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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, followed by a panel talk 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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Open to the Public
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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

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
  • VanJessica Gladney, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History, University of Pennsylvania
  • Jessica Roney, Associate Professor of History and Director of Undergraduate Studies, College of Liberal Arts, Temple University
  • Sophia Rosenfeld, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History, University of Pennsylvania
  • Jonathan Zimmerman, Judy and Howard Berkowitz Professor in Education, Policy, Organizations, Leadership, and Systems Division; Professor of History of Education, University of Pennsylvania

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

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Signatures of eight signers of the Declaration of Independence with a connection to the University of Pennsylvania superimposed on an engraving of Benjamin Franklin

America 250 at Penn

The University of Pennsylvania (then the College of Philadelphia), located In the heart of the city, was at the center of the dramatic events of 1776 and the Revolution that followed. Members of the Penn community were closely linked to the creation of the Declaration of Independence and other founding documents.

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