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Research Data & Digital Scholarship Upcoming Events

May 18 - Dec 18
  • Workshop
Open to the Public

Print the Declaration of Independence

Make a reservation to visit Common Press and print a copy of the Declaration of Independence for yourself.

  • May 18 - December 18, 2026
  • Common Press, Fisher Fine Arts Library, Lower Level
Aug 18
Open to Penn Students Only

New Student Orientation: Penn Libraries Showcase

New to Penn? Stop by our main building, the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, for a showcase of our libraries and services. Chat with our librarians, discover library resources, and take a moment to explore the building. No reservations necessary. Light refreshments will be served.

  • August 18, 2026
  • 12:00pm - 2:00pm
  • Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
Aug 19
Open to the Public

Penn Libraries Presents: From Exhibition to Embedded: Building a Research Partnership between an AM250 Course Grant Awardee and Penn Libraries

Join us for a presentation that charts the pathway from the February 2025 National Library of Medicine's Yellow Fever Panel Exhibit and Discussion to an evolving partnership supporting the Holman Biotech Commons and Penn Libraries.

  • August 19, 2026
  • 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Hybrid: Class of '55, Room 241, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, and Online
Sep 03
Open to the Public

Women at Penn: Past, Present, and Future

To celebrate the opening of the exhibit To Secure These Rights: 150 Years of Women at Penn, a panel of Penn women — alumnae, faculty, and administrators — will discuss the place of women at Penn in the past, present, and future.

  • September 3, 2026
  • 5:30pm - 7:30pm
  • Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, sixth floor; and Main Lobby, Van Pelt Dietrich Library Center
Sep 09
Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff

Meet the Curators

Join us for this lunchtime program, where you will hear from four Penn curatorial staff about the collections they oversee.

  • September 9, 2026
  • 12:00pm - 1:30pm
  • Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, sixth floor
Sep 11
  • Concert
Open to the Public

Music in the Pavilion: Duo Sapientia

In this eclectic program, Duo Sapientia (violinists Dongmyung Ahn and Mandy Wolman) seeks to explore the resonances that emerge from duo violin music from two periods.

  • September 11, 2026
  • 6:15pm - 8:30pm
  • Kislak Center Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
Sep 24 - May 06
  • Workshop
Open to Penn Students Only

SIMS Graduate Student Manuscript Skills Workshop Series

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.

  • Select Thursday evenings, 5:00 to 7:00 pm
  • Vitale II Lab for Book History and Digital Humanities (Rm 623, 6th floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library).
Sep 24 - 25
  • Symposium
Open to the Public

The Foucault Century

2026 marks the centennial of Michel Foucault’s birth and the 50-year anniversary of the publication of his landmark History of Sexuality, Vol. 1. This two-day symposium offers a renewed assessment of Foucault’s thought.

  • September 24 - 25, 2026
  • Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center

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