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Dr Becky S Friedman

@BeckySFriedman

Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies @PennEnglish | researching Renaissance drama, Jews in England, and gender + religion in the early modern world

Joined April 2021
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Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of English (and former Katz Center communications coordinator) Becky Friedman was profiled in Omnia earlier this fall. Click below to read "Students of the Occult"! omnia.sas.upenn.edu/story/lo…
Students of the Occult

Students of the Occult

In a class this semester, Becky Friedman, C’10, Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of English, leads students down the dark, historical spiral of witchcraft, examining its...

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The Penn Libraries@upennlib31 Oct 2024
In a class taught by Becky Friedman, students study pamphlets, works on the occult, testimonies from witch trials, and modern representations of witches, examining the transition of witchcraft from object of persecution to taboo-shattering entertainment. omnia.sas.upenn.edu/story/lo…
Students of the Occult

Students of the Occult

In a class this semester, Becky Friedman, C’10, Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of English, leads students down the dark, historical spiral of witchcraft, examining its...

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Penn Arts & Sciences@PennSAS31 Oct 2024
Every day is Halloween in a class focused on the occult, taught by Becky Friedman of @PennEnglish. Students study historical texts and various materials linked to the occult, including a dagger used in old productions of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. bit.ly/48woYyI @Penn
Students of the Occult

Students of the Occult

In a class this semester, Becky Friedman, C’10, Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of English, leads students down the dark, historical spiral of witchcraft, examining its...

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Congratulations to the 2024 teaching award winners!!!
University of Pennsylvania Department of English Teaching Awards Spring 2024 Julia Alekseyeva Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by an Assistant Professor Jonathan Dick Penn Prize for Excellence in Graduate Teaching Jed Esty David Delaura Teaching Award Becky Friedman Deborah Burnham Advising Award Matty Hemming Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students Ethan Plaue Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students David Wallace Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching

ALT University of Pennsylvania Department of English Teaching Awards Spring 2024 Julia Alekseyeva Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by an Assistant Professor Jonathan Dick Penn Prize for Excellence in Graduate Teaching Jed Esty David Delaura Teaching Award Becky Friedman Deborah Burnham Advising Award Matty Hemming Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students Ethan Plaue Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students David Wallace Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching

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Elizabeth Kolkovich@ezkolkovich25 Apr 2024
This Sunday (28 April) is the free PREMIERE of a new documentary about Elizabeth Cary’s Tragedy of Mariam, directed by me and produced by my students. Join us at 7 pm EDT for the film and 8:30 pm EDT for a talkback with the cast and crew. Registration link below!
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Elizabeth Kolkovich@ezkolkovich25 Apr 2024
The film features interviews w/ @kim_a_coles @LaraDodds @MichelleMDowd, Richard Dutton, Margaret Ferguson, @BeckySFriedman, Hannibal Hamlin, Grace Kimball, Carol Meija-LaPerle, @RJAMcC, Jasmine Silk, @lizjschafer, and actors from Lord Denney’s Players
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Jeanne Mathieu@Jeann_Ma17 Jan 2024
Out now! New issue of Caliban on religious dispute and toleration in the Renaissance with fascinating contributions by @JoshMRodda @BeckySFriedman and @fabfluckiger (among others). Reviews edited by @nataal #earlymodernliterature #earlymodernhistory journals.openedition.org/cal…
67-68 | 2022 Dispute et tolérance religieuses en Europe à la Renai...

67-68 | 2022 Dispute et tolérance religieuses en Europe à la Renai...

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Jennifer Egan@Egangoonsquad6 Oct 2023
Always a joy to visit--and teach at--my beloved alma mater, @Penn!!! Part of my not-so-secret agenda to make every undergrad become an English major. @PennEnglish
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All this controversy about Exeter’s MA in Magic and what practical benefits a university degree like that has in the real world. Well I have a PhD in ancient magic and I’m a 3x lottery winner, dating a male model and all my enemies are dead. So…
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Me: I'm working on a chapter for an edited collection My cat: Not on my time, you're not!
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@Penn18 Sep 2023
Life is a puzzle and every moment is a piece of the solution 🧩

Life is a Puzzle

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Hi Penn! Join us for pizza and water ice on Thursday, September 7th—and learn more about the English Undergraduate Advisory Board
Poster with the following text: Join the ENGLISH Undergraduate Advisory Board Calling all English Majors & Minors and anyone thinking about majoring in English at Penn!!!!!! The Undergraduate Advisory Board (UAB) is a group of dedicated students who take charge of initiatives and events designed to foster a sense of community at Penn English. It also serves as the undergraduate voice to the department. This pizza party is open to anyone who would like to sign up or learn more! Thursday, September 7, 2023 6:30pm to 7:30pm fisher-bennett hall faculty lounge (room 135)

ALT Poster with the following text: Join the ENGLISH Undergraduate Advisory Board Calling all English Majors & Minors and anyone thinking about majoring in English at Penn!!!!!! The Undergraduate Advisory Board (UAB) is a group of dedicated students who take charge of initiatives and events designed to foster a sense of community at Penn English. It also serves as the undergraduate voice to the department. This pizza party is open to anyone who would like to sign up or learn more! Thursday, September 7, 2023 6:30pm to 7:30pm fisher-bennett hall faculty lounge (room 135)

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Icona@iconawrites18 Aug 2023
I miss the wild nights of my youth when I would stay up all night — in my bed, under several cosy blankets, reading a book.
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The Nib ✒️@thenib22 Aug 2023
The end is nigh! @gemmacorrell ✒ thenib.com/author/gemma-corr…
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Welcome Back Party on August 29th 3:30pm in Fisher-Bennett Hall 🩷🩵
This Department is hosting a party. ENGLISH Welcome Back Party Tuesday, August 29, 3:30pm Fisher-Bennett Hall Faculty Lounge (room 135) For English majors, minors, and first- and second-year students interested in English at Penn!

ALT This Department is hosting a party. ENGLISH Welcome Back Party Tuesday, August 29, 3:30pm Fisher-Bennett Hall Faculty Lounge (room 135) For English majors, minors, and first- and second-year students interested in English at Penn!

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A cat and a dog share their mutual love of reading for #NationalBookLoversDay (Abbeville, Bibliothèque municipale 16, f. 23v, hat tip to @WeirdMedieval from last year) #CatsofTwitter #DogsofTwitter #Medievalanimals
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Sean Duffy@ProfDuff9 Aug 2023
Some window cats of Philadelphia.
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Ben Rosen@ben_rosen7 Aug 2023
the guy who comes up with gatorade flavors
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The elderly Jewish woman saying, “We mothers stand still, so our daughters can look back to see how far they've come” in #Barbie was absolutely too much for me, and I will be needing several days to recover. #verklempt #oscarforrhea
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Me coming back from a bookshop after saying I was only going there to browse
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