Access to the College Green area of campus will be restricted until further notice. Current students, faculty and staff with a valid Penn card may enter and exit Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center through the Rosengarten Undergraduate Study Center on the ground floor, and may enter and exit the Fisher Fine Arts Library through the 34th Street entrance to Meyerson Hall.

During reading period, April 30 to May 14: Access to both Van Pelt and Fisher Fine Arts Library is limited. Find more information.

Shadow and Light: Memorializing Iraqi Academics

Join us for a conversation about memory, loss, and violence — as well as art and solidarity — in the aftermath of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq.

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January 30, 2023, 4:30pm - 6:00pm

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Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, Meyerson Conference Center, 2nd floor (Room 223)

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Open to the Public

This panel discussion is held in connection with the Shadow and Light exhibit on view at the Fisher Fine Arts Library.

Moderator: Huda Fakhreddine, Associate Professor in Arabic literature at the University of Pennsylvania

Panelists:

Beau Beausoleil, poet, activist, and director of the Shadow and Light project
Yaroub Al Obaidi, Global Guide and Educator at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology
Zainab Saleh, Associate Professor in Anthropology at Haverford College

This event is free and open to the public; no registration is required. Co-sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Middle East Center.