Past Events
Identity & the 2016 U.S. Election
Silverstein Forum, Stiteler Hall
This program will gather a panel of scholars who will engage the Penn community in conversation around: a) the role of identity in shaping the 2016 US presidential election and b) how we might expect issues of identity (e.g., race, immigration, gender, religion, citizenship…
Unbinding The Pillow Book: Gender, Adaptation, and the Life of a Japanese Classic with Gergana Ivanova
Annenberg Room 111
The Center for East Asian Studies Humanities Colloquium Series presents: Unbinding The Pillow Book: Gender, Adaptation, and the Life of a Japanese Classic with Gergana Ivanova, Assistant Professor of Japanese Literature. University of Cincinnati. For more information
Studying Race, Gender and Sexuality in Earlier Periods: Lessons, Limits and Intersections
English Department Grad Lounge (FBH 330)
The MedRen, GenSex, and Latitudes working groups (Department of English) are hosting a special event welcoming Professors Ania Loomba, Melissa Sanchez (both APC/GSWS Core Faculty) and Cord Whitaker for a group discussion - Studying Race, Gender and Sexuality in Earlier Periods…
Zapata Vive, La Lucha Sigue: Legacies of the Zapatist Revolution on the Americas' Indigenous and Communal Movements
Stiteler Hall208 S. 37th St
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, Latin American and Latino Studies and the Alice Paul Center present this program featuring Jennifer Ponce de Léon, Asst. Professor of English; Obed Arango, Founder and Director of the Centro de Cultura, Arte, Trabajo y Educación (CCATE)…
Women of Fels Film Screening: She's Beautiful When She's Angry
Spady Room, Fox-Fels Hall3814 Walnut St
Please join Women of Fels for an official screening of the movie " She's Beautiful When She's Angry" on Thursday, September 21st. This documentary focuses on the dramatic events of the feminist movement of 1966 to 1971. The incredible and often forgotten women who defined the…
Survival: A Panel on Homelessness, Sex Work, and Incarceration
3601 Locust Walk (ARCH Building)Room 108
Please join Penn Non-Cis, in collaboration with several other student groups, on September 20th in Room 108 of the Arch building for a panel discussion on the intersection of race, gender identity, homelessness, sex work and incarceration. This panel will consist of trans women…
Documentary Screening: History Doesn't Have to Repeat Itself
Penn LGBT Center3907 Spruce St
Join filmmaker Stéphane Gérard and Penn Africana Studies PhD Student Sydney Baloue for a screening of Gérard's award-winning documentary on Stonewall activism, History Doesn't Have to Repeat Itself, followed by Q&A. Admission is free and refreshments will be served.
Preparing for the Job Market: Developing a Teaching Philosophy
3810 Walnut, 2nd Floor
Pedagogy Seminar with Cathy Turner, Senior Associate Director, Penn Center for Teaching and Learning This seminar will focus on how to develop a Statement of Teaching Philosophy. For this particular seminar, we have designed a workshop format. Participants should send a 1.5-2…
E. Patrick Johnson, Oral History and/as Queer Performance
The Annenberg School for Communication
3620 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Room 109
Drawing on the oral history research of black southern women who love women, this lecture engages performance as a method of providing an alternative to traditional historiography. It will also highlight some of the methodological challenges and politics of conducting research…
