Sponsored by: Department of English Participants: Ahmad Qais Munzahim, Dagmawi Woubshet, Abdulhamit Arvas War and dance are two entangled experiences of mine growing up in Kabul, Afghanistan. I danced while the house next door was hit by a rocket. I danced while everyone gathered…

HISTORY SPEAKING Kathleen Brown - David Boies Professor of History Tales that Bodies Tell: The Entangled Paths to Black Lives Matter and the Repeal of Roe v. Wade HOST: Emma Bhansingh RECEPTION TO FOLLOW

WOMEN TALKING is directed by Sarah Polley and stars Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Judith Ivey, Ben Whishaw and Frances McDormand. The film is about the women of an isolated religious community who grapple with reconciling their reality with their faith. It is based on…

Ever teel like you missed out on the class where everyone learned about transgender and non-binary identities? Nervous about saying something wrong? It's really common for people without 101 knowledge to feel hesitant to engage in trans-related conversations out of fear of saying…

Cat Dawson, Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Sawyer Seminar on Race and Visual Culture in the Americas, presents: " Monumentality Without Monuments ," on the relationship between queer, indigenous, and otherwise minoritized cultures, and the monumental form. This material is…

Rivers that Feed Us Heritage in Poetry Herman Beavers Julie Beren Platt and Marc E. Platt President’s Distinguished Professor of English and Africana Studies, University of Pennsylvania Airea D. Matthews 2022–2023 Philadelphia Poet Laureate; Associate Professor and Co-Director of…

Join the LGBT Center; the Penn Carey Law School; the South Asia Center; the Pan Asian American Community House; Gender, Sexuality and Women Studies Program; the Center for Research in Feminist, Queer and Transgender Studies; the Department of South Asia Studies; and our nonprofit…

This session, part of the Penn Alumni Momentum program, will focus on how employers and caregivers can navigate challenges and find solutions in today's changing workplace. Momentum: The Power of Penn Women began as a virtual conference in 2021 and has expanded to a series of…

Kirsten Lee Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's Postbellum Poststructuralism In her 1869 novel Minnie ’ s Sacrifice , Frances Ellen Watkins Harper depicts the political aftermath of the Civil War as a drama of miscegenation, citizenship, and public service in the American South. The…

Join FQT/GSWS for an informal reception as we welcome our new GSWS faculty: Sarah Banet-Weiser, Alicia Meyer, Teemu Ruskola, Javier Samper Vendrell, Beans Velocci, and Secil Yilmaz. Snacks provided.