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Sep 03
Open to the Public

Women at Penn: Past, Present, and Future

Celebrate the opening of the exhibit To Secure These Rights: 150 Years of Women at Penn.

  • September 3, 2026
  • 5:30pm - 7:30pm
  • Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, sixth floor; and Main Lobby, Van Pelt Dietrich Library Center
Sep 09
Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff

Meet the Curators

Join us for this lunchtime program, where you will hear from four Penn curatorial staff about the collections they oversee.

  • September 9, 2026
  • 12:00pm - 1:30pm
  • Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, sixth floor
Sep 09
  • Workshop
Open to the Public

Crafternoons in Vitale II

Are you sick and tired of work? Come have some fun and explore your creative side with CRAFTERNOONS!

  • September 9, 2026
  • 2:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Kislak Center Vitale II, Rm 623, 6th Floor
Sep 10
  • Workshop
Open to the Public

Coffee with a Codex: A Bible at Swarthmore

Field trip time! On September 10, we'll be visiting Swarthmore College to take a look at their late 13th century Bible.

  • September 10, 2026
  • 12:00pm - 12:30pm
  • Online
Sep 11
  • Lecture
Open to the Public

The Pecia System and the Medieval University Book Trade, ca. 1200-1340

Alison Ray (Royal Irish Academy Library) explores how medieval manuscripts were mass-produced at universities in the thirteenth century at low cost for members of the academic milieu.

  • Friday, September 11, 2026, 12:00 - 1:30 pm EDT
  • 12:00pm - 1:30pm
  • Virtual
Sep 11
  • Concert
Open to the Public

Music in the Pavilion: Duo Sapientia

In this eclectic program, Duo Sapientia (violinists Dongmyung Ahn and Mandy Wolman) seeks to explore the resonances that emerge from duo violin music from two periods.

  • September 11, 2026
  • 6:15pm - 8:30pm
  • Kislak Center Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
Sep 17
  • Workshop
Open to the Public

Coffee with a Codex: Illuminated Maḥazor

On September 17, curator Dot Porter will be joined by Judaica Special Collections Cataloging Librarian Louis Meiselman, who will show us an illuminated maḥazor (a Hebrew prayer book)

  • September 17, 2026
  • 12:00pm - 12:30pm
  • Online

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