60-Second Lecture

Epochal Transformation: Insights from Russian History

Kevin M.F. Platt

Benjamin Franklin Statue, College Green

Kevin M.F. Platt, Presidential Penn Compact Professor of Russian and East European Studies, will step up to the podium next at 12 p.m. on Wednesday, September 23. And as per tradition, there will be cookies! 

Can't make it to the lecture? We got you covered! Watch a recording of the lecture onFacebook or Instagram @PennSAS the day after. 


Rain Location: Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall

The 60-Second Lectures have been a Penn Arts & Sciences tradition since 2003. You can find the School’s faculty on College Green every spring and fall, taking a minute to share their perspectives on topics that range from the ever-present threat of climate change to taxes to what makes a poem a poem. 

The 60-Second Lectures is generously funded by the Adolf and Felicia Leon Fund, which supports Penn Arts & Sciences programming and lectures series.