The Penn in the Field: Student Fieldwork Photography exhibit showcases fieldwork and research travel by current undergraduate and graduate students through their own lenses. This year's contributors include student photographers from Penn's departments of Anthropology, Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World, Classics/Ancient History, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, and History of Art.
The exhibit will remain on display on the Museum Library’s first and second levels until August 2024
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Wednesday, August 28, 11-12: Register here
Friday, August 30, 1:30-2:30: Register here
Thursday, September 5, 10-11: Register here
Friday, September 20, 2-3pm, in-person at the Museum Library
Research in anthropology and archaeology involves compiling many sources - everything from books & journal articles to maps, interviews, and a variety of media. Learn how to use the free and user-friendly software, Zotero, in order to collect your sources, keep your research organized, and generate citations for your papers. More specifically, this workshop will cover:
Want peer-to-peer support from other students as you write your thesis, grant proposals, and/or creative pieces?
Then you are welcome to join the Weekly Co-Working Group on Tuesdays, 1:30-4:30pm, on the Museum Library's Egyptian Study Space (top floor).
Co-sponsored by the Penn Museum Graduate Advisory Council and Penn Museum Library.
Looking for a friendly group with whom to eat while knitting, crocheting, or doing other creative things?
Bring your own lunch and craft supplies on Thursdays, 12-1pm, to the Museum Library's first level.
(Please discard your trash near the elevators, and please bring nothing that requires heating elements. Fire and books are a bad combo!)
Penn Museum respectfully acknowledges that it is situated on Lenapehoking, the ancestral and spiritual homeland of the Unami Lenape.
The Museum Library, located in the Academic Wing of the Penn Museum, is the University of Pennsylvania's branch library for anthropology and archaeology. With over 145,000 volumes on-site with historic strengths in biological and physical anthropology, cultural anthropology, archaeology worldwide, and Native American studies, it is one of the premier branch libraries for anthropology in the United States.
Learn more on the Museum Library's homepage.
