Past Events
Transgender Ways of Thinking, Pedagogy Seminar
Penn LGBT Center3907 Spruce St
Listen to a podcast interview with Jen Manion on What's Left of Queer Theory Now? Many gatherings in LGBTQ affirming spaces ask people to state their preferred pronouns when introducing themselves. This conversation will examine the underlying philosophy of gendered language as…
Right, Left, Right: U-Turns and Their Impact in Latin America and the Caribbean
Perry World House
All around the world voters are choosing leaders and policies that promise to break away with the politics of the recent past. From Brexit, to the victory of the No in Colombia’s Peace Accords referendum, to the selection of a political outsider to the U.S. presidency, we are…
Jen Manion, Language, Acts, and Identity in LGBT Histories
History Lounge, College Hall 209
Listen to a podcast interview with Jen Manion on What's Left of Queer Theory Now? In partnership with the LGBT Center, the Alice Paul Center welcomes Jen Manion, Associate Professor of History at Amherst College. Jen received a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D…
Khoon Diy Baarav (Blood Leaves Its Trail): A Film by Iffat Fatima
401 Fisher-Bennett Hall (3340 Walnut St)
A compelling and moving documentation of state repression and women's resistance in Kashmir. Screening followed by a discussion with the director. Presented by UPenn's Social Justice/Global South Group, English Department, with GSWS, South Asia Center, and Cinema Studies
Second Looks, Second Chances for Pennsylvania Lifers: Commutation by the Numbers
University of Pennsylvania Law School Fitts Auditorium
3501 Sansom Street
The Penn Program on Documentaries & the Law invites you to a screening of “Second Looks, Second Chances for Pennsylvania Lifers: Commutation by the Numbers” which was produced in collaboration with Lifers, Inc. at Graterford and the Pennsylvania Prison Society. This screening is…