

8:30am - 12am | Library Hours
Van-Pelt Dietrich Library Center
3420 Walnut Street, 5th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206
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The Center for Global Collections is an intellectual hub for engagement with the world. Students and scholars can explore the diversity of cultures and societies around the world — their histories, languages, perspectives, narratives, and cultural contributions — through the Center’s vast information resources, the expertise of a dedicated team of librarians, and dynamic programming.
Aurat Raj (1979): Gender roles are swapped in this banned feminist satire, offering a critique of patriarchal social norms. The screening will be followed by conversation with Lollywood historian, Omar Ali Khan. Drop-in event; no registration required.
November 9, 2023, 2:00pm - 5:30pm
Class of 1955 Conference Room, 2nd Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
Showgirls of Pakistan (2020). Confronted by prejudice, censorhip, and misogyny, three mujra dancers go about their turbulent daily lives. Screening will be followed by discussion with filmmaker, Saad Khan. Drop-in event; no registration required.
November 10, 2023, 12:00pm - 3:30pm
Class of 1955 Conference Room, 2nd Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
The $15M renovation project will transform the fifth floor of the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center.
Kenneth and Joyce Robbins designated the Penn Libraries as the recipient of the Kenneth and Joyce Robbins Collection of South Asia History in their estate planning.
To more accurately reflect the diversity of literature in China, the Penn Libraries has made a special effort to add recent internet novels that have been published in print form to our collection.
Collecting materials related to the history of Taiwan's indigenous people presents unique challenges and exciting opportunities.
The Penn Libraries has recently acquired or made newly accessible a range of materials relating to colonial Korea that include a variety of primary and secondary sources in both Korean and Japanese.
We invite you to enhance global studies at Penn with a gift to name a space in the new Center for Global Collections
The accessible entrance of Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center opens into the Goldstein Undergraduate Study Center. This entrance is on the ground floor of the building facing Blanche P. Levy Park and College Hall. A wheelchair accessible doorbell is located on the railing leading toward the door.