Now accepting applications for 2027–2028 Penn Faculty Research Fellowships on the theme of Empire. wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/fellowships/...

Now accepting applications for 2027–2028 Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships on the theme of Empire. wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/postdoc

We are pleased to announce the 33 scholars joining us as Research Fellows for our 2026–2027 Forum on Practice! More on next year's Fellows and their projects coming soon. wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/research-fel...

Congratulations to the Class of 2026! 🎉

The Wolf Humanities Center’s Forum on Truth Mellon Research Seminar hosted its last session on April 28th.

*Fellow Spotlight* 2025-26 Wolf Humanities Center Research Associate Caitlin Adkins is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania.

*Fellow Spotlight* 2025-26 Wolf Humanities Center Faculty Fellow Oscar Aguirre-Mandujano is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of Pennsylvania.

On Apr 15, Wolf Humanities Center Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow Ana Lolua and her “Museums, Socialism, and Power” class (@penn-rees.bsky.social) welcomed artist and Weitzman School of Design lecturer Patricia Renee’ Thomas for “Race and Class Portrayed in Vanitas: A Drawing Workshop on the Still Life."

*Fellow Spotlight* 2025-26 Wolf Humanities Center Penn Faculty Fellow Ada Kuskowski is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Pennsylvania.

*Fellow Spotlight* 2025-26 Wolf Humanities Center Regional Faculty Christine Woody is Associate Professor of English and Director of the Textual Scholarship Certificate Program at Widener University.

April 22: Powered by Smart: A Prehistory of Everyday AI, a book talk with Profs. Sarah Murray (U of Michigan) and Rahul Mukherjee (Penn). Murray's book reveals a pathway that seeded hospitable ideas about AI. Williams Hall 623. Registration required. wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/events/murray

*Fellow Spotlight* 2025-26 Wolf Humanities Center Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow Delbar Khakzad is a social historian of science and religion in the Indo-Persianate world and the Middle East.

Sat 4/18: Graduate students from anthropology and beyond will convene for "Shaken Grounds" to share and discuss their work with a focus on the politics of psychic life. 10 am - 5 pm. McNeil Building 403 (3718 Locust Walk) Guests welcome with registration More info and registration: bit.ly/480AMdO

*Fellow Spotlight* 2025-26 Wolf Humanities Center Penn Faculty Fellow Hardeep Dhillon is Assistant Professor of Asian American History at the University of Pennsylvania. Webpage: live-sas-www-history.pantheon.sas.upenn.edu/people/harde...

April 22: Powered by Smart: A Prehistory of Everyday AI, a book talk with Profs. Sarah Murray (U of Michigan) and Rahul Mukherjee (Penn). Murray's book reveals a pathway that seeded hospitable ideas about AI. Williams Hall 623. Registration required. wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/events/murray

*Fellow Spotlight* 2025-26 Wolf Humanities Center Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow Chris Halsted is a historian of early medieval Europe. His research explores connectivity and trade in eastern Europe and Eurasia, witchcraft, and the intersecting construction of gender and ethnicity.

April 15: Kelly Writers House presents Speculative Fiction as Truth-Telling, feat. authors Elwin Cotman, Margaret Killjoy, Alex Smith, and hosted by Abbey Mei Otis, Artist-in-Residence at Penn. A Lucid Fiction Program of Kelly Writers House. wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/events/specu...

Friday, April 10: Join the Korean Language Program for a book talk with author Serang Chung as they explore her vibrantly multifaceted stories from See You on the Rooftop and the limitless imagination behind them. wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/events/see-y...

See You on the Rooftop

Presented by the Korean Language ProgramJoin the Korean Language Program for a book talk with bestselling South Korean author Serang Chung as they explore her vibrantly multifaceted stories from See Y...

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Fri 4/10 - Sat 4/11: Penn EnviroLab’s Graduate Conference is a biennial event that gathers a community of graduate students and faculty working on environmental research projects. This year, the conference theme is (Un)Doing Catastrophe. For more info and to register, visit bit.ly/41kYdec

My Dreadful Body, a reading and discussion with author Egana Djabbarova, presented by Penn's Department of Russian and East European Studies. April 14, 6:15pm Fisher Bennett Hall Faculty Lounge, Room 135 Free and open to the public wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/events/djabb...

My Dreadful Body

Presented by Penn's Department of Russian and East European Studies

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*Fellow Spotlight* 2025-26 Wolf Humanities Center Doctoral Fellow Tiffany Nguyen is a Ph.D. candidate in Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She specializes in Latin literature, particularly in the early Roman Empire.

*Fellow Spotlight* 2025-26 Wolf Humanities Center Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow Ana Lolua is a historian of the late Tsarist and Soviet Caucasus.

Wed, 4/29: A book talk by Jamal J. Elias, presented by the Middle East Center. Prof Ahmet T. Karamustafa (University of Maryland), one of the world’s experts on medieval Sufism, will join in the discussion of After Rumi: The Mevlevis and Their World. wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/events/after...

After Rumi

Presented in collaboration with Penn's Middle East CenterAfter Rumi: The Mevlevis and Their World by Jamal J. Elias is the first major book since the mid-20th century to focus on Rumi’s religious, soc...

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Congratulations to our Undergraduate Research Fellows who presented at this year’s Undergraduate Humanities Forum Conference, “Unlocking the Truth”!

Coming up this weekend!! 🇵🇪🇪🇨🇦🇷🇧🇴

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Presented by Quechua at Penn & Andean Representation, the 4th Annual Carnaval comes on Saturday, April 4! The event includes the Andean band Inkarayku and the Peruvian folkloric dance group Ballet Folklórico Acuarelas Del Perú. Find out more on our website: wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/events/carna...

*Fellow Spotlight* 2025-26 Wolf Humanities Center Doctoral Fellow Eleanor Webb is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of History at the University of Pennsylvania where she specializes in early modern European history.

Friday, April 10: Join the Korean Language Program for a book talk with author Serang Chung as they explore her vibrantly multifaceted stories from See You on the Rooftop and the limitless imagination behind them. wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/events/see-y...

See You on the Rooftop

Presented by the Korean Language ProgramJoin the Korean Language Program for a book talk with bestselling South Korean author Serang Chung as they explore her vibrantly multifaceted stories from See Y...

wolfhumanities.upenn.edu

Presented by Quechua at Penn & Andean Representation, the 4th Annual Carnaval comes on Saturday, April 4! The event includes the Andean band Inkarayku and the Peruvian folkloric dance group Ballet Folklórico Acuarelas Del Perú. Find out more on our website: wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/events/carna...

Carnaval

Presented by Quechua at Penn and Andean RepresentationWe are thrilled to invite you to the 4th Annual Carnaval, a celebration of Indigenous and Andean traditions. This event honors our youth, families...

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The Experimental Humanities Lab led by Fritz Breithaupt seeks a postdoc to help launch a research hub at the intersection of narrative, empathy, cognition, & AI. PhDs in lit studies, cog sci, psych,+ who combine narrative insight w/empirical skills encouraged to apply: apply.interfolio.com/183656

On March 27, Wolf Humanities Center's Undergraduate Research Fellows present their projects on this year's theme, Truth. Unlocking the Truth is the 25th annual UHF Research Conference. 3/27, Van Pelt Library & online: tinyurl.com/dc9uavu8 wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/events/unloc...