025
Join us on January 29th for The Beauty of Choice with Wendy Steiner and Heather Love. Cosponsored by @kellywritershse and @PennEnglish. More details here: wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/eve…
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16 Jan 2025
Fri 1/24: Illumination artist Behnaz Karjoo will explore the evolution of Islamic illumination (tazhib) and its role in manuscript decoration. She’ll cover traditional tools, materials, & techniques, showcasing the precision behind this art form. 11 am lecture open to the public.
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16 Jan 2025
Presented in collaboration with Penn's Forum for Global Islamic Studies. Cosponsored by the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts and the Ibn Sina Fund. For more info & to register: bit.ly/3WiGHVL
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14 Jan 2025
Next Weds 1/22 at 5! We’re excited to host a screening of VHS Kahloucha (2006) in collaboration with @pennmuseum! Director @NejibBelkadhi will join us after the screening to discuss the film with Penn Middle Eastern Studies scholar Radwa El Barouni. bit.ly/4gpXbmU
19 Dec 2024
Weds 1/22: Join Wolf and @pennmuseum for a screening of the award-winning documentary VHS Kahloucha (2006) following Tunisian amateur filmmaker Moncef Kahloucha and the low-budget production of his feature film, Tarzan of the Arabs.
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9 Jan 2025
Cultural critic and Professor Emerita of English Wendy Steiner returns to Penn January 29th to read from her book, The Beauty of Choice: On Women, Art, and Freedom, a dazzling new account of aesthetics grounded in female agency.
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9 Jan 2025
We invite you to join us in welcoming Wendy Steiner back to the Wolf Humanities Center, which she founded in 1999 as the Penn Humanities Forum. This event is cosponsored by Kelly Writers House (@kellywritershse) and the Department of English (@PennEnglish).
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9 Jan 2025
Wednesday, January 29th, 5:30 pm in Kelly Writers House. Book signing and reception to follow. Livestream available. Free and open to the public. Registration encouraged. wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/eve…
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19 Dec 2024
Weds 1/22: Join Wolf and @pennmuseum for a screening of the award-winning documentary VHS Kahloucha (2006) following Tunisian amateur filmmaker Moncef Kahloucha and the low-budget production of his feature film, Tarzan of the Arabs.
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19 Dec 2024
The film shows Kahloucha’s passion for Hollywood and his ingenuity given his limited resources–just 1 camcorder and 2 edit decks. Following the screening, director Nejib Belkadhi joins remotely for a conversation with scholar Radwa El Barouni. bit.ly/4gpXbmU
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11 Dec 2024
Last month, Wolf Humanities Center welcomed Prof. Nayan Shah from USC for his talk on "The Paradox of Hunger Strikes." To watch a recording of his talk, covering the history of bodily defiance in various parts of the world, head to our YouTube page: youtube.com/watch?v=90D3AoJk…
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10 Dec 2024
*Fellow Spotlight*
2024-25 Wolf Humanities Center Penn Faculty Fellow Whitney Trettien @whitneytrettien is an Associate Professor of English @pennenglishdepartment and Faculty Director of the Price Lab for Digital Humanities @pennpricelab at the University of Pennsylvania.
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10 Dec 2024
Image 4: NYPL Bacon cipher - Box 28-10.JPG - A photo of Dr. Orville Owen’s wheel, which he used to decipher what he thought was a secret code that Francis Bacon had embedded in Shakespeare’s works
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10 Dec 2024
Image 5: NYPL Bacon cipher Box 1 Folder 5-9.JPG - Elizabeth Gallup’s notes deciphering the “code” in Shakespeare’s text, now at the NYPL
Image 6: Portrait by by Brooke Stietinsons, a Penn photographer via @PennSAS
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