Past Events
Sustaining Momentum: Panel, Performances, & Dinner
William Way LGBT Center Ballroom
Join us for an evening dedicated to trans and gender non-conforming led mutual aid organizing from the past and present! The panel will be with local organizers discussing how mutual aid efforts have been effected by the COVID-19 Pandemic and how to sustain them. Panelists and…
Feminist Art/Feminist Activism
Zoom
Join us on May 2nd from 4 - 5:30 on zoom for a conversation with artist Juliana Sícoli and critic Jennifer Ponce de León, moderated by Melissa E. Sanchez! Please see Juliana Sícoli's website to learn more about her work.
You're Not Like Other Girls: The Manic Pixie Dream Girl and the Sexualization of Autistic Women
Zoom and GSWS/FQT Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett Hall
The GSWS Program is excited to announce this year’s senior honors thesis presentation, featuring Ellie McKeown. Ellie will present their thesis: “You’re Not Like Other Girls”: The Manic Pixie Dream Girl and the Sexualization of Autistic Women, on Wednesday, May 1 st in the GSWS…
LGBTQ+ OurSpace Showcase
LGBT Center (3907 Spruce St)
At the showcase, the OurSpace high school interns, comprised of LGBTQ+ youth across Philadelphia, will present the research they have been conducting throughout the semester! Their projects range from the history of pathologizing queerness to the cultural appropriation of Black…
FIGS Queer Monthly Movie Night
Cherpack Lounge, Williams Hall 543
Join FIGS for the last Queer Movie Night of the semester! Presenting An Almost Ordinary Summer in Italian with English subtitles, the screening will be at Cherpack Lounge, 543 Williams Hall, on Wednesday, April 24th at 7PM. There will be snacks!
The Labors of Resurrection: Necromancy and the Democratic Storytelling of W.E.B. Du Bois and Toni Morrison
PCPSE 250
Join us for "The Labors of Resurrection: Necromancy and the Democratic Storytelling W.E.B. Du Bois and Toni Morrison" with Dr. Shatema Threadcraft, on April 18th, 2024 at 4:30 pm in PCPSE 250.
The Labors of Resurrection: Necromany and the Democratic Storytelling of W.E.B. Du Bois and Toni Morrison with Dr. Shatema Threadcraft
PCPSE 250
133 S 36th St
THE LABORS OF RESURRECTION: NECROMANCY AND THE DEMOCRATIC STORYTELLING OF W.E.B. DU BOIS AND TONI MORRISON LECTURE AND DISCUSSION WITH DR. SHATEMA THREADCRAFT MODERATED BY DR. KATERINA TRAUT ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF GENDER AND SEXUALITY STUDIES, PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE…
Trans-Affirming Pedagogy in Language Classrooms: Creating and Modifying Course Materials
134 (CELTI Seminar Room) Van Pelt Library
Join Dr. Julia Heim, Lecturer in Italian Studies, for the Trans-Affirming Pedagogy in Language Classrooms: Creating and Modifying Course Material workshop! This session will provide practical approaches to trans-affirming pedagogy in language classrooms. We will discuss specific…
What’s Gender Got to Do With It?
Perry World House, 3803 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104
In a world threatened by armed conflicts, climate collapse, widening inequality, and potentially ungovernable technologies, political leaders have plenty on their plates. At the same time, regressive and repressive gender policies are taking center stage in many places around the…
GSWS Graduate Colloquium ft. Senit Kidane (Africana Studies) and Rose Poku (Africana Studies and Comparative Literature)
Penn Women's Center (Living Room)
Senit Kidane (she/her) "Destroying Shyness; Constellating Eritrean Feminisms" [Abstract Forthcoming] Rose Poku (she/her) "Eusebia (Dis)embodied: An Analysis of the Performances of Eusebia Cosme" This presentation, titled “Eusebia (Dis)Embodied: An Analysis of the Performances of…
