In this excerpt from his book “Fighting the Night,” Paul Hendrickson of Department of English, University of Pennsylvania recounts the time his Nonna tried to prevent her son-in-law—Hendrickson’s dad—from being sent overseas, one of many tales about his father’s time during World War II. bit.ly/3WOIUcy

Measuring the readers of romance! Learn about an exciting research project at the Price Lab for Digital Humanities in this Penn Today article, featuring Professor James English and Dr. J.D. Porter: penntoday.upenn.edu/news/measuring…

NBCC member Julia M. Klein reviewed Paul Hendrickson's "Fighting the Night" for The Pennsylvania Gazette: buff.ly/3yMLdmr

A poster signed by Adam West, a Charlie Chaplin figure, and a Star Trek Enterprise bottle opener. Learn more about Prof. Jean-Christophe Cloutier of Department of English, University of Pennsylvania in the latest Office Artifacts: bit.ly/3Vxz5O3 Penn

Congratulations to the 2024 teaching award winners!!!

"From English Major to Doctor, Lawyer, VP" At a panel put on by the Department of English, three alums discussed their career trajectories and how study in the humanities led them there. ➡️ omnia.sas.upenn.edu/story/english-…

The English major’s cheerleader and champion! Author and alum Jennifer Egan returns to campus to teach an undergraduate literature course as a booster for the humanities. Read more here: penntoday.upenn.edu/news/Jennifer-…

Alums Vivian Lee, C’99, CGS’01, M’06, Michael Smith, C’91, and Jessica “Lulu” Lipman, C’22, were all English majors. At a panel this spring put on by the department, they discussed their paths to doctor, VP, and law student, respectively. bit.ly/3VCJGID

This essay by [email protected] and me was a labor of love about a favorite object at The Penn Libraries. In it, we try to think in new ways about narratives of "discovery" in the archives. And we quote a bunch of tweets! Free access here! academic.oup.com/sq/advance-art…

Author and alum Jennifer Egan returned to campus to teach an undergraduate course which examined works of literature spanning 100 years. bit.ly/3VFNhWi Penn Department of English, University of Pennsylvania Jennifer Egan

Penn English so grateful to Jennifer Egan for joining us as an Artist in Residence and for tirelessly, passionately championing the value of studying literature and the humanities at the university level. penntoday.upenn.edu/news/Jennifer-…

*Every Version Ends in Death*, a new novel by Penn English alum Aliya Chaudhry, has been nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award!!!!

For the past year, Emily Steiner, Rose Family Endowed Term Professor of English, and a team of graduate students have transcribed, translated, and interpreted a scroll that chronicles the genealogy of Yorkist king Edward IV. Read more in OMNIA: omnia.sas.upenn.edu/story/medieval…

"Using Literature to Unlock Stories of the Unseen" Read about the research of Matty Hemming, who recently earned her doctorate, in the newest issue of OMNIA: omnia.sas.upenn.edu/story/using-li…

We're delighted to see a new book from the Wolf Center's (formerly Penn Humanities Forum) founding director Wendy Steiner. The Beauty of Choice (Columbia Univ Press) has been called "an exquisite hybrid of art and criticism." cup.columbia.edu/book/the-beaut…

“We’re always trying to point the conversation in a direction that will [result in policies that] do the most for the most people,” says #PennSP2’s Dr. Dennis Culhane about his homelessness research, with Jennifer Egan at Kelly Writers House. Read more: thepenngazette.com/supporting-sup…

Marcia Chatelain Africana Studies at Penn, Bakirathi Mani of Department of English, University of Pennsylvania, Letícia Marteleto of Sociology at Penn, and Shannon Matternas of Penn Cinema&Media have been named Presidential Penn Compact Professors. bit.ly/4fbvFcH Penn

Proud of my Chaucer student who published her rewriting of the Franklin's Tale for children. ncspedagogyandprofession.org/2024/08/16/chi…

Sixty first-year seminars offer complex subjects in a comfortable setting, as well as close connections to profs and peers. This year, 10 are also taking part in a pilot focused on teaching students how to have respectful dialogue around difficult topics. bit.ly/3T1elh8

Delighted to have a poem in this fantastic issue!