Event



PRSS Event: Penn and Slavery Symposium

Apr 3, 2019 at | Van Pelt Library, 6th Floor,Class of 1978 Orrey Pavilion

This symposium, co-hosted by the Penn & Slavery Project and the Program on Race, Science & Society, with support from the McNeil Center for Early American Studies and the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, will provide a space for presenting research and discussions regarding Penn’s relationship with the institution of slavery. The symposium will feature presentations by undergraduates currently conducting research as part of the Penn & Slavery Project, as well as roundtable and panel discussions by some of the nation's leading scholars of slavery, race, and medicine.