Past Events
(POSTPONED) Jules Gill-Peterson, University of Pittsburgh, Sexuality/Gender/Queer Studies talk
Annenberg School of Communication3620 Walnut Street, ANNS 110
A Vernacular Science of Gender: Trans History After Transsexuality This talk explores how transgender studies has come to presume an idealized separation between medical-scientific discourse and the social field of lived experience in its objects of study. Observing that this…
(POSTPONED) Book Talk with David Eng and Shinhee Han. "Racial Melancholia, Racial Dissociation: On the Social and Psychic Lives of Asian Americas".
Cheung Auditorium, Penn Dental School
240 South 40th Street
Book Talk with authors David Eng (GSWS affliate) and Shinhee Han as they discuss their new book "Racial Melancholia, Racial Dissociation".
(POSTPONED) Control Societies Speaker Series: Denise Ferreira da Silva, University of British Columbia
Annenberg School, Room 500
Denise Ferreira da Silva’s academic writings and artistic practice address the ethical questions of the global present and target the metaphysical and ontoepistemological dimensions of modern thought. Currently, she is a Professor and Director of The Social Justice Institute (the…
(POSTPONED) Fallawayinto | Workshop Performance
Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street
Fallawayinto is a performance installation aspiring to the forms and spirit of Donna Booker, a Black trans woman activist, sex worker, theologian, house mother and performer living in the San Francicso Bay Area from the early 80s through the mid 2000s. This performance…
(POSTPONED) Teaching during the 2020 Election with Pilar Gonalons-Pons and Regina S. Baker
APC/GSWS Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett Hall, Suite 345
The 2020 U.S. election season brings many pressing issues to the forefront in such a tumultuous, increasing polarizing political climate. These issues can make their way into classrooms, whether intentional or not. This seminar will highlight some strategies and tips for teaching…
