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The Penn Humanities Forum aims to bring the humanities into the public sphere through public lectures cultural programs organized around a different theme each year.

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    Penn Humanities Forum

    3260 South Street
    University of Pennsylvania
    Philadelphia, PA 19104

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  • Current Events

    There are no current events available for this organization at this time.

  • Upcoming Events

    02/17/12

    Documentary Realism Between Cultures: Rey Chow University of Pennsylvania Museum- Harrison Auditorium Documentary Realism Between Cultures: Rey Chow Presented by Penn Humanities Forum at University of Pennsylvania Museum- Harrison Auditorium February 17, 2012 New media technologies have given us unprecedented power to simulate, fabricate, and falsify, while casting doubt on any notion of objectively recording or documenting actual life. Why, then, is the present moment a time of unprecedented vigor and excitement among documentary-makers? Rey Chow, a renowned scholar of Asian-American film and literature, uses this question as her point of departure to discuss some new forms of documentary realism. A program of the 2011-2012 Penn...

    02/29/12

    In Praise of Unreal Sounds: Carolyn Abbate University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum) In Praise of Unreal Sounds: Carolyn Abbate Presented by Penn Humanities Forum at University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum) February 29, 2012 The 1930s saw a flourishing of "operetta films" in France and Germany. These films attempted to use the conventions of opera within the new medium of sound film. The result was a curious aesthetic mélange in which narrative and visual kitsch coexisted with radical experiments in sound synchronization. Celebrated opera scholar Carolyn Abbate explains how, in the hands of directors like René Clair and Erik Charell, the operetta movie came to exemplify a kind of...

• Current &
  Upcoming Events

  • Current Events

    There are no current events available for this organization at this time.

  • Upcoming Events

    02/17/12

    Documentary Realism Between Cultures: Rey Chow University of Pennsylvania Museum- Harrison Auditorium Documentary Realism Between Cultures: Rey Chow Presented by Penn Humanities Forum at University of Pennsylvania Museum- Harrison Auditorium February 17, 2012 New media technologies have given us unprecedented power to simulate, fabricate, and falsify, while casting doubt on any notion of objectively recording or documenting actual life. Why, then, is the present moment a time of unprecedented vigor and excitement among documentary-makers? Rey Chow, a renowned scholar of Asian-American film and literature, uses this question as her point of departure to discuss some new forms of documentary realism. A program of the 2011-2012 Penn...

    02/29/12

    In Praise of Unreal Sounds: Carolyn Abbate University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum) In Praise of Unreal Sounds: Carolyn Abbate Presented by Penn Humanities Forum at University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum) February 29, 2012 The 1930s saw a flourishing of "operetta films" in France and Germany. These films attempted to use the conventions of opera within the new medium of sound film. The result was a curious aesthetic mélange in which narrative and visual kitsch coexisted with radical experiments in sound synchronization. Celebrated opera scholar Carolyn Abbate explains how, in the hands of directors like René Clair and Erik Charell, the operetta movie came to exemplify a kind of...

• Past
  Events

  • Past Events

    02/01/12	Pleasures and Pitfalls of Film Adaptation The Ibrahim Theater at International House
    01/25/12	Science in an Artificial Language: Michael Gordin University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)
    11/30/11	The End of Capitalism? University of Pennsylvania Museum- Harrison Auditorium
    11/02/11	Social Knowledge of Monkeys and Apes University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)
    10/19/11	Olivia Judson: TIme Travel Safari University of Pennsylvania Museum- Harrison Auditorium
    10/12/11	Culture, Creativity and Adaptation University of Pennsylvania Museum- Harrison Auditorium
    10/05/11	Non-Adaptive Origins of Language University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)
    09/21/11	Hemingway's Boat University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)
    04/13/11	Puppets: The Original Avatars University of Pennsylvania - Houston Hall
    04/06/11	Nature's Revenge University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)
    03/23/11	Flesh, Fantasy and Bandwidth: Relationships and Their Possibilities University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)
    03/16/11	Artist's Talk: Ann Hamilton University of Pennsylvania Museum- Harrison Auditorium
    02/23/11	Really Virtual or Virtually Real University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)
    02/18/11	Griefing Culture and Incivility on the Internet University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)
    02/09/11	Virtually Immortal: The Self, the Cloud and Posterity University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)
    02/03/11	The Real Real Thing Slought Foundation
    01/26/11	The Magic Circle: Realistic Expectations for Virtual Worlds University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)
    12/08/10	Music, Mastery and Memory University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)
    11/17/10	Early Modern Theories of the Imagination and the Work of Art University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)
    11/03/10	The Discovery of Virtual Movement
    10/20/10	Technology Outlaws and the Morality of Play University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)
    10/13/10	Are Catastrophes Virtual? University of Pennsylvania Museum- Harrison Auditorium
    10/06/10	Building a Digital Ancient Rome Bit by Byte
    04/22/10	When Music and Sweet Poetry Agree Trinity Center for Urban Life
    03/24/10	Design and Nonlinear Systems Bioogy–LabStudio University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)
    02/24/10	Benjamin Franklin and the Liberty to Communicate University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)
    02/19/10	Reconnecting Visual and Verbal Thinking University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)
    02/10/10	Best Sellers: Communities of Readers Past and Present University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)
    01/27/10	The East Asian Heartland and its Bronze Age Connections University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)
    12/02/09	Cassandra Float Can
    11/11/09	Politics and Pandemics University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)
    11/04/09	Killing Flesh: Can the Semi-Living Die University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)
    10/07/09	The Interconnectedness of Human Souls University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)
    09/23/09	Social Networks and Strategic Behavior University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)
    04/01/09	The Loathly Lady University of Pennsylvania - Irvine Auditorium