Past Events
Making Politics Legible
Grad Student Workshop
PCPSE 335 (AMC Conference Room)
Hybrid: Zoom link available
This workshop brings together two works in progress that examine how people make sense of power that does not explain itself, and what that work costs them. Across different sites, both papers treat legibility as something produced from below: assembled by those subject to…
The Borders of Belonging
Public Trust
4017 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Live Stream Available
Join us for a conversation on exploring how ideas of citizenship, assimilation, and belonging have shaped the nation's past and continue to influence debates about identity, inclusion, and community today.
The Many Shades of Dissent:
Comparing China and the Soviet Union During the Cold War and After
Hybrid Event. Perry World House/Zoom.
Reception to follow
Inspired by the Soviet dissident toast, and the title of Professor Benjamin Nathans’ Pulitzer-prize winning book, “To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause,” this conversation brings together Penn professors Benjamin Nathans and Guobin Yang to explore the creativity, strategies, and…
Reconstruction at America250
Penn Live Arts/Iron Gate Theatre
Please join us for a special event with Jamelle Bouie, Columnist for the New York Times and former political analyst for CBS News. Bouie’s presentation, written on the occasion of the 2026 Semiquincentennial, is called “Reconstruction at America250: History and the Future of U.S…
Fireside Chat with Jerry Ma:
CTO & VP of Global Affairs at Perplexity AI
PCPSE Auditorium (Room 010)
133 S. 36th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Join the Andrea Mitchell Center and the Penn Political Review for a conversation on AI, global affairs, and the future of tech with Jerry Ma. Jerry Ma is the CEO & VP of Global Affairs at Perplexity AI. Please note that this session is held under the Chatham House Rule…
