Past Events
Steven Epstein: Living in the Era of Sexual Health
The Alice Paul Center is a proud co-sponosor of this event, part of the 2015-2016 Penn Humanities Forum on Sex. You can register for this event, which takes place in the Rainey Auditorium at the Penn Museum (3260 South Street). https://www.phf.upenn.edu/events/coming-soon-0
Envisioning LGBTQ Rights in the Middle East
Presenter: Dr. Sa’ed Atshan, Swarthmore College Location: LGBT Center, 3907 Spruce St, Philadelphia PA The Middle East/North Africa (MENA) region is incredibly diverse-- and its LGBTQ communities are just as heterogeneous. How does queer subjectivity differ across the region…
Graduate Colloquium with Kyndall Clark (MLA) and Julia Cox (English)
Kyndall Clark (Master of Liberal Arts) Black Girls Matter: The Politics of Place and Identity In the past year, several regional coalitions have come together to #BreakTheSilence, to #SayHerName and to assert that #BlackGirlsMatter. #BlackGirlsMatter is a national movement to…
Afsaneh Najmabadi: "The Kin Who Count, and Those in the Shadow"
The Alice Paul Center is a proud co-sponosor of this event, part of the 2015-2016 Penn Humanities Forum on Sex. You can register for this event, which takes place in the Rainey Auditorium at the Penn Museum (3260 South Street), here. During the nineteenth century across the…
Queerying the Resources: Sexuality and Gender Library Resources at Penn, Van Pelt 241, Class of '55 Conference Room
"Queerying the Resources" is an introduction to online and print, primary and secondary sources at Penn dealing with all areas sexuality and gender especially those dealing with LGBTQ issues. The Penn libraries offer great opportunities for research in those areas with some…
The Violence Wasn't the Worst Part
Claudia Cohen Hall, Terrace Room 4pm: Panels of students and faculty highlighting Penn research on violence against women. 5pm: Evan Stark, Rutgers University School of Public Affairs & School of Public Health. Evelyn Jabobs Ortner Center on Family Violence event, co-sponsored by…
SOARS (Story of a Rape Survivor) Multimedia Performance, 2015 Judith Roth Berkowitz Lecture in Women's Studies.
International House (3701 Chestnut Street)
Please join us on Monday, September 21 at 6pm in International House (3701 Chestnut Street) for the 2015 Judith Roth Berkowitz Endowed Lecture in Women's Studies featuring SOARS (Story of a Rape Survivor). SOARS is an award winning multimedia performance that entertains as well…
Pedagogy Seminar: Preparing Materials for the Academic Job Market with Cathy Turner (CTL)
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…
End of year Pod Happy Hour!
Please join the Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Program on W ednesday April 29th from 4 :30-6:30pm at POD and raise a glass to the completion of the 2014 / 2015 academic year! Please RSVP to Luz Marin ( lmarin@sas.upenn.edu) by April 24th. We look forward to seeing you…
Screening and Panel Discussion: The Hunting Ground
Please join us for a screening of the documentary The Hunting Ground From the Academy Award-nominated filmmaking team behind THE INVISIBLE WAR, comes a startling exposé of sexual assault on U.S. campuses, institutional cover-ups and the brutal social toll on victims and their…