Past Events
How did Socialism Become a Dirty Word in Western Politics?
Comparative Literature & Theory
Love in Quarantine: A Conversation with Karley Sciortino
Hosted by Heidi Kalloo Karley Sciortino is a writer, television host, and producer. She is the founder of Slutever, a website that focuses on sex and sexuality, and executive producer and host of the Viceland documentary series of the same name. For the last six years she has…
In Search of Our Mother's Urbanism: A Womanist Call for Spatial Reparations
Virtual Lecture
Dr. Destiny Thomas will deliver a virtual lecture, "In Search of Our Mother's Urbanism: A Womanist Call for Spatial Reparations". Dr. Destiny Thomas is a change agent. She is the founder and CEO of Thrivance Group, a multi-regional, socially responsible, for-profit firm that…
Sis Uprising
On our YouTube and Facebook pages
The Sis Uprising: A Critical Kiki with Arien Wilkerson will be an online event in which Wilkerson and their collaborators will present new and previous work to Ricardo A. Bracho’s creative writing workshop, Passion Projects, and to the greater Penn community. The work will…
Control Societies Speaker Series: Jasbir Puar, Rutgers University
Virtual Event
Spatial Debilities: Slow Life and Carceral Capitalism in Palestine There has been much written on the forms of control enacted in the splintering occupation of Palestine, in particular regarding mobility, identity, and spatiality, yet this vast scholarship has presumed the…
Teaching Gender Studies Online
Please RSVP to Alicia Meyer (aliciame@sas.upenn.edu) for the virtual access and any precirculated reading or resources
The transition to online teaching poses particular challenges for those invested in teaching sexuality and gender studies. Please join us for a conversation with Maria Murphy (APC Interim AD), Archana Kaku (Ph.D. Political Science) and Kiana Murphy (Ph.D. English) to discuss…
First Friday Works-in-Progress Series with Jorge Sánchez Cruz
On our YouTube and Facebook pages
Join us in welcoming ACLS Emerging Voices Fellow, Jorge Sánchez Cruz, as he presents his work: "Debility, Negative Affect, Mobility: Undocu-Queer Aesthetics, and the Right to Thrive." This talk examines literary and cultural productions as timely responses by undocu-queer…
Election Reflections 2020
On our YouTube and Facebook pages
Join APC/GSWS faculty Anthea Butler (Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Africana Studies) and Dawn Teele (Associate Professor of Political Science) for a conversation about the 2020 election.
Monuments and Social Justice
The Arthur Ross Gallery presents a panel discussion on the removal of monuments in the U.S. and abroad as symbols of racism, colonialism, and oppression. From the toppling of the Jefferson Davis Memorial in Richmond, Virginia, to the burning of the Albert Pike statue in…
Graduate Colloquium with Timothy Holliday (Research Associate at the McNeil Center for Early American Studies) and Rovel Sequeira (English)
Please email our Graduate Associate, Alicia Meyer (aliciame@sas.upenn.edu), for the link to this event and any precirculated readings.
Timothy Holliday, Research Associate at the McNeil Center for Early American Studies Talk: "'The Weight of Time': Historicizing Johanna Hedva's 'Sick Woman Theory'" In their 2016 essay “Sick Woman Theory,” genderqueer artist and social theorist Johanna Hedva described the…