Marisa J. Fuentes is the Presidential Term Chair in African American History and Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and History at Rutgers University—New Brunswick. Her scholarship brings together cultural studies, critical historiography, and black feminist theory…

Celebrate Black History Month and get a taste of food, music and stories inspired by the African Diaspora!Want to share at the Story Slam? There are no limitations on the performance type (e.g., read a poem, tell a story, play an instrument, sing). Email brawnerb@upenn.edu with…

Blue Stoop presents a reading and discussion with Esmé Weijun Wang (author of "The Collected Schizophrenias") in conversation with Carmen Maria Machado (author of "Her Body and Other Parties")!

Dr. Mary P. Koss is a preeminent expert on sexual assault for more than 25 years. She has focused expertise on sexual assault response in organizations including universities, the military, and business. In addition, she is a proponent of thoughtful restorative justice programs…

All undergraduate students welcome! GSWS Director Professor Kathleen Brown, Associate Director Gwendolyn Beetham, College Assistant Dean for Advising Rebecca Poyourow, and current majors will be on hand to answer questions about the GSWS major. RSVP here: https://www.college…

For Asian Americans, the body is a site of regulation that renders individuals racialized, sexualized, and gendered others in the United States. In fact, since Asians arrived, their bodies may be understood as “queer” in relation to white, heteronormative society, ultimately…

Pedagogy Seminar: Teaching Sexually Explicit Texts Featuring: Dagmawi Woubshet (Ahuja Family Presidential Associate Professor of English), Jonathan Katz (Visiting Associate Professor, Gender Sexuality and Women's Studies), and Jess Shollenberger (Doctoral Candidate in English)…

Penn Graduate Queer Women's Happy Hour returns on February 7th! Come meet other members of the LBT graduate community over drinks and snacks in a relaxed environment! Free drinks + flatbreads for the first 30 attendees! Join us at the Toasted Walnut, Philly's new queer-owned…

Join the Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Program, Penn LGBT Center, and Penn Women's Center for lunch with feminist artist Sophia Wallace, creator of the "Cliteracy" project. Sophia Wallace is an interdisciplinary artist with a BA in Political Science from Smith College…

Commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Mapplethorpe The Perfect Moment exhibit at Penn’s Institute of Contemporary Art, this panel discussion will use the conflict surrounding the exhibit as a launching off point to consider artist expression in our present moment.