Fall 2023 Lecture Series Opens September 13

The Weitzman Fall 2023 Lecture Series brings together built environment professionals, artists, historians, and curators to discuss the ideas animating their work and the forces shaping their professions.

The series includes a symposium on the history and future of Africatown, a community in Alabama founded by formerly enslaved West Africans brought to the United States on the last-known illegal slave ship voyage; a lecture on the ways that computation and design can be combined to create communication strategies that expose urban policy issues; and a symposium surveying large-scale ecological restoration projects around the world.

The series begins on Wednesday, September 13, with Los Angeles-based architect Eric Owen Moss, who will deliver The KPF Lecture.

Among the scheduled speakers:

Witold Rybczynski, the Martin and Margy Meyerson Professor Emeritus of Urbanism
Ratish Nanda, CEO, Aga Khan Trust for Culture
Jane Mah Hutton, Associate Professor of Architecture, University of Waterloo
Kevin Jerome Everson, Artist and Filmmaker

Admission is free and open to the public for most events. Unless noted otherwise, lectures take place at Meyerson Hall, 210 South 34th Street, Philadelphia.

Visitors who require any accessibility accommodation, such as live captioning, audio description, or a sign language interpreter, are advised to email news@design.upenn.edu at least 5 business days in advance.

Because information is subject to change, visitors are advised to consult www.design.upenn.edu/calendar to confirm program details.

Select lectures are eligible for continuing education credit. Contact the presenting department or center for more information.

Wednesday, September 13, 6:30pm
The KPF Lecture
Eric Owen Moss, Principal and Lead Design, Eric Own Moss Architects
Presented by the Department of Architecture

Thursday, September 14, 12:00pm
Foreboding Designs: Resisting the Market’s Gaze on Latinx Chicago
Mike Amezcua, Associate Professor of History, Georgetown University
Presented by the Department of City & Regional Planning      

Wednesday, September 20, 6:30pm
The Story of Architecture
Witold Rybczynski, the Martin and Margy Meyerson Professor Emeritus of Urbanism
Presented by the Department of Architecture

Thursday, September 21, 12:00pm
Liz Ševcenko, Director, Humanities Action Lab, Rutgers University
Presented by the Department of Historic Preservation

Thursday, September 21, 6:00pm
The Abend Family Lecture
Jane Mah Hutton, Associate Professor of Architecture, University of Waterloo
Presented by the Department of Landscape Architecture

Wednesday, September 27, 6:30pm
Marlon Blackwell, Principal, Marlon Blackwell Architects
Presented by the Department of Architecture

Thursday, September 28, 6:00pm
Hit and Run: A Fable of Gallows, Gardens, and Grief
Ozayr Saloojee, Associate Professor, Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism, Carleton University
Kleinman Energy Forum, 220 South 34th Street
Presented by the Department of Landscape Architecture

Thursday, October 5
MEGA-ECO: A Symposium
Presented by The Ian L. McHarg Center for Urbanism & Ecology

Thursday, October 5, 6:00pm
Kevin Jerome Everson
Institute of Contemporary Art, 118 South 36th Street
Presented by the Department of Fine Arts

Thursday, October 5, 6:00pm
Data Action: Using Data for A Public Good
Sarah Williams, Associate Professor of Technology and Urban Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Presented by the Urban Spatial Analytics Program and Penn Institute for Urban Research

Monday, October 16, 6:00pm
The Road Less Traveled: Historic Lessons Learned from Defeated Highways, Archival Adventures and Planning the Future of U.S. Cities
Karilyn Crockett, Assistant Professor of Urban History, Public Policy & Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Presented by the Department of City & Regional Planning

Thursday, October 19, 6:00pm
Technical Lands
Kleinman Energy Forum, 220 South 34th Street
Presented by The Ian L. McHarg Center for Urbanism & Ecology

Friday, October 20, all day
Africatown Symposium
Presented by the Center for the Preservation of Civil Rights Sites, the Department of Historic Preservation, and Penn’s Center for Africana Studies

Monday, October 23, 5:30pm
The Weitzman School Awards: Philadelphia
Celebrating KoningEizenberg Architecture and James Corner Field Operations/the Reimagine Middle Branch Plan

Thursday, October 26, 12:00pm
Ratish Nanda, CEO, Aga Khan Trust for Culture
Kleinman Energy Forum, 220 South 34th Street
Presented by the Department of Historic Preservation

Thursday, October 26, 6:00pm
Inhwan Oh
Presented by the Department of Fine Arts

Thursday, November 2, 6:00pm
Roger White
Presented by the Department of Fine Arts

Thursday, November 2, 6:00pm
Tree Talk
Ron Henderson, Professor and Director, Landscape Architecture and Urbanism Program, Illinois Tech
Kleinman Energy Forum, 220 South 34th Street
Presented by the Department of Landscape Architecture

Wednesday, November 8, 6:30pm
Building Futures: Technology, Ecology, and Architectural Practice
Richard Garber, Lecturer in Architecture
Presented by the Department of Architecture

Thursday, November 9, 6:00pm
In Consideration of Neighbors
Joyce Hwang, Associate Professor of Architecture, University at Buffalo
Kleinman Energy Forum, 220 South 34th Street
Presented by the Department of Landscape Architecture

Thursday, November 9, 6:00pm
Nicole Cherubini
Institute of Contemporary Art, 118 South 36th Street
Presented by the Department of Fine Arts

Wednesday, November 15, 6:30pm
Daliana Suryawinata & Florian Heinzelmann, Directors, SHAU
Presented by the Department of Architecture

Thursday, November 16, 12:00pm
Preservation Futures: Society
Kleinman Energy Forum, 220 South 34th Street
Presented by the Department of Historic Preservation

Wednesday, November 29, 6:30pm
Vanessa Grossman, Assistant Professor of Architecture
Presented by the Department of Architecture

Thursday, November 30, 6:00pm
Rose Salane
Presented by the Department of Fine Arts