Architect, urbanist and University of Pennsylvania’s Professor Witold Rybczynski shares ideas from his recent book Makeshift Metropolis and discusses them within the Philadelphia context.
University Lecture Series
A collection of lectures featuring particularly prominent speakers, many of whom are guests to the university.
Library Lecture: Philadelphia and the Makeshift Metropolis
Architect, urbanist and University of Pennsylvania’s Professor Witold Rybczynski shares ideas from his recent book Makeshift Metropolis and discusses them within the Philadelphia context.
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International Heritage Lecture: Greg Eghigian
Greg Eghigian is a historian of the human sciences and medicine, with a particular interest in how deviance, abnormality, and disability have been historically [...]
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Humanities Lecture: Patricia Aufderheide
Patricia Aufderheide is a full-time professor of Communication Studies in the School of Communication at American University in Washington, D.C., and director of the [...]
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Humanities Lecture: Nicole Miller
Nicole Miller is an American fashion designer, businesswoman who was born in Texas and raised in Lenox, Massachusetts. Miller attended the Rhode Island School [...]
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CHAT in the STAX: Race and Politics
This panel will examine the role of race in politics, particularly in relation to the Republican primaries now taking place.
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Journalism Lecture: Juan Gonzalez
Juan González is an American progressive broadcast journalist and investigative reporter. He has also been a columnist for the New York Daily News since [...]
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CHAT in the Stax: Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis is an autosomal genetic disease affecting most critically the lungs, and also the pancreas, liver, and intestine. It is characterized by abnormal [...]
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