Research Data & Digital Scholarship Upcoming Events

May 18 - Dec 18

• Workshop

Open to the Public

Print the Declaration of Independence

Visit Common Press beginning in May 2026 to print a copy of the Declaration of Independence for yourself.

• May 18 - December 18, 2026
• Common Press, Fisher Fine Arts Library, Lower Level

Jun 02

• Book Talk

Open to the Public

When The Declaration of Independence Was News: Talk at the Athenaeum

Talk and book signing with Emily Sneff.

• June 2, 2026
• 6:00pm - 7:00pm
• Athenaeum, 219 S. 6th Street, Philadelphia

Jun 03

Open to the Public

Advanced Bookbinding Workshop: Bradel Binding with Jess Ortegon

This workshop offers a more intense bookbinding experience, introducing participants to the Bradel Binding and in-boards binding techniques.

• June 3, 2026
• 4:00pm - 7:00pm
• Fisher B Level Seminar Room, Fisher Fine Arts Library, Lower Level

Jun 04

• Workshop

Open to the Public

Coffee with a Codex: Prayers in German

On June 4, curator Dot Porter will bring out Ms. Codex 2141, a 16th century collection of approximately 20 prayers with calligraphic ornamentation.

• June 4, 2026
• 12:00pm - 12:30pm
• Online

Jun 11

• Workshop

Open to the Public

Coffee with a Codex: Astronomy Manuscript in Rochester, NY

On June 11, curator Dot Porter will be attending a workshop at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY. While there, she will visit the Cary Graphic Arts Collection and bring out their 15th c. copy of Sacrobosco’s De sphaera mundi (On the Sphere of the World).

• June 11, 2026
• 12:00pm - 12:30pm
• Online

Jun 18

• Workshop

Open to the Public

Coffee with a Codex: Penitential Psalms in German

On June 18, curator Dot Porter will bring out Ms. Codex 1564, a copy of the Penitential Psalms in French, written in France in the 17th century.

• June 18, 2026
• 12:00pm - 12:30pm
• Online

Jun 24 - 26

• Conference

Open to the Public

Association for Computers and the Humanities 2026 Regional Hub

The Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) will hold ACH 2026, a virtual conference, from June 24-26, 2026. Penn Libraries will serve as a Regional Hub for the conference, providing a space for participants to watch the virtual conference sessions together.

• June 24 - 26, 2026
• Room 113: Collaborative Classroom, Room 114: Goldstein Electronic Classroom, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, First Floor

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

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