Exhibits

Penn Museum

Info: https://www.penn.museum/calendar.

5          Middle East Galleries Tour; 11 a.m. Also November 6.

Films

7          Shoplifters (Manbiki Kizoku); on the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders is united by fierce loyalty and a penchant for petty theft—when the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence; 7 p.m.; room 110, Annenberg School; register: https://tinyurl.com/shoplifters-nov-7 (Center for East Asian Studies).

Fitness & Learning

1          History Department Open House; undergraduates are invited to join the history department faculty to learn more about studying history at Penn, including the major and minor; 12:30-2 p.m.; room 209, College Hall (History).

4          Kurdish Language Workshop; day-long workshop that includes an intro to the politics of Kurdistan, sessions about the Kurmanji language, and a workshop with Kurdish music; 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.; room 135, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Middle East Center).

Graduate School of Education

Online events unless noted. Info: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/events-calendar.

4          First Friday Virtual Info Sessions: International Educational Development Program; 9 a.m.

8          Reading/Writing/Literacy Doctoral Information Session; noon.

School of Social Policy & Practice

Online events unless noted. Info: https://www.sp2.upenn.edu/events/.

1          MSW/MBE Informational Session; 11 a.m.

Meetings

3          Office of Government & Community Affairs Community Meeting; OGCA’s monthly virtual meeting with community leaders, service organizations, and local nonprofits; 10 a.m.; Zoom webinar; info: ogca@pobox.upenn.edu (OGCA).

Music

3          Sounds of Spirit: A Night of Traditional Spirituals & Sonic Musings; Cory Seals & Khalib Owen perform a soundscape of traditional spirituals and sonic musings to conjure a continuum of African American presence; 5 p.m.; Arthur Ross Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Library (Arthur Ross Gallery, Music).

On Stage

3          Bloomers Comedy: Temple of Bloom; pack your map, get a ragtag group of ne’er-do-wells together, and join Bloomers Comedy for the adventure of a lifetime; 8 p.m.; Harold Prince Theater, Annenberg Center; tickets: https://pennlivearts.org/event/temple-of-bloom (Bloomers, Penn Live Arts). Also November 4, 6 and 9 p.m.; November 5, 6 and 9 p.m.

Readings & Signings

3          Study Gods; Yi-Lin Chiang, National Chengchi University; noon; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/chiang-reading-nov-3 (Population Studies Center).

            Media of the Masses: Cassette Culture in Modern Egypt; Andrew Simon, Dartmouth College; 12:15 p.m.; room 500, Annenberg School, and Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/simon-reading-nov-3 (Annenberg School, Middle East Center).  

8          Media and the Affective Lives of Slavery; Allison Page, Old Dominion University; 5 p.m.; room 500, Annenberg School; register: https://tinyurl.com/page-reading-nov-8 (Annenberg Center for Collaborative Communication).

Kelly Writers House

Info: https://writing.upenn.edu/wh/calendar/1122.php.

2          The Grand Piano: Ten Years After; roundtable discussion; 6 p.m.; YouTube livestream.

Talks

2          Endothelial Cell Signaling in Regeneration of the Lung; Terren Niethamer, PSOM; noon; room 213, Stemmler Hall (Penn-CHOP Lung Biology Institute).

3          Data Safety Monitoring Boards in Vaccine Trials—The COVID Experience; Jonathan Zenilman, Johns Hopkins University; 9 a.m.; BlueJeans meeting; join: https://bluejeans.com/873734674/4747?src=join_info (Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics).

            Historical Thinking and Transitional Justice: Perspectives from Colombia; Catalina Muñoz, Institute for Advanced Study; noon; room 209, College Hall (History).

            A Conversation; Xavier Artigas, filmmaker; 5:30 p.m.; room 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema Studies).

            Treatment of Posterior Maxilla and Mandible: The Rationale Use of Short Implants; Michele Perelli, DentalmedTV; 6 p.m.; online webinar; info: https://tinyurl.com/perelli-talk-nov-3 (Penn Dental).

4          Making Sense of the Physical World With High-Resolution Tactile Sensing; Wenzhen Yuan, Carnegie Mellon University; 10:30 a.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall, and Zoom webinar; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/94004246917 (GRASP Lab).

7          The IGNITE Study on Concentrated Investment in Black Neighborhoods; Atheendar Venkataramani, medicine; noon; room 1402, Blockley Hall, and Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/venkataramani-talk-nov-7 (Medical Ethics & Health Policy).

            On the Principles of Parsimony and Self-Consistency: Structured Compressive Closed-Loop Transcription; Yi Ma, University of California Berkeley; 3:30 p.m.; room 101, Levine Hall (Electrical and Systems Engineering).

8          Mixing of Granular Materials, Inertial Suspensions, and Cement; Melany Hunt, California Institute of Technology; 10 a.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (SEAS Tedori-Callinan Lecture).

            Going Nuclear: Science, Diplomacy, and Defense; M. Susan Lindee, history & sociology of science; Lynn Meskell, PIK professor; 4 p.m.; Perry World House and Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/lindee-meskell-nov-8 (Perry World House).

Center for the Study of Contemporary China

In-person talks at room 418, PCPSE. Info: https://cscc.sas.upenn.edu/events.

3          Trafficking Data: How China is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty; Aynne Kokas, University of Virginia; 4:30 p.m.

4          Turning China Fever to China Fear? China’s Economic Statecraft and Its Impact on Foreign Businesses; Seung-Youn Oh, Bryn Mawr College; 12:30 p.m.

Economics

In-person events at various locations. Info: https://economics.sas.upenn.edu/events.

2          World Financial Cycles; Fabrizio Perri, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis; 4 p.m.; room 101, PCPSE.

8          Regret-Minimizing Project Choice; Yingni Guo, Northwestern University; 4 p.m.; room 101, PCPSE.

Mathematics

In-person and virtual events. Info: https://www.math.upenn.edu/events.

7          Mirror Symmetry for Hyperkahler Varieties; Justin Sawon, University of North Carolina; 3:30 p.m.; room 4C6, DRL.

Workshop in the History of Material Texts

In-person events at Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt Library. Info: https://pennmaterialtexts.org/about/events/.

7          The Ten Commandments and/as Erasable Wax Tablets; Peter Stallybrass, English; 5:15 p.m.

This is an update to the November AT PENN calendar. To submit events for an upcoming AT PENN calendar or weekly update, send the salient details to almanac@upenn.edu.