Past Events
Bates Center Seminar Series: Dr. Kelly S. O'Donnell
Biotech Commons (3610 Hamilton Walk)
Bates Center Seminar Series During the academic year, the Bates Center hosts prominent scholars from around the globe to present new historical scholarship in its seminar series. Seminars are held on Wednesdays at 4:00pm. DR. KELLY S. O'DONNELL I am a historian of medicine and…
Reader Studies in the Digital Age: Community, Diversity, and the Data of Literary Consumption
Varies for event; please check individual events below!
This symposium marks the rise in recent years of empirical reader studies: data-driven research into what, why, and how people read. The full emergence of this field has been a long time coming. Literary scholars have never shown much interest in conducting empirical study of…
A History of Hands: A Multimedia Mixtape on Philly Queer/Trans Community and Artistry, Memory and Insurgency, Pre Civil War to Present
The Rotunda
4014 Walnut St.
A multimedia mextape on Philly's Sodomite, Invert, Homosexual, Homophile, Gay Liberationist, Lesbian Feminist, Queer, Trans, Kween, Bi, In the life, Puto, Pata, Gender Bender, Illusionist, Non Binary, Throuple, Drag: History, Politics, Community, Organizations, Leadership, Dive…
"Coming to You" Movie Screening with Director Byun Gyuri
Fisher-Bennett Hall 401
It is my honor and pleasure to host Director Byun Gyuri and screen her award-winning documentary here at Penn (followed by a Q&A). Please mark your calendars for this one-of-a-kind event! yPINKS 연분홍치마 ( https://pinks.or.kr/) is one of the most important queer feminist activist…
Coming to You
Fisher-Bennett 401
yPINKS 연분홍치마 ( https://pinks.or.kr/) is one of the most important queer feminist activist groups in South Korea since the early 2000s, composed of filmmakers who have made numerous award-winning documentaries on gender and sexual minorities, sex workers, labor activists, Sewol…
ASAM Fellows Symposium - "Existence as Resistance"
ARCH 108
Join ASAM fellows for a day of insightful exploration as they delve into the theme "Existence as Resistance," to illuminate the power and agency of Asian American communities amidst struggles tied to histories, land, politics, health, and culture. The symposium will showcase how…
Tea with Dr. Nancy Hirschmann
Houston Hall 218
This Thursday, the @philomatheansociety is hosting an open-ended discussion with Dr. Nancy Hirschmann, a professor of GSWS and Political Science, where attendees are free to ask any questions they like about her areas of expertise. This event is open to the public, and if you…
Trans-Affirming Pedagogy for Graduate Students
134 (CETLI Seminar Room) Van Pelt Library
Calling graduate students: Join CETLI Fellow for Inclusive & Equitable Teaching Nat Rivkin for the Trans-Affirming Pedagogy for Graduate Students workshop from 3:30 - 4:45 pm on Wednesday, March 27th! Held at Room 134/CETLI Seminar Room at Van Pelt library, this event will offer…
GSWS Graduate Colloquium ft. Jennifer W. Reiss (History) and Giovanna Parini (Penn Law)
Williams 623 (Wolf Humanities Center Conference Room)
Jennifer W. Reiss (she/her) "‘For Her Protection’: Disability and Gender in Early Modern Anglo-American Law" William Blackstone, that touchstone of eighteenth-century common law, described the legal concept of coverture in the following terms: “By marriage… the very being or…
Revisiting the French Canon: Beauty and the Beast and the Intersectional Gaze
Cherpack Lounge, 543 Williams Hall
The fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, written by Madame de Villeneuve in 1740, has since become part of the popular culture and inspired independent movie directors (from Jean Cocteau to Christophe Gans) as well as the entertainment industry (Disney). Few viewers today, however…