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

Jul 30

• Workshop

Open to the Public

Coffee with a Codex: Fragments and Franken-Books of Hours

On July 30, curator Dot Porter will show us several fragments from books of hours, and will talk about a relevant creative project she has been working on: The Frankenbook of Hours.

• July 30, 2026
• 12:00pm - 12:30pm
• Online

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 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

Oct 01

• Workshop

Open to the Public

Coffee with a Codex: Treatise on Weight in Arabic

On October 1 (rescheduled from July 2), curator Dot Porter will bring out LJS 386, substantial sections from an illustrated treatise on the measurement of weight, with a historical introduction to theories of gravity and weighing in Greek and Arabic science.

• October 1, 2026
• 12:00pm - 12:30pm
• Online

Nov 12 - 14

• Symposium

Open to the Public

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.

• November 12-14, 2026
• Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts; Free Library of Philadelphia & Online