Lectures and Conferences
Past Lectures and Conferences
Jessica Valenti, Judith R. Berkowitz Lecture in Women's Studies
Bodek (Houston Hall)
Please join us in Bodek (Houston Hall) for this year's Judith R. Berkowitz Lecture in Women's Studies, which will also be the keynote for our 40th Anniversary Conference! Jessica Valenti - called one of the Top 100 Inspiring Women in the world by The Guardian – is the author of…
CANCELED!!! Kara Walker: "Violence in Contemporary Art" R. Jean Brownlee Lecture in Women's Studies
Harrison Auditorium, Penn Museum (entrance on 33rd St., south of Spruce St. ) Please join us for a conversation with world-renowned artist Kara Walker on "Violence in Contemporary Art." Charles Bernstein, Donald T. Regan Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Penn…
Queer Method Conference
Rainey Auditorium at the Penn Museum
Please join us in Rainey Auditorium at the Penn Museum for the Queer Method conference with a keynote by Alison Bechdel (Harrison Auditorium). As its institutional footing becomes more secure, queer studies finds itself increasingly torn between anti- and inter-disciplinary…
Alison Bechdel, Brownlee Lecture in Sexuality Studies
Location: Harrison Auditorium, Penn Museum Please join us for the 2013-2014 R. Jean Brownlee Lecture in Sexuality Studies with generous support from The Doreen Wright Fund of the LGBT Center and from the Penn Humanities Forum by internationally-acclaimed author, Alison Bechdel…
Melissa V. Harris-Perry, Judith R. Berkowitz Lecture in Women's Studies for 2013
Location: Harrison Auditorium, Penn Museum . Access via 33rd Street Museum entrance just south of Spruce Street. The Alice Paul Center, the Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Program and the Penn Consortium for Undergraduate Women are pleased to present: Melissa Harris-Perry…
Dean Spade, "Critical Trans Politics, Violence and Law" R. Jean Brownlee Lecture in Sexuality Studies
Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall
Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall Critical Trans Politics, Violence, and Law Dean Spade, Associate Professor of Law, Seattle University Is changing the law the best way to make things better for marginalized groups? Has anti-discrimination law effectively addressed racism, sexism, and…
Graduate Student Conference: "(un)SAFE: An Interdisciplinary Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Graduate Student
Bi-annual Graduate Student Conference Series: "(un)SAFE: An Interdisciplinary Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Graduate Student Conference" http://unsafeconferenceupenn2012.wordpress.com Featured Keynote Speaker: LAUREN BERLANT (un)SAFE: A Graduate Student Conference in…
Panel on What's At Stake in the 2012 Presidential Election
Golkin Room, Houston Hall A panel of several leading Penn professors will go beyond talk of Obama vs. Romney to discuss how policies and legislation pertaining to gender, race, sexuality, the economy, immigration, and healthcare could be affected by our votes in the upcoming 2012…
“Sexual Health as Buzzword: Competing Stakes and Proliferating Agendas”: Brownlee Lecture in Sexuality Studies featuring Steven
Location: Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall R. Jean Brownlee Lecture in Sexuality Studies: “ Sexual Health as Buzzword: Competing Stakes and Proliferating Agendas” Steven Epstein, Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University Sexual health is one of the great buzzwords of the early…