Past Events
Small Talk: The story of an upbringing in rural Taiwan, and a relationship between a single lesbian mother and daughter
Rooftop Lounge
A film screening and discussion Discussion led by Hsiao-wen Cheng (House Fellow, Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages & Civilizations) Dinner from Sang Kee (vegetarian options available) Hosted by Dr. Megan Robb (Rodin Faculty Fellow) To RSVP: robbme@upenn.edu
Provost's Lecture on Diversity: Butterfly Politics: Catherine MacKinnon
Penn Law School, Fitts Auditorium
Renowned feminist scholar Catharine MacKinnon will be in conversation with Lubna Mian (L ’97, Adjunct Professor of Law) about her most recent book Butterfly Politics, which touches on a lifetime of her far-ranging work for women. Professor MacKinnon will discuss the Me Too…
Shereen Marisol Meraji: 7th Annual Dolores Huerta Keynote Lecture
Arch 208
The annual Dolores Huerta Keynote Lecture will be delivered by Shereen Marisol Meraji, journalist and co-host of NPR Code Switch. She will address the contributions to labor and culture that Latinxs have made in the United States. For more information
Graduate Research Colloquium: Kiana Murphy (English) and Dana Cypress (English)
GSWS/APC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett Hall, 3rd Floor
Kiana Murphy, Exploding the Spectacle: The Urgency of (Re)Graphing Blackness in Kindred This paper considers the way black cultural objects challenge the fixity of race and also teach us to see and read blackness otherwise/elsewhere. If, as scholar Isaiah Lavender argues, “the…
Expanding Historic Preservation Practice: Lessons from LGBTQ Histories with Donna Graves, Public Historian
Meyerson Hall, Upper Gallery
210 S. 34th Street
Graves will discuss her recent work on LGBTQ historic sites and current efforts to recognize and protect historic places and intangible heritage in the face of the economic tsunami reshaping San Francisco. Donna Graves is an independent historian/urban planner based in Berkeley…
