Past Events
Sparer Symposium - Divesting from State Violence
Penn Law School
3501 Sansom Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
This year’s symposium will examine the systems that contribute to and reinforce the carceral state. State systems and institutions external to prisons use the same mechanisms of control, surveillance, and punishment in order to maintain racial hierarchy. How does policing, public…
Youth Voices Summit
Penn LGBTQ Center
3907 Spruce St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
The first annual Youth Voices Summit is a youth-led and organized event for educators, administrators, policy makers, and advocates to hear directly from LGBTQ youth about their needs and experiences. This event was created and developed by Mazzoni Center’s Youth Leadership Board…
Reading & Writing a Feminist Ethnography
Penn Museum, 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6398
Pnina Motzafi-Haller is currently an Israel Institute Visiting Professor of Anthropology and Gender Studies at the University of Illinois in Urbana Champaign. She teaches anthropology at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. She had worked and published widely based on her work in…
Pedagogy Seminar: Applying to Interdisciplinary Academic Jobs
GSWS/APC Conference Room - Fisher Bennett Hall Suite 345
Featuring: Dr. Helen Pho, Penn Career Services Associate Director Are you hoping to apply to faculty positions in interdisciplinary fields and have questions about you can best position yourself for these roles? This workshop will begin with an interactive discussion on what…
Municipal Law & The Sex Industries: Space, Time And Moral Geographies
Mitchell Auditorium, Bossone Research Center, Drexel University
3140 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phil Hubbard, Professor of Urban Studies, King’s College London , will present "Municipal Law & the Sex Industries: Space, Time, and Moral Geographies" Though the sex industries are mainly discussed in relation to criminal law and policing, this talk will explore the role that…