Penn Humanities Forum: A Year of Change |
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January 27, 2009,
Volume 55, No. 19
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Penn Humanities Forum continues to celebrate its tenth anniversary, “A Year of Change” during the spring 2009 semester. PHF invites scholars, students, and the community to the series. Founded in 1999, PHF explores an academic topic each year through a program of lectures, performances, and exhibitions, and through faculty and student research.
“A Year of Change” began in last fall and continues into the spring. The series includes talks and other events that are free and open to the public. Registration required: www.phf.upenn.edu or (215) 573-8280.
January 28 |
5-6:30 p.m., Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum |
Orphic and Metamorphic
Instruments of Music and Science, 1750-1850 |
Emily Dolan & John Tresch |
February 4 |
5-6:30 p.m., Terrace Room, Claudia Cohen Hall |
Mysteries of Translation |
Alastair Reid |
February 11 |
5-6:30 p.m., Harrison Auditorium, Penn Museum: Dr. S.T. Lee Distinguished Lecture in Humanities
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Tragedy is Easy, Comedy is Hard, and Love is Damn Near Impossible |
Amy Bloom |
February 26 |
5-6:30 p.m., Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum |
The Strange Travels of Shakespeare’s Cardenio |
Stephen Greenblatt |
March 18 |
5-6:30 p.m., Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum |
Images that Change—All that is Solid |
Lawrence Weschler |
March 26 |
5-6:30 p.m., Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum |
Presto, Changeo! Magicians in Ancient Times |
Peter Struck |
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4-4:45 p.m., Special tour at the Penn Musuem |
Magic Around the World |
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April 1 |
7:30 p.m., Irvine Auditorium |
The Loathly Lady: Opera Premiere
Comic Opera based on Chaucer’s “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” |
10th Anniversary Gala* |
*Tickets are $30/$25, discounts with PennCard available; Annenberg Center Box Office: (215) 898-3900 or www.pennpresents.org/tickets/.
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