Update: March AT PENN |
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March 4, 2014, Volume 60, No. 25 |
Conference
21 Pataphysics Then & Now; 4-7:30 p.m.; Slought Foundation. Through March 22, 10:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m., Kislak Center, 6th fl., Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. RSVP: philadelphia.pataphysique@gmail.com (Slought).
Films
5 The Weight of the Nation (2012); second event in four-part film series produced by HBO; noon; rm. 101, Goddard Labs; register: http://penniur.upenn.edu(Penn IUR).
7 Screening and Discussion of the Documentary Film “American Promise”; led by Howard Stevenson, GSE, Africana Studies; 3 p.m.; rm. 203, GSE (Africana Studies).
11American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs; 7 p.m.; International House; $10/general, $7/students & seniors, $5/members (I-House).
Special Events
25 The 2nd Annual Italian Showcase; 8 p.m.; Sky Lounge, Harrison College House (Italian Studies).
27 Penn IUR 10th Anniversary Event—The Future of Urbanization: What Can We Learn from Asian Cities?; Abha Joshi-Ghani, The World Bank Institute; Kyung-Hwan Kim, Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements & Sogang University; Bimal Patel, CEPT University; Saskia Sassen, Columbia University & Committee on Global Thought; Anthony Yeh, University of Hong Kong; 5:30 p.m.; Inn at Penn; register: http://penniur.upenn.edu (Penn IUR).
Talks
Rosenbach Lectures in Bibliography
Hidden Hands: Amanuenses and Authorship in Early Modern Europe
5:30 p.m.; Class of ’78 Pavilion, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts 6th fl., Van Pelt-Dietrich Library; registration is requested but not required, RSVP: www.library.upenn.edu/forms/eventsresponse14.html (Penn Libraries).
17 Hidden Helpers; Ann Blair, Harvard.
18 Hands and Minds at Work; Ann Blair, Harvard.
20 Authors and Amanuenses; Ann Blair, Harvard.
AT PENN Deadlines
The deadline for the April AT PENN calendar isTuesday, March 11.
Information is on the sponsoring department's website. Sponsors are in parentheses. For locations, call (215) 898-5000 or see www.facilities.upenn.edu
Related: Penn Museum’s Iraqi Cultural Day—Saturday, March 8 in Conjunction with One Book, One Philadelphia Project—“The Librarian of Basra”
Related: PHOS Workshop on Financing a Home: March 20
Related: Collection of Rare Titanic-Related Documents at the Penn Libraries |