A Conversation on "The Miseducation of the Student Athlete: How to Fix College Sports"

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

Editors Gaye Theresa Johnson and Alex Lubin discuss Futures of Black Radicalism .

Join Penn Professor Tukufu Zuberi for an interactive discussion of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy.

This program, free and open to all Penn alumni, is co-hosted by Penn Alumni and co-sponsored by Penn Spectrum Programs. 

Hosted by Department of Africana Studies & Center for Africana

A celebration of poetry of Africa and the African diaspora featuring Alysia Harris, Award-winning poet and Husnaa Hashim, Philadelphia Youth Poet Laureate.

Doors open at 5:30 pm. The program starts at 6:00 pm. Light refreshments will be served.

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

This event is co-hosted by the Annenberg School for Communication and the Black Alumni Society.

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

In author Ashon Crawley's own words:

Dr. Camille Z. Charles
Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences; Professor of Sociology, Africana Studies, and Education; Director, Center for Africana Studies

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

Hosted by Beyond Arrests: Re-thinking Systematic Oppression / Co-sponsored by Department of Africana Studies, Center for Africana Studies

The past several years have seen an increase in public awareness of political and other forms of state violence, especially those directed at African-Americans and other people of African descent worldwide.  While the contemporary uproar about this violence has generated new forms of activism and

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

Nobody: Casualties of America's War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond 

Marc Lamont Hill, GR'05 

About the Film

The Brazilian Black Movement's Struggles in Schools and Curricula

by Amilcar Pereira, Associate Professor of the School of Education, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)

Kiera Kenney graduated from the School of Social Policy and Practice with her MSW in 2013. She is Manager of Health and Social Services at the African Family Health Organization in Philadelphia, where she works with immigrants and refugees.

In Beyond Expectations, Onoso Imoagene delves into the multifaceted identities of second-generation Nigerian adults in the United States and Britain.

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.

Join Penn alumna and Professor at the University of Delaware Erica Armstrong Dunbar for an interactive discussion of her new book, Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge.

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. 

Penn students, including Africana Studies' Sonari-Nnamdi Chidi, and alumni of the FilmAid training program work together to make a short documentary about resources at the Kalobeyei Refugee Settlement in Kenya.

This past July, the Center for Africana Studies held its 31st annual Summer Institute for Pre-Freshmen. The program offers incoming freshmen with an interest in Africana Studies the unique opportunity to immerse themselves in field while taking courses with Penn faculty.

Click here to register.

On October 12, 2016, poet and scholar Dr. Joshua Bennett, C’10 visited Penn for a poetry reading of his debut collection, “The Sobbing School.” The event was hosted by the Center for Africana Studies.

13 KIPP alumni were part of Penn’s commencement last month in Philadelphia. 

Although migration is a complex story, many Americans and Europeans see it in simplistic terms, according to Tukufu Zuberi, Lasry Family Professor of Race Relations and Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies: There are “natives,” who belong, and “foreigners,” who do not.

Salamishah Tillet writes on Queen Sugar and African-American TV.

Michael Hanchard comments on the importance and symbolism behind the creation of flags on NPR's Code Switch.

Herman Beavers discusses music’s influence in his life and poetry. See how music informs the structure of his new collection Obsidian Blues, how jazz and blues help him shape the poetic line, and why music is a way to access personal history.

Professor Howard Stevenson is the recipient of the GSE Excellence in Teaching Award. Stevenson is the Constance Clayton Professor of Urban Education and executive director of the Racial Empowerment Collaborative.

Josslyn Luckett interviews UCLA-trained filmmaker Billy Woodberry.

Click here to read the interview. 

Despite numerous studies debunking the belief that race is biologically determined, scientists continue to use race as a tool for genetic classification.

If grades are meant to convey information about academic achievement and promote student growth, we need to reevaluate our grading system.

Eleven exceptional scholars, including Heather Williams, Wendell Pritchett and Daniel Q. Gillion, make up Penn’s Presidential Term Professorships, who contribute to faculty eminence across all University disciplines.

In her new book Beyond Expectations: Second-Generation Nigerians in the United States and Britain, published in February by the University of California Press, Onoso Imoagene, an assistant professor of sociology, explores the idea of race and national identity through a study of second-generation

In honor of National Poetry Month, Omnia takes a look back at some of Penn’s most poetic alumni, including two Africana Studies affiliated alumni, Joshua Bennett and Elizabeth Alexander.

Garry Bertholf, Alden Young, Julius Fleming, Marina Bilbija, Darius Bost, Keren Weitzberg have launched a new blog called The Martyr's Shuffle.

Leading up to the NFL Draft Experience and 123rd edition of the historic Penn Relay Carnival, the world’s first and most recognized annual