Past Events
Rebuilding Community: Displaced Women and the Making of a Shia Ismaili Muslim Sociality
Cohen 204
Over the course of the twentieth century, Shia Ismaili Muslim communities were repeatedly displaced. How, in the aftermath of these displacements, did they remake their communities? Professor Shenila Khoja-Moolji highlights women's critical role in this rebuilding process and…
Black Hospitals, White Caps: How Philadelphia’s Black Community Confronted Segregation in Healthcare
Claire Fagin Hall, room 114
Join the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing for a screening of The Story of Mercy-Douglass Hospital, followed by a Q&A with Dr. Hafeeza Anchrum and Karen Smyles. Join the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing for a screening of The…
Altarpieces: A 3-Day Particpatory Art Project for/by the LGBTQIA+ Community
The Rotunda
Queer Italian artist Ruben Montini is inviting members of Philadelphia's LGBTQIA+ community to join him and come together to create a collaborative art installation that he has called "Altarpieces." This three-day event of artistic creation, is part of a larger project that…
Three Films Across Two Decades: An intimate look at the Isreal-Palestine conflict in the work of award-winning filmmaker Ra'anan Alexandrowicz
Virtual
"Towards the upcoming meet-the-fellows event I am sharing links to 3 films I made about Israel/Palestine in the last two decades. The films disclose the way I position myself towards the place that I come from, and my effort to communicate my understanding of the conflict with…
Reflecting on Abortion Rights 51 Years Post-Roe: A Film Screening
The Forum (Second Floor)
Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics (PSPCE)
The Andrea Mitchell Center and Penn Reproductive Justice are organizing an event called "Reflecting on Abortion Rights 51 Years Post-Roe” where we will watch a screening of the short film “Abortion and Women’s Rights in 1970”, which tells the illegal-abortion stories of two women…
