Petrodelphia: America's First Petrochemical Corridor
An educational website about the history of the South Philadelphia refinery complex and the changing landscapes of the lower Schuylkill River.
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Featured Digital Projects & Publications
Archivo Afro
A bilingual English/Spanish website linking to primary source materials related to the Chocó region of Colombia, the Colombian Pacific, and the African diaspora.
Database of Early English Playbooks (DEEP)
An interactive database of every playbook produced in England, Scotland, and Ireland from the beginning of printing through 1660.
Printing in Prisons
This website explores the use of printing presses at Eastern State Penitentiary (ESP) from the 1890s through the prison’s closure in 1970.
Global Medieval and Early Modern Digital Library
A collection of translations of primary sources encompassing a wide range of genres, regions and languages from the period between Late Antiquity and 1700.
Additional Digital Projects & Publications
Contributors: Prof. Eva Del Soldato, Lynne Farrington, Matthew Hunter, Prof. Hannah Marcus, Achille Giaretta, Nicola Guida, Mattia Italiano, Sarah Marie Leitenberger, David A. Lines, Marcus Papandrea, Massimo Sassi, Raymona Singh, Y. Tom Vaswani, and Eleanor Webb
Description: Through the rich and varied Aristotelian materials held in the Penn Libraries' collections, this exhibit explores how perceptions of Aristotle have evolved over the centuries — across cultures, disciplines, and imaginations. This digital exhibition was created to complement the physical exhibition in Van Pelt Library.
Project partners and sponsors: The Center for Research in Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies (FQT Center), Price Lab for Digital Humanities, The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation
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Contributors: Cassandra Hradil, Quinn Gruber, Mia Kim, Alisha Kumar
Description: DoubleSpeak is the University of Pennsylvania’s only journal for literary translation and the only literary translation journal in the country run by undergraduate students. Founded over a decade ago, our annual (print and online) journal celebrates a range of languages and cultures through thoughtful curation of poets across centuries and around the world. We publish translations of poems both little-known and internationally beloved, from a profound variety of languages and dialects. Along with the original on the facing page, each translation is accompanied by a biographical note about the poet and a substantial “translator’s note,” in which the contributor reflects on particular challenges of the translation process.
Project partners and sponsors: Price Lab for Digital Humanities, Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania Student Activities Council
Contributors: Prof. Julia Heim, Prof. Samantha Gillen, Cosette Bruhns Alonso, Cassandra Hradil, Andy Janco
Description: PRIMA is an interactive Open Educational Resource designed for Italian language learning and instruction through searchable media clips, short narratives, and pedagogical resources.
Project partners and sponsors: Department of Francophone, Italian, and Germanic Studies, Price Lab for Digital Humanities, The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation, Penn Arts & Sciences Language Center
Contributors: Nat DiFrank, Che Gossett, Cynthia Heider, Cassandra Hradil, Eva Pensis
, Nat Rivkin, Liz Rose
Description: The Philadelphia Trans Oral History Project (PTOHP) is a community engagement initiative that preserves and makes publicly accessible the stories of trans, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming people.
Project partners and sponsors: The Center for Research in Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies (FQT Center), Price Lab for Digital Humanities, The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation
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Research & Interest Groups
AI Literacy Interest Group
Connect with a vibrant community of mindful practitioners, stay informed about the latest AI news, and explore responsible use-cases of AI in the real world.
Manuscript Collections As Data Research Group
A team from the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies (SIMS), Cultural Heritage Computing, and Research Data and Digital Scholarship (RDDS) is working to facilitate Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) to transcribe research materials from Penn Libraries’ digitized manuscript collections using AI technologies.
