Past Events
[GSWS Colloquium Series] Alexis Hernando & Zhanar Beketova
BENN 344
Please join us to learn about the research from Alexis Hernando and Zhanar Beketova.
VOICES: A Sacred Sisterscape Audio Play & Interdisciplinary Performance Art Project & Campaign
Class of '49 Auditorium at Houston Hall
3417 Spruce Street
Spearheaded by aja monet (Grammy nominated poet and V-Day Voices Artistic Creative Director), VOICES: a sacred sisterscape is an audio experience of stories written by, narrated by and centering Black women across the diaspora. “At a time where so many are being encouraged to…
[Wolf Conference 2025] Course Projections: Film, Pedagogy, Freedom
Class of 78 Pavillion
Van Pelt Library
Join us on Saturday, 18 October 2025 for a day of conversation at the intersection of film, pedagogy, and freedom. This gathering is organized in conjunction with the Open Access publication of Course Projections: Film, Pedagogy, Freedom, eds. Kartik Nair and Karen Redrobe…
[Africana Lecture Series: Africa] Teraanga Republic: Women’s Authority and Politics in Senegal, with Emily Jean Riley
Max Kade, Room 329-A
3401 Walnut Street
In Teraanga Republic, Emily Jenan Riley unveils the importance of women's patronage politics in a Muslim-majority Senegal expressed through teraanga—a pivotal concept in the Wolof language referencing hospitality, generosity, and honor.
[Penn Anthro Colloquium] Beyond the Binaries: The New Science of Sex and Gender
Rainey Auditorium
B17
The culture wars have now fully consumed the issue of sex and gender, placing the biological sciences at the front lines, an uncomfortable place for a scientific discipline. However, a new science of sex and gender is beginning to emerge based on the profound realization that…