Past Events
GSWS/FQT/PWC 50th Anniversary Symposium
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Van Pelt Library, 6th Floor
Love Pop-Up: What Does Love Mean to You?
UPenn Love Sculpture
OSTEM’s pop-up art installation demonstrates love in all forms, especially queer love. Share your unique experiences in a note on the Love sculpture for a chance to win a fancy dinner for yourself and three loved ones.
On Grace and Indignity: German Realism and the Obscenification of Matter
Cherpack Lounge, 543 Williams Hall
On February 27th at 5:15pm, Northwestern professor Erica Weitzman will be joining FIGS for an event surrounding German Realism and Obscenification of Matter. Please join us at Cherpack Lounge at 543 Williams Hall!
Wolf Humanities Center Forum on Revolution
Class of 1978 Orrery PavilionKislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts6th floor, Van Pelt Library, 3420 Walnut Street
Time and Revolution Symposium What is the relationship between revolution—as the tipping point of a project that ushers a new order—and our lived experience of time? How does the unique temporality of revolution, as a disruption followed by a taking of accounts, compel…
Virtual Third Thursday: Be Holding Project
Virtual
Our Third Thursday event for February explores BE HOLDING, an original performance created by poet Ross Gay, composer Tyshawn Sorey, new music ensemble Yarn/Wire, and director Brooke O’Harra. Inspired by Philadelphia 76ers basketball legend “Dr. J” and his iconic baseline scoop…
Meet the Fellow: A Virtual Conversation
Virtual
Our rescheduled "Meet the Fellows" event will take place on Friday, February 23rd, bringing together artist Ernesto Pujol and filmmaker Ra'anan Alexandrowicz in conversation with interim CEE Director and scholar Dr. Kristina Lyons about their courses and their plan for the…
GSWS Graduate Colloquium ft. Sim Gill (Annenberg) and M.C. Overholt (Design)
FBH 345
Sim Gill (she/her) "Finding Sarah Everard: A Critical Discourse Analysis Exploring the First Two Weeks of News Media Coverage Following Her Disappearance and Murder" Abstract: On March 3, 2021, Sarah Everard, a 33-year-old marketing executive, was last seen walking around Clapham…
How to Lose the Hounds: Maroon Geographies and a World Beyond Policing with Dr. Celeste Winston
Fisher Bennett Hall
English Faculty Lounge
The gen/sex reading group is pleased to host Dr. Celeste Winston (Temple) for a talk and discussion on Wednesday, February 21st at 5:30 p.m. in the English Faculty Lounge to discuss her new book, How to Lose the Hounds: Maroon Geographies and a World Beyond Policing. Celeste…
FIGS Queer Monthly Movie Night Presents: No Hard Feelings
Williams Hall 543
Please join FIGS in the first monthly queer movie night on Wednesday, February 21st @ 7:00 pm in Williams 543. Snacks will be provided.
Blackness, Politics, and Sex in Jamaica with Beverley Manley
Perry World House (3803 Locust Walk)
This event will feature a documentary screening by filmmaker Joelle Simone Powe, and discussion with feminist icon and former first lady of Jamaica Beverley Manley. For more information and to register to attend this event, check out its page on Eventbrite!