Past Events
Examining the Bureaucratic Construction of 'the Urban' in South Asia
Online Event
Join Presenter: Indivar Jonnalagadda, PhD Candidate, South Asia Studies and Anthropology and Discussant: Debjani Bhattacharyya, Associate Professor of History, Drexel University on this event by the Urban Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania. What is urban? In a…
Uncovering Grad School's Hidden Curriculum with Jessica Calarco
RSVP to Alicia Meyer (aliciame@sas.upenn.edu) for zoom link and any precirculated materials.
Some of the most important things you need to know to be successful in grad school won't be taught in class. That includes things like how to choose a good advisor, how to get funding for your work, and whether to celebrate or cry when a journal tells you to revise and resubmit…
PennGALA & Yale GALA Present: Cutting Edge Queer Studies
Where does one find sexuality? Is sexuality possessed by humans alone, or might we discover sexuality in books and buildings, art and animals? If sexuality is locatable, why study it? A foundational (if oxymoronic) premise of LGBT Studies is that sexuality is shaped and reshaped…
Department of Music Colloquium Series Presents Christina Baade: "Vera Lynn in Nashville (1977): White Working Class Femininity and Transatlantic Affinities"
Vera Lynn in Nashville (1977): White Working Class Femininity and Transatlantic Affinities In May 2014, The Guardian featured an interview with the then 97-year-old singer and “national treasure” Dame Vera Lynn in which she revealed her “secret passion” for Dolly Parton. The…