Reckoning with Fossil Fuel in Philadelphia
Join us for the launch of the website “America’s First Petrochemical Corridor,” a public-facing digital history project covering two centuries of changing landscapes along the lower Schuylkill River.
Hosted by: Research Data & Digital Scholarship
Fossil fuel history is part of climate history, and Philadelphia is significant to both. Join us for the launch of a website, “America’s First Petrochemical Corridor.” This public-facing digital history project covers two centuries of changing landscapes along the lower Schuylkill River, including the former South Philadelphia refinery complex, currently being redeveloped into the “Bellwether District.” After brief presentations, the event will turn to Q&A and conversation. Refreshments will be provided.
Event organized by the School of Arts & Sciences' Department of History and the Penn Libraries' Research Data & Digital Scholarship as part of Climate Week at Penn.
The digital history project is a partnership between Jared Farmer (Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History and Department Chair), and RDDS (Cynthia Heider, Ben Leibersohn, Lynda Kellam, and Matt Hunter) and has been underway since 2023.
About the Speaker
Jared Farmer is the Walter H. Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is Chair of the Department of History. He is the author of five books, including Elderflora: A Modern History of Ancient Trees. Last spring, he co-taught a course, “Climate History,” with Michael E. Mann for the Robert K. Johnson Integrated Studies Program at Penn.