Past Events
Mexican Psychotic
Rainey Auditorium | Penn Museum and LIVESTREAM via zoom
Mexican Psychotic is an experimental video-in-progress on the life, art and mythos of artist Martín Ramírez, who spent 30 years drawing beautiful works while incarcerated in California mental asylums. The screening will be followed by a discussion with CEE Fellow Ricardo A…
The Art of AIDS
2021 marks 40 years since a new viral agent with an unknown etiology emerged and instigated a global pandemic, now known as HIV. During and beyond the early years of the HIV/AIDS crisis, people with AIDS, activists, chosen families, allies, and advocates formed networks of care…
GSWS Graduate Research Colloquium
Zoom
Sarah Carson (Department of Anthropology) "Sisterhood" & Gender Discourses in Women's Political Candidate Training ProgramsPresentation Abstract: Training and support programs designed specifically for women political candidates are increasingly influential as rising numbers of…
Displaced Children: Photography and Postmemory in Liquid Time." with Prof. Marianne Hirsch (Columbia)
Cherpak lounge in Williams hall. Please reference flyer for more information.
Designing a More Inclusive Class for Students with Disabilities
Virtual
Given that a portion of the students in our classes will have disabilities, considering those students when designing courses can help increase the likelihood that all of our students can thrive in our courses. In this session Zahra Fakhraai of Chemistry and Heather Love of…
Re-membering Ancient Futures Workshopwith Edyka Chilomé and Vanessa Mercado-Taylor
Virtual
This workshop introduces the genre of Indigenous futurism as a decolonizing technology in the context of Black and Brown colonized realities in the so called U.S. Inspired by the highly praised theatrical play “Where the Earth Meets the Sky,” written by Edyka Chilomé, Ariana Cook…
FQT Works-in-Progress Series with Shae Frydenlund
Options for in-person and online
Join us in welcoming FQT/GSWS Visiting Scholar Shae Frydenlund and learn about her work. "Labor, whiteness, and spatial privilege in Colorado ski country" In the United States, the widespread relocation of wealthy remote workers to mountain towns during the COVID-19 pandemic…
FQT Works-in-Progress Series with Jessa Lingel
Virtual
Join us to for Jessa Lingel's WIP, "The Polygraph’s Sexual Politics" Although the technical and psychological accuracy of the polygraph has been contested almost since the device’s inception, it continues to enjoy substantial popularity throughout North America within law…
History Speaking with Kathy Peiss "Pleasure and Danger: The Life of a Feminist Paradigm"
College Hall Rm 200
Kathy Peiss is the Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of American History at Penn, where she teaches courses on modern American cultural history and the history of American sexuality, women, and gender. Her research has examined the history of working women; working-class…
Pedagogy Seminar Featuring Toorjo Ghose
Virtual
