Past Events
Asian Pacific American Heritage Week (APAHW): TLDR Penn First Year Event
Virtual Event
Welcome APAHW First-Years! Join upperclassman, where they will be chatting about the feeling of being lost at Penn, struggling with identity, exploring interests and finding their niche. Wind down from classes and engage in meaningful conversations with people who can relate to…
Virtual Screening: Her Words
Virtual Screening
This terrific filim is about a secret language, Nu Shu, developed by women over many centuries in South China. Though as a rule and by custom women were unable to become officially educated, in one region they developed a written language which was passed down from mother to…
Workshop and Reading with Fariha Róisín
YouTube Livestream. Please RSVP for the workshop and you will receive instructions with a zoom link prior to the event.
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FARIHA RÓISÍN is an Australian-Canadian writer, editor and podcaster based in Brooklyn. With an interest in her Muslim identity, race, pop culture and film (as well as queerness and how that intersects with being a femme of color navigating a white world) she has written for Al…
Urban Gay Culture and the Active Accomplishment of Community
Online Event
Join Discussant Jason Orne, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Drexel University and Presenter Tyler Baldor, PhD Candidate, Sociology for a virtual event hosted by the Urban Studies Program at University of Pennsylvania. In an era of increased cultural and political acceptance of…
Women and Work in India: Designing Policy When Power Matters
Virtual Lecture
Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI) is hosting The Nand & Jeet Khemka Distinguished Lecture by Professor Rohini Pande, Henry J. Heinz II Professor of Economics and Director, Economic Growth Center at Yale University. The lecture will discuss the role of gender norms and…