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Wolf Humanities Center @wolfhumanities.bsky.social · 14h

Oct 18: Penn's Department of Cinema & Media Studies hosts a day of conversation at the intersection of film, pedagogy, and freedom, organized in conjunction with the Open Access publication of Course Projections: Film, Pedagogy, Freedom, eds. Full details: cinemastudies.sas.upenn.edu/events/2025/...

Wolf Humanities Center @wolfhumanities.bsky.social · 2d

Followed by a Q&A and book signing. With book sales before and after the lecture thanks to Bindlestiff Books. For more info and to register, visit wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/events/brooks

Wolf Humanities Center @wolfhumanities.bsky.social · 2d

In this year’s Dr. S.T. Lee Distinguished Lecture in the Humanities, Brooks will discuss her process as a novelist and how it is informed by the tool kit she acquired as a foreign correspondent covering conflicts in the Mideast, Africa, and the Balkans.

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Wolf Humanities Center @wolfhumanities.bsky.social · 2d

Weds 10/22: Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth, said Albert Camus. Geraldine Brooks spent half her life as a journalist, running after the truth in difficult places. Later she turned to fiction, but her novels always hew as closely as possible to historical truth.

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Wolf Humanities Center @wolfhumanities.bsky.social · 5d

Tonight, October 3, join us at Public Trust for a screening and conversation. Tree of Violence is a documentary that combines animation and live-action footage to capture the artistry of Victoria Lomasko, a Russian artist and journalist.

Register here to attend: www.eventbrite.com/e/tree-of-vi...

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Wolf Humanities Center @wolfhumanities.bsky.social · 19d

Friday, October 3: Please join us for the 2024 documentary Tree of Violence, the first screening in the Perspectives Film Series hosted by the Wolf Humanities Center, the Department of Cinema & Media Studies, and Public Trust.

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Wolf Humanities Center @wolfhumanities.bsky.social · 19d

Overlaying historical and personal memory, state violence and familial violence, the film shows to what extent one artist, with a single pen on paper, can engage in truth-telling at moments of tremendous political tension.

Friday, October 3 • 5:30pm
Public Trust, 4017 Walnut Street

Wolf Humanities Center @wolfhumanities.bsky.social · 19d

The film chronicles Lomasko’s life just before the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, when she had to leave Russia to protect herself and her artistic integrity.

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Wolf Humanities Center @wolfhumanities.bsky.social · 19d

...an artist known for depicting figures of ordinary Russians not often found in mainstream media. We see her standing still amidst public protests against the regime, carefully sketching the outlines of individuals that later appear in large-scale paintings and murals.

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Wolf Humanities Center @wolfhumanities.bsky.social · 19d

Following the film, artist Victoria Lomasko talks with Penn's Julia Alekseyeva (Assistant Professor of English and Cinema & Media Studies. Tree of Violence is a documentary combining animation and live-action footage to capture the extraordinary artistry of Victoria Lomasko...

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Wolf Humanities Center @wolfhumanities.bsky.social · 19d

Friday, October 3: Please join us for the 2024 documentary Tree of Violence, the first screening in the Perspectives Film Series hosted by the Wolf Humanities Center, the Department of Cinema & Media Studies, and Public Trust.

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Wolf Humanities Center @wolfhumanities.bsky.social · 19d

Sept 19–20: Revisiting Language Politics: Historical Perspectives and Current Trends in India. wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/events/revis...

Revisiting Language Politics

Presented by The Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of DemocracyOver the last few years, India has witnessed a resurgence of linguistic tensions nationally. Regional parties more frequently refer to...

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Wolf Humanities Center @wolfhumanities.bsky.social · 21d

Way to go, Eric!
Eric Ryu joins the Wolf Humanities Center as an Undergraduate Research Fellow this year. wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/fellows/eric....

