Past Events
40th Anniversary Plenary Lunch and Award Ceremony (Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall)
Houston Hall
Please join us, as part of our 40th Anniversary Conference, for a special Plenary Lunchtime Session and Award Ceremony. 1973: Celebrating Our Founders and Early Activism at Penn Michelle Fine, Moderator, Member of WEOUP, Women for Equal Employment Opportunity at the University of…
Jessica Valenti, Judith R. Berkowitz Lecture in Women's Studies
Bodek (Houston Hall)
Please join us in Bodek (Houston Hall) for this year's Judith R. Berkowitz Lecture in Women's Studies, which will also be the keynote for our 40th Anniversary Conference! Jessica Valenti - called one of the Top 100 Inspiring Women in the world by The Guardian – is the author of…
CANCELED!!! Kara Walker: "Violence in Contemporary Art" R. Jean Brownlee Lecture in Women's Studies
Harrison Auditorium, Penn Museum (entrance on 33rd St., south of Spruce St. ) Please join us for a conversation with world-renowned artist Kara Walker on "Violence in Contemporary Art." Charles Bernstein, Donald T. Regan Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Penn…
Third Thursdays: Mixer with the GSWS Program
The GSWS Undergraduate Advisory Board will be holding a social mixer every third Thursday of the month for current and prospective undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty. These events are aimed to foster a sense of community within the GSWS program and allow…
Who's Afraid of Theory: CTL Workshop organized by Sarah Nicolazzo (Comp Lit) with Melanie Adley (GSWS)
Please join us in the English Graduate Student Lounge in Fisher-Bennett for a Center for Teaching and Learning Workshop with Melanie Adley (GSWS) Who's Afraid of Theory? Helping Students Access Difficult Texts Join us for a CTL workshop with Melanie Adley, Associate Director of…
Graduate Student Colloquium with Emily Merrill (History) and Emily Vala-Haynes (Sociology)
Please join us at the Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies (GSWS) first Graduate Student Colloquium of the semester on Thursday, February 6, from 12 pm to 1:30 pm in Cohen Hall 436. The colloquium will feature presentations from Emily Merrill (History) and Emily Vala-Haynes…
Faculty Works-in-Progress Seminar: Toni Bowers, English, "Imagining Great Britain"
436 Cohen Hall Please join us for a faculty works-in-progress seminar featuring Professor of English, Toni Bowers. We will be discussing her working paper, "Imagining Great Britain." Faculty Respondents: Melissa Sanchez (English) and Margo Todd (History) Please RSVP below to…
Graduate Student Pedagogy Seminar "Teaching Lecture Courses on Gender and Sexuality" with Kathy Peiss (History)
Please join us in Cohen Hall 436 for this installment of our Graduate Student Pedagogy Seminar Series featuring Prof. Kathy Peiss (History). This workshop will explore some of the challenges involved in designing and teaching lecture courses and surveys in gender and sexuality…
Phyllis Rackin Lecture -- Time, Tragedy, and the Text of Antony and Cleopatra with Rebecca Bushnell
Join us for Time, Tragedy, and the Text of Antony and Cleopatra with Rebecca Bushnell (School of Arts and Sciences Board of Overseers Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania) in Van Pelt Library, 6th Floor Pavilion This lecture is part of a project on time in tragedy…
Graduate Student Colloquium with Juan Ariel Gómez (Hispanic Studies) and Tugce Ellialti (Sociology)
Please join us in Cohen 436 for the Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies (GSWS) Graduate Student Colloquium on Monday, December 2, from 12pm-1:30 pm with presentations from Juan Ariel Gómez (Hispanic Studies) and Tugce Ellialti (Sociology). Juan Ariel Gómez (Hispanic Studies)…