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Revolution at Penn?: Historians in Conversation

To celebrate the opening of Revolution at Penn?, curators John Pollack and J.M. Duffin will give a tour of the exhibition (4:30pm), followed by a panel talk (5:30pm) exploring Philadelphia and Penn at the time of the Revolution.

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February 13, 2025, 4:30pm - 8:00pm
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Kislak Center Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
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Hosted by: Kislak Center

Illustration of two men in colonial era garb speaking to each other in a stage-like setting

4:30pm: Exhibition tour

5:30pm: Panel discussion

To celebrate the opening of Revolution at Penn?, curators John Pollack and J. M. Duffin will give a tour of the exhibition, followed by a panel conversation. Topics to be explored center around Philadelphia's "radical" revolution, the place of Penn and its political and social status in the 18th century, the discoveries of the Penn and Slavery Project, and the implications of these histories for the contemporary university. 

Panelists

  • Kathleen Brown, David Boies Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania
  • Jessica Choppin Roney, Associate Professor of History and Director of Undergraduate Studies, College of Liberal Arts, Temple University
  • Jonathan Zimmerman, Judy and Howard Berkowitz Professor in Education, Policy, Organizations, Leadership, and Systems Division; Professor of History of Education, University of Pennsylvania
  • Emma Hart (chair), Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Chair of American History and Richard S. Dunn Director of the McNeil Center for Early American Studies

Featured image: Frontispiece, from The Triumphs of Love or, Happy Reconciliation (Philadelphia: Folwell, 1795)

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