Lynn Meskell
Lynn Meskell is a Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor in the School of Arts and Sciences and the Weitzman School of Design, and a Curator in the Near East and Asia sections at the Penn Museum. She holds honorary professorships at the United Kingdom’s University of Oxford and University of Liverpool, India’s Shiv Nadar University, and South Africa’s University of the Witwatersrand.
Jan. 27, 2025
By Lynn Meskell
World Monuments to Watch in 2025
Penn Museum curator and PIK Professor Lynn Meskell chaired a panel that selected 25 sites—from Mongolia to the Moon—facing conflict, climate change, and other urgent risks.
Dec. 12, 2022
By Lynn Meskell
UNESCO World Heritage at 50
PIK Professor Dr. Lynn Meskell, who among her appointments holds the position of Curator in the Asian and Near East Sections of the Penn Museum, recently organized a workshop on global cultural heritage at Perry World House. In the following, Meskell sets out the conference and its contribution.