Sophia Rosenfeld, PhD ’96, is Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania, where she teaches European intellectual and cultural history. In her latest book, Democracy and Truth , Rosenfeld explains how lessons from the... Read More

Khytie Brown’s family recounts her being able to read and talk before she could walk. “People in my community said it wasn’t normal for babies to talk at that age and asked my family if they were afraid that I was a witch,”... Read More

Howard Gardner, PhD ’71, wrote the book on how to change minds, but he acknowledges that minds are not always easy—or even possible—to change. PhD candidate Zoe Jenkin, who studies philosophy of mind, thinks she knows why. John H. and Elisabeth A... Read More

When Jorge Wong, a PhD student in the classics, first moved to Cambridge, he lived by himself as his wife was a graduate student at the University of California, Los Angeles. Wong chose to stay in the GSAS residence halls because they... Read More

Reviewing the history of migration through a different lens.Read More

Emilio Kourí, AB ’84, PhD ’96, studies the social and economic history of rural Mexico since Independence.Read More

How studying European art history helped Kristie La understand her heritageRead More

Pursuing a master’s degree in regional studies–Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia helped Sebastian Engels prepare for a career as a foreign area officer.Read More

A simple bowl of lentils inspires a PhD student to ask questions about food, diaspora, cultural appreciation, and cultural appropriation.Read More

Alexandra Schultz's research on monumental libraries overturns what we think we know about the world’s most famous library.Read More