Past Events
Trans Day of Remembrance
Penn Love Statue/Locust Walk
Pedagogy Seminar: Preparing Materials for the Academic Job Market with Cathy Turner (CTL)
GSWS/APC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett Hall, Room 344
Please join us for a conversation about preparing materials for going on the job market led by Cathy Turner, Senior Associate Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning. This seminar will focus on how to develop a Statement of Teaching Philosophy. For this particular…
Until and Unless: Decriminalizing Queer India
International House, Ibrahim Theater, 3701 Chestnut St.
This short documentary film follows four individuals and the impact of systemic oppression from India's legislative system on their lives. Watch a trailer for the film HERE. This event includes a reception with food and beverages and a talk back with the Bengali LGBTKH* activists…
Baby Blues in the Middle Ages? Childbirth and Mental Distress in Late Medieval Europe
Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Kislak Center
Featuring Na’ama Cohen Hanegbi (University of Tel Aviv) The talk examines incidents of women suffering emotional instability in pregnancy and childbirth appearing in European sources from 1300-1600. The diversity of sources - miracle tales, literary texts, exempla and medical…
Women, Power, & Politics
JMHH G88
Were the 2018 midterms a watershed moment for women in politics? How can women achieve success in campaigns, and when will women gain equal representation in politics? Join the Penn Government and Politics Association and our co-sponsor, Penn Exec AEI Council, for a panel…
Andy Warhol's Queerness and the End of Difference"
Howard and Sharon Rich Seminar Room, Jaffe Building, Room 113
Featuring: Jonathan Katz Visiting Professor, University Of Pennsylvania; Director, Doctoral Program in Visual Studies, University At Buffalo
Searching For Selfhood--Being Queer And Trans In Caribbean & Latinx Communities
LGBT Center, Goodhand Room
It’s Not Funny:
The Subversive Politics of Comedy
College Hall 200
Queer Politics in the Age of Trump
Silverman Hall 245A at Penn Law School
3501 Sansom Street
Coffee & Conversation: The Combahee River Collective and Identity Politics
Enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee and join Fred Schmidt-Arenales, Penn MFA candidate, for a conversation inspired by artist Cauleen Smith’s ICA exhibition Give It or Leave It. The discussion will focus on the reference within the exhibition to the black radical feminist group…