The graduate students of the Department of Music at University of Pennsylvania invite proposals for individual papers and performances for our graduate conference, For(u)m: Re-forming Value, Re-valuing Form in Music Studies.

Actor-turned-writer/director Barbara Loden's only feature film, Wanda (1970), tells the story of an alienated working-class woman, Wanda Goronski (played by Loden), who abandons her life as a coal miner's wife and mother, electing instead to drift.

Please join us in congratulating Beans Velocci on their new book, Sex Isn't Real, with a book reading/launch party! In Sex Isn’t Real, Beans Velocci traces the history of current high stakes attempts to define sex and to create a world devoid of trans life. Drawing on lab notes…

Please join us to learn about the research from Bonnie Maldonado & Marina Nascimento . Bonnie Samantha Maldonado Asencio is a Doctoral Candidate and Benjamin Franklin and William Fontaine Fellow of Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She holds graduate…

Join us as FQT Postdoctoral Fellow Eva Pensis presents her work in progress. All members of the community are welcome. Food will be served. Image: photo from the first Miss Continental Pageant circa 1980 featuring Andrea Nicole, Chilli Pepper, and Dina Jacobs (left to right)…

This talk examines the transnational political friendships forged between Malian activist Aoua Kéita and Yugoslav socialist women, particularly members of the Conference for Women’s Social Activity (KDAŽ). Drawing on correspondence, reports, and interviews, it shows how these…

Please join us to learn about the research from Talia Fiester and Erica Quinones (University of Delaware). Talia Fiester’s research interests include networked publics, affective truth claims, post‑#MeToo digital culture, and mediated feminisms. Before coming to Annenberg, she…

Brook's book is the first English language biography of Hirschfeld, the pioneering sexologist and LGBT rights advocate whose research institution in Berlin was shuttered by the Nazis. Brook will talk about Hirschfeld's life and legacy, as well as the craft of writing this sort of…

Please join us to learn about the research from Cienna Davis and Lilly Haave. Cienna Davis is a Ph.D. candidate in Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, with research interests in Black feminist theory, media, diaspora, and cultural politics. Her work explores…

The Philosophy Department welcomes Tareq Baconi at the University of Pennsylvania for a book talk and public conversation with Noura Erakat on his forthcoming book Fire in Every Direction (Simon & Schuster). The event will take place between November 10-14 and center on Baconi’s…