Past Events
David Azzolina Retirement Party
Moells Reading Terrace, Goldstein Library
3420 Walnut Street
Join us in celebrating the retirement of David Azzolina, Collection Development and Academic Engagment Librarian and GSWS librarian/affiliate faculty member.
Honoring Heather K. Love, 2024 Kessler Award Recipient
Zoom
Join CLAGS (Center for LGBTQ Studies) in honoring Dr. Heather K. Love as the 2024 David R. Kessler Award recipient!The Kessler is given annually to a scholar who has produced a substantive body of work that has had a significant influence on the field of LGBTQ Studies. Love’s…
Election Reflection Drop-In Support
Penn Women's Center Garden or Living Room (Depending on weather), 3643 Locust Walk
Election season can be overwhelming and stressful, especially for Penn students balancing numerous daily tasks. To help, PWC and RP@P are hosting Election Protection Drop-In Hours, offering a space for students to de-stress and unwind with supportive staff specializing in trauma…
GSWS Pedagogy Seminar
Hybrid, Suite 345 in Fisher-Bennett Hall (GSWS Conference Room)
For the first GSWS Pedagogy Seminar, Allison Coyne and Katie Beck-Felts from Penn Wellness will offer a workshop on supporting LGBTQ+ students. Lunch will be served for those who are attending in person, and a zoom link will be shared with attendees before the event. Please…
“Red, White and Blue" Film Screening
Fitts Auditorium, Penn Carey Law School
The Oscar-nominated short film “Red, White and Blue,” by filmmaker Nazrin Choudhury, follows Rachel (Brittany Snow), a single parent living paycheck to paycheck. When an unexpected pregnancy threatens to unravel her already precarious position, she is forced to cross state lines…
The Florida Incubator: How One State Shaped the Nation’s Culture Wars
College Hall 209
Join us for an evening with Dr. Julio Capo, Florida International University, presenting "The Florida Incubator: How One State Shaped the Nation’s Culture Wars". For light refreshments, please arrive around 4:30.
Rickets in the History of Medicine: Bit Player or “A-Lister”?
Hybrid; Gershwind & Bennett Family Collaborative Classroom, Holman Biotech Commons, 3610 Hamilton Walk, University of Pennsylvania
The history of rickets is deeply intertwined with the emergence of modern medicine. This talk with Christian Warren, PhD, will demonstrate that, time and again, rickets was a player in important chapters of that drama. The history of rickets is deeply intertwined with the…
Jonathan Katz Book Talk - About Face: Stonewall, Revolt, and New Queer Art
Penn Bookstore
Though the Stonewall Riots might now be shorthand for the start of the gay rights movement, so much of art and culture has been 'queer' since the beginning of time. In About Face, art historian and curator Jonathan D. Katz explores this concept head-on, curating a tapestry of…
4th Annual Distinguished Lecture in African Studies with Madam Leynah Gbowee, Nobel Prize Laureate
Huntsman Hall, 8th Floor Colloquium Level
Join us for The 4th Annual Distinguished Lecture in African Studies featuring Madam Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Prize Laureate. She will deliver a talk on the topic of "Peace and Security” from her experience as a Liberian Peace Activist who was featured in the acclaimed documentary…
Embodied Engagement: 2 workshops with Kesha Fikes
Penn Museum - Widner Auditorium
Join us for a somatic exploration with independent scholar, somatic therapist, and social praxis facilitator Kesha Fikes. The intention is to provide space for embodied dialogue with what remains politically unrepaired and viscerally unpresenced across campuses and indeed, across…