Center for Global Collections
Today's Hours:
8:30am - 12am | Library Hours
Location:
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.
News and Events
Resistance Through Pakistani Cinema: Screening and Discussion of Aurat Raj (1979)
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
Resistance Through Pakistani Cinema: Showgirls of Pakistan
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
University of Pennsylvania Libraries Launches Renovation of the Center for Global Collections Following Two Major Gifts
The $15M renovation project will transform the fifth floor of the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center.
University of Pennsylvania Libraries Receives Major Gift of Kenneth and Joyce Robbins Collection of South Asia History
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.
Diversity in the Stacks: Exploring Chinese Internet Literature
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.
Diversity in the Stacks: Sources on Taiwanese Indigenous Populations
Collecting materials related to the history of Taiwan's indigenous people presents unique challenges and exciting opportunities.
Diversity in the Stacks: New Acquisitions From and About Colonial Korea
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.
Govindaraju/Chandrasekhara South Asia Studies Seminar Room
Support the New Center for Global Collections
We invite you to enhance global studies at Penn with a gift to name a space in the new Center for Global Collections
Staff
Jef Pierce
Assistant Director of the Center for Global Collections and South Asian Studies Librarian jfpierce@upenn.edu
Mercy Ayilo
Africana Studies Librarian kayilo@upenn.edu
Anna-Alexandra Fodde-Reguer
Chinese Studies Librarian afodd@upenn.edu
Brie Gettleson
Latin American Studies Librarian brieg@upenn.edu
Heather Hughes
Middle Eastern Studies Librarian hkhughes@upenn.edu
Arthur Kiron
Schottenstein-Jesselson Curator of Judaica Collections kiron@pobox.upenn.edu
Rebecca Mendelson
Japanese Studies Librarian rmendel@upenn.edu
Kirsten Painter
Slavic and East European Studies Librarian kpaint@upenn.eduLocation and Accessibility
Accessibility
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.
