Penn Alumni Reading Club

A faculty-led book club for Penn alumni

In the spirit of Ben Franklin, who in 1727 formed a club for those sharing his enthusiasm for learning and conversation, Penn Alumni Lifelong Learning invites you to join the Penn Alumni Reading Club. Since 2017, twice a semester, a different Penn faculty member or alum affiliated with the Center for Africana Studies will select a book or article they have written and/or teach and lead a discussion of the work. The online program will offer alumni across the globe the opportunity to pose questions, think critically, and engage intellectually with world-renowned faculty members and fellow Quakers.

New programming will be announced soon.
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Past Penn Alumni Reading Club Discussions

Professor Dorothy Roberts
Professor Dorothy Roberts discusses her book, Fatal Invention: How Science Politics, and Big Business Re-Create Race in the Twenty-first Century.