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- Workshop
May 18 -
December 18, 2026
Print the Declaration of Independence
Make a reservation to visit Common Press and print a copy of the Declaration of Independence for yourself.
- Common Press, Fisher Fine Arts Library, Lower Level
Open to the Public
- Workshop
Select Thursday evenings, 5:00 to 7:00 pm
SIMS Graduate Student Manuscript Skills Workshop
If you are curious about how you can integrate manuscript sources into your own research, join us for a series of free, informal monthly workshops on essential topics in this field, offered by the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies (SIMS) at Penn Libraries.
- Vitale II Lab for Book History and Digital Humanities (Rm 623, 6th floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library).
Open to Penn Students Only
- Symposium
November 12-14, 2026
Stranger Things
This year’s topic interrogates the multi-angled intersections of magic, science, religion, and ritual in the pre- and early modern world, especially as manifested in manuscript books, documents, and other inscribed surfaces variously expressed in words, images, diagrams, and annotations.
- Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts; Free Library of Philadelphia & Online
Open to the Public
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