In Teraanga Republic, Emily Jenan Riley unveils the importance of women's patronage politics in a Muslim-majority Senegal expressed through teraanga—a pivotal concept in the Wolof language referencing hospitality, generosity, and honor.

The culture wars have now fully consumed the issue of sex and gender, placing the biological sciences at the front lines, an uncomfortable place for a scientific discipline. However, a new science of sex and gender is beginning to emerge based on the profound realization that…

Penn for Immigrant Rights hosts Expanding Sanctuary: Film Screening & Conversation on Activism and Civic Engagement. The evening will start with a welcome and introduction outlining the event’s goals of encouraging dialogue between students and the broader community around issues…

This book talk will be a discussion among students, alumni, and community partners on the recent publication of "TAKEOVER: A Human Rights Approach to Housing." TAKEOVER is a collaboratively-written book that chronicles the 35-year political praxis of the Poor People’s Army…

We invite you to join the Center for Global Women's Health and its esteemed panelists for a fireside chat to discuss the impact of federal cuts and mandates on IPV-focused organizations, victims, and survivors. Join us for a vibrant discussion about the realities of providing…

Featuring Hamit Arvas (U Penn), "The Grammar of the Other: Translation and the (Un)Making of Gender, Sexual, and Racial Difference" Jonathan Gil Harris (Ashoka U), "Translated Threads: How to Weave a Central Asian Carpet" Madhavi Menon (Ashoka U), "Love in the Moonlight: Sufism…

The event is titled "Gender in the Archive: Views from Medieval France and Japan," and it is a conversation between Sara McDougall (CUNY, History, Humanities and Justice, Gender Studies), David Spafford (Penn, EALC) and with Kathy Brown as discussant (Penn, History, GSWS). It…

Author and journalist Katie Simon will be in conversation with WHYY’s Nichole Currie about her new book, Tell Me What You Like: An Honest Discussion of Sex and Intimacy After Sexual Assault. This hopeful book offers guidance for survivors in their journeys toward healing…

This past summer, we kicked off the Feminism in Times of Fascism reading group, which has been a really engaging and generative set of conversations around books by Ewa Majewska and Verónica Gago . On Sept. 22nd at noon, we'll be meeting up for our next book, Trans Femme Futures…