Doctor of Philosophy in Africana Studies

Dr. Osei Alleyne    |    Dr. Celina Aihsa David De Sa    |    Dr. Josslyn J. Luckett    |    Dr. SaraEllen Strongman

Join Penn Professor Herman Beavers for an interactive discussion of his newly-released poetry chapbook, Obsidian Blues.

Hosted by Department of Africana Studies & Center for Africana

KEYNOTE ADDRESS "IMAGINING THE RACED SPACE OF FREEDOM: SYMPOSIUM IN HONOR OF THADIOUS M. DAVIS"

Presented by the Departments of Africana Studies and English / Cosponsored by the Wolf Humanities Center and the Provost's Interdisciplinary Arts Fund.

SaraEllen Strongman, PhD Candidate in Africana Studies published an article in the journal, Feminist Theory. The article, which focuses on the work of Audrey Lorde, asks how interracial sex and/or sexual attraction might be an integral part of cross-racial feminist work.

Photo by Peter Tobia

In February 2017, Garry Bertholf, Gr ’13, launched The Martyr’s Shuffle, an experimental magazine that assembles arts and sciences schol

Source photos: Elvert X. Barnes, beyond13th.com, Johnny Silvercloud

Hosted by Department of Africana Studies, Center for Africana Studies, Jewish Studies Program, Penn Black & Jewish Dialogues

Please join us in congratulating the following Africana Studies faculty members and Center for Africana Studies faculty affiliates who received promotions and appointments effective July 1.

Two new students, Sydney Baloue, C'18, and Tatiana Nelson, have joined our graduate program in Africana Studies. Join us welcoming them to our program and to Penn!

When we think of depictions of slavery on screen in 1939, one film most likely to come to mind: David O. Selznick’s epic adaptation of Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind.

Summers are usually a time for a break from the fast pace of work. Families go on vacation, children are off from school and staff members get to take their well-earned vacations. But not everyone uses the summer months to take their foot off the pedal. 

Barbara D. Savage of the University of Pennsylvania has been chosen as the Harmsworth Visiting Professor of American History at the University of Oxford for the 2018-19 academic year. 

Africa faces tremendous growth in its population, as it is expected to go from 400 million in 2010 to 1.26 billion in 2050.