Past Events
The Vagina Monolgues
Irvine Auditorium
3401 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Join the 2017-2018 Penn V-Day Movement to celebrate its 18th production of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues! The Vagina Monologues has proved to be a powerful tool that further communicates our mission to over 4,000 students, alumni, faculty, staff, and residents annually. Each…
Play - DisPlay at ICA
Institute of Contemporary Art
With an emphasis on visibility and pageantry, this queer mixer invites guests to break out their finery and dress for their own utopian vision: cosplay, crossplay, fursuit, trashdrag, gender bending and more are all encouraged. Play - DisPlay is hosted by artist Tommy Bruce with…
Penn Non-Cis Speaker Series Presents: Annie Mok
LGBT Center
3907 Spruce St.
Annie Mok makes comics both solo and collaboratively, draws illustrations, writes, and sings in the pop groups See-Through Girls and Wolf Thistle. She received a 2014 Transformation Award from the Leeway Foundation. Annie will be speaking about her journey making comics and self…
THE WORLD TODAY: ATTACKS ON WOMEN’S EDUCATION AS A MARKER OF VIOLENT EXTREMISM: THE NEED FOR A BREAK-THROUGH SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION AND FEMINIST FOREIGN POLICY
Perry World House
3803 Locust Street
Rangita de Silva de Alwis is the Associate Dean of International Affairs at University of Pennsylvania Law School. She teaches International Women’s Human Rights Law. In 2017, Rangita was appointed a Global Advisor to the UN Sustainable Development Goal Fund. At Penn Law she has…
Janet Jakobsen and Christina Crosby: A Body Undone: Living on After Great Pain, Brownlee Lecture
McNeil Center @ 34th and Walnut, Wolf Room
This location is ADA Accessible
Watch the Video As one approach to the question, “What’s Left of Queer Studies Now," Christina Crosby and Janet Jakobsen explore the relation between queer studies and disability studies. In contrast to the liberal individual who is the bearer of rights, queer theory offers ways…