Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Rosenwald Gallery:: 5pm
Henry Charles Lea Lecture: Jonathan S. C. Riley-Smith, University of Cambridge
"Some Modern Approaches to the History of the Crusades"
Jonathan S. C. Riley-Smith is the most distinguished historian of the Crusades in the Anglophone world. He has published fifteen books and hundreds of scholarly articles on all aspects of Crusades history. Reception to follow the lecture.
http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/lectures/lealecture.html
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Rosenwald Gallery:: 5:30pm
"Democracy Today: Lessons from Dreyfus and Zola"
A forum and discussion, with Professors Jean-Max Guieu (Georgetown University) and Jeffrey Mehlman (Boston University)
Two distinguished scholars of the Dreyfus Affair and of the work of Emile Zola will discuss their scholarship and its connections with contemporary questions relating to tolerance, anti-semitism, the press, the military, and the role of intellectuals in public life. Exhibition of items from the Lorraine Beitler Collection and reception to follow. This is the second annual event sponsored by the Lorraine Beitler Collection of the Dreyfus Affair at the Penn Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
http://www.library.upenn.edu/news/423
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Rosenwald Gallery:: 3pm
Public tour of Textual Spaces: An Architecture of Reading
http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/textualspaces.html
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Rosenwald Gallery:: 5:30pm
Lecture, reception, and music performance:
Francis Johnson: Music Master of Early Philadelphia
Lecture to be held in Rosenwald Gallery, 6th floor Van Pelt Exhibition in Eugene Ormandy Gallery, 4th floor (west), Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center.
Lecture by Guthrie P. Ramsey, Jr., associate professor of music, University of Pennsylvania, with reception and viewing of the exhibition to follow featuring the performance of music from the exhibit by pianist Tim Ribchester.
http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/francisjohnson.html
Monday, April 14, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Rosenwald Gallery:: 5:30pm
The 2008 Rosenbach Lectures in Bibliography Paul Saenger, The Newberry Library, Chicago, IL.
General Title:The Latin Bible as Codex
Lecture titles:
April 14: "Christian Versification"
April 15: "The Birth of Modern Chapters"
April 17:"The Printed Codex"
http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/lectures/rosenbachs.html
The distinguished scholar of medieval reading practices Paul Saenger will present three lectures on the development of the medieval andearly printed Bible. Dr. Saenger is the author of
"Space BetweenWords: The Origins of Silent Reading."
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Class of '55:: 2pm
Symposium: Medical History as a Personal Experience
Reception to follow in the Rosenwald Gallery, 6th floor
If you have any questions about the program, please contact John Pollack
at jpollack@english.upenn.edu
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