Author Archives: Moderator

Meeting V: Symmetry

8:00 PM Friday 15 October 2010 | Philomathean Halls, 4th Floor College Hall Come to the Fifth Meeting of the 519th Session of the Philomathean Society! As well as introducing guests and prospective members to the Society, the Society and … Continue reading

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Israel and Palestine: The Search for Solutions

Tuesday 19 October 2010 7:00PM | Cohen Hall G 17 Join the Penn Israel Coalition (PIC), Penn for Palestine (PfP), and the Philomathean Society for a student panel discussion that seeks to present bold, innovative ideas to address the Israel-Palestine … Continue reading

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Keats and Beats with Kevin Platt

Tuesday 26 October 2010 | Philomathean Halls, 4th Floor College Hall Come to Philo and discuss underground poetry of the 1980s in the USSR, in particular, the Moscow Conceptualist group (including Dmitry Prigov, Lev Rubinshtein, Timur Kibirov and others). These … Continue reading

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Beer Class 2010 Registration Open!

The 2010 Beer Class, a four-session tour of the world’s finest beers, accompanied by insightful commentary from Peter Cherpack of Beer Appreciation LLC, is now accepting registrations! Full details can be found at the Beer Class Website. Please direct any … Continue reading

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Paradigm Shifts: Alice Walker and the New Southern Studies

6:00 PM Wednesday 20 October 2010 | Philomathean Society, 4th Floor College Hall Featuring: Dr. Thadious Davis, English This lecture plans to examine the intervention that Alice Walker’s writing on gender, race, and region in the 1970s and 1980s made … Continue reading

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Meeting IV: Robberdom and Murderland—The Tale of Penn’s First Expedition to the Near East

8:00 PM Friday 15 October 2010 | Philomathean Halls, 4th Floor College Hall Come to the Fourth Meeting of the 519th Session of the Philomathean Society! As well as introducing guests and prospective members to the Society, the Society and … Continue reading

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Solistimum III: The Grand Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations

9:00 PM Wednesday 20 October 2010 | Philomathean Halls, 4th Floor College Hall A Bohemian—steampunk—Victorian—modern—industrial—cultural—grand applicants’ reception—and—archival—exhibit. Featuring Philomathean archival oddities {and cake}. Dress: with élan, with panache, or as you wish to be seen.

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Water Wars: Central Asia

5:00 PM, Thursday 7 October 2010 | Philomathean Halls, 4th Floor College Hall CALLING ALL STRATEGISTS, DIPLOMATS AND WAR GAMERS Analysts and academics the world over are predicting that the 21st century will see an explosion of conflict over increasingly … Continue reading

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Afternoon Tea with David Cohen, Chair of the Penn Board of Trustees

Please join the Philomathean Society, several pots of tea, and delightful baked goods as we host Mr. David Cohen (L’81), the Chair of the Penn Board of Trustees, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of … Continue reading

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Defining Humanity

6:00 PM Thursday 14 October 2010 | Philomathean Society, 4th Floor College Hall Featuring Dr. Janet Monge, Anthropology Dr. Elisabeth Camp, Philosophy Dr. Phil Rea, Biology Every species on the planet is defined by a unique set of characteristics that … Continue reading

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