Past Events
2019 Student Research on Women, Gender, and Sexualities Conference
Villanova University- Connelly Center
The conference is presented with The Greater Philadelphia Women's Studies Consortium and will feature work from students from many regional universities and colleges. Parking is available in the I-1 Parking Garage on Ithan Avenue. Also easily accessible by train, just get off at…
The Jamaican 1950s: A Symposium
Rainey Auditorium, The Penn Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology
Take Back the Night
University of Pennsylvania
Take Back the Night is an international movement and protest against sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and all other forms of sexual violence. At Penn, Take Back the Night involves a rally on College Green, a march around campus, and concludes with a survivor…
Penn and Slavery Symposium
Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania
This symposium, co-hosted by the Penn & Slavery Project and the Program on Race, Science & Society (housed in the Center for Africana Studies) with support from the Office of the Provost, the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, the University of…
Valerie Jarrett in conversation with Adam Grant
Irvine Auditorium
Senior adviser to the Obama Foundation, businesswoman, advocate for social justice, and former government official Valerie Jarrett invites readers into her life on a remarkable journey from her childhood in Iran to the White House and beyond in her new memoir FINDING MY VOICE: My…
The Weird Adventures of Western Aid - Uma Narayan. CANCELLED!
APC/GSWS Conference RoomFisher-Bennett Hall, Suite 345
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Please see the attached poster for additional opportunities to hear Professor Narayan speak: 2019 SIR Flyer2.pdf Uma Narayan received her BA in Philosophy from Bombay University and her MA in Philosophy from Poona University, India. She received her…
Whitman at 200: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, sixth floor3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA
This symposium will explore Walt Whitman, his work and his life, from various perspectives. The keynote, "Whitman Getting Old," will be given by Ed Folsom (Iowa), co-director of the Whitman Archive and editor of the Walt Whitman Quarterly Review and the Whitman Series for the…
Tracy K Smith Annual Oration
Meyerson Hall Lecture Hall B1
210 S 34th St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Doors open at 7pm, the lecture will begin at 7:30 PM in room B1 of Meyerson Hall The Philomathean Society of the University of Pennsylvania is proud to present Tracy K. Smith, Pulitzer Prize winning Poet Laureate of the United States, as the 2019 Annual Orator. Professor Smith is…
Pedagogy Seminar: Managing Identity-Based Conflict in the Classroom
APC/GSWS Conference Room (Fisher-Bennett Hall, Suite 345)
Managing Identity-Based Conflict in the Classroom Featuring: Grace Sanders Johnson (Assistant Professor of Africana Studies), Sharrona Pearl (Dean's Fellow, Annenberg School for Communication), and Lauren Jade Martin ( Visiting Scholar, Alice Paul Center for Research on Gender…
Presentation and discussion by the artists of the Women’s Mobile Museum
GSWS/APC Conference RoomFisher-Bennett Hall, Suite 345
Oral History students at the University of Pennsylvania will host a conversation with the artists who have brought to life the Women’s Mobile Museum, a year-long collaboration between the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center (PPAC), the South African visual activist Zanele Muholi, and…
