Upcoming Events

Apr 09 - 11

• Conference

Open to the Public

The Revolutionary Age: France, Haiti, and America

A conference on the revolutionary upheavals that shook metropolitan France and the French colonies and populations in North America, from the late eighteenth through the early nineteenth century.

• April 9 - 11, 2026
• Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, sixth floor

Apr 13

• Workshop

Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff

Researching Creatively!

Get a head start on finding sources for your term papers by joining librarians for this low-stakes workshop, where we will delve into how to bring creativity to your research practice.

• April 13, 2026
• 1:00pm - 2:00pm
• Fisher B Level Seminar Room, Fisher Fine Arts Library, Lower Level

Apr 14

Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff

Weingarten Center Drop-ins at The Butler Room

Stop by The Butler Room to learn about the space. Representatives from the Weingarten Center will also be on hand to answer questions about resources, how to submit an accessibility request, get assistance with test scheduling, and more!

• April 14, 2026
• 12:00pm - 2:00pm
• Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, The Butler Room G101.11 (Ground Floor)

Apr 14

• Workshop

Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff

Copyright, AI, and the Future of Creative Works

AI Month at Penn: In this workshop, we will explore pending lawsuits across the country dealing with how to apply copyright law to artificial intelligence. We will consider how the law may develop, and speculate on what this all may mean for both AI development and creative works.

• April 14, 2026
• 2:00pm - 3:00pm
• Hybrid: Class of '55, Room 241, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, and Online

Apr 14

• Workshop

Open to the Public

Reimagining Illumination: Getting Creative With Medieval Manuscripts

Christine Kemp and Dot Porter will lead a workshop where we paint 3D figures of marginal characters pulled from our fantastic 13th century Bible, Ms. Codex 724.

• April 14, 2026
• 2:00pm - 4:00pm
• Kislak Center Vitale II, Rm 623, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center

Apr 14

• Lecture

Open to the Public

Privacy and Artificial Intelligence

Professor Ryan Calo will draw upon historic and contemporary examples to explore the obvious and not-so-obvious ways AI threatens privacy, and what society can do about it.

• April 14, 2026
• 3:30pm - 5:00pm
• Kislak Center Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center

Apr 15

• Workshop

Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff

Printing Your Own Postcard: Learning how to set type and letterpress-print

Learn and practice the basics of letterpress printing and typesetting with the Common Press collection of metal typefaces. Create a simple postcard design and print a small edition on the Vandercook printing press!

• April 15, 2026
• 12:00pm - 2:00pm
• Common Press Space, Fisher Fine Arts Library

Apr 15

• Workshop

Open to the Public

Manuscript Studies Interest Group: Emotions

The Manuscript Studies Interest Group (MSIG) is a regular meeting for people who want to get up close and personal with a variety of handwritten objects. In April, we'll look at books on the theme of Emotions.

• April 15, 2026
• 2:00pm - 3:00pm
• Kislak Center Vitale II, Rm 623, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center

Apr 15

• Lecture

Open to the Public

“We Are the Bicentennial”: Democracy and Diversity in the 1970s

Join Marc Stein, Jamie and Phyllis Pasker Professor of History, San Francisco State University, for a lecture about his new book on the history of the nation's 200th birthday.

• April 15, 2026
• 5:30pm - 7:30pm
• Kislak Center Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center