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Wolf Humanities Center @wolfhumanities.bsky.social · 23d

Sept 18: The Edges of Truth, an all-day conference bringing together scholars across disciplines to explore how what we perceive as truth has been constructed, obscured, misunderstood, contested, and reimagined throughout history. wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/events/edges...

The Edges of Truth

The Edges of Truth: Secrecy, Artifice, and the Limits of Knowledge brings together scholars across disciplines to explore how what we perceive as truth has been constructed, obscured, misunderstood, c...

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Wolf Humanities Center @wolfhumanities.bsky.social · 28d

Sept 17: Michael D. Gordin (Princeton) introduces "The Edges of Truth" Conference with his keynote, "The Persistence of Wretched Subjects."

September 17, 2025
5:30pm
Widener Lecture Hall, Penn Museum, 3260 South Street

Registration required.

wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/events/gordin

The Persistence of Wretched Subjects

CONFERENCE KEYNOTEThe Edges of Truth: Secrecy, Artifice, and the Limits of Knowledge

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Wolf Humanities Center @wolfhumanities.bsky.social · 28d

Sept 17: Michael D. Gordin (Princeton) introduces "The Edges of Truth" Conference with his keynote, "The Persistence of Wretched Subjects."

September 17, 2025
5:30pm
Widener Lecture Hall, Penn Museum, 3260 South Street

Registration required.

wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/events/gordin

The Persistence of Wretched Subjects

CONFERENCE KEYNOTEThe Edges of Truth: Secrecy, Artifice, and the Limits of Knowledge

wolfhumanities.upenn.edu

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Wolf Humanities Center @wolfhumanities.bsky.social · Sep 8

In 2025–2026, the Wolf Humanities Center is pleased to host scholars from across the humanities disciplines who are conducting research on our annual topic, Truth. Join us in welcoming this year’s cohort of Research Fellows!

wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/fellows/truth

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Wolf Humanities Center @wolfhumanities.bsky.social · Aug 19

Join us in welcoming the new director of the Wolf Humanities Center, Ayako Kano, professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations! Kano is a cultural historian specializing in the history of gender and performance in Japan.
More: wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/kano-director

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Wolf Humanities Center @wolfhumanities.bsky.social · Aug 4

Standing faculty at Penn in the humanities and allied departments are invited to apply for 2026–27 research fellowships on the Wolf Humanities Center’s annual theme, Practice. Apply by October 1, 2025.

Full fellowship and application details: wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/fellowships/...

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Wolf Humanities Center @wolfhumanities.bsky.social · Jul 14

Now accepting applications for our 2026–2027 Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships on the general theme of "Practice."

Eligibility guidelines and application instructions: wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/postdoc

Application deadline: November 2, 2025.

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Wolf Humanities Center @wolfhumanities.bsky.social · May 16

Heartfelt congratulations to each of Wolf's graduating students!! We thank you for your contributions and wish you all the best in your future endeavors. Best wishes to the entire Class of 2025!

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Wolf Humanities Center @wolfhumanities.bsky.social · May 15

Image 1. Portrait by Jason Varney.
Image 2. Book covers.
Image 3: Jamal with 2022–23 “Heritage” Topic Director Emily Wilson and Wolf Associate Director Sara Varney.
Image 4: Jamal with 2024–25 “Keywords” Topic Director Lisa Mitchell.

Wolf Humanities Center @wolfhumanities.bsky.social · May 15

His years at Wolf have been filled with pleasant company, intellectual excitement, and most of all — wonderful laughs. Thanks, Jamal!

Wolf Humanities Center @wolfhumanities.bsky.social · May 15

"(...) as has the opportunity to facilitate a broad range of events on campus. And it has been a privilege to do this in the company of wonderful colleagues working at the Center.”

Wolf Humanities Center @wolfhumanities.bsky.social · May 15

About his years at Wolf, Jamal says that they "have been deeply meaningful and enjoyable for me. The opportunity to bring together a broad range of scholars — from undergraduate students to senior scholars — in one place to share ideas and develop their own research has been wonderful (...)

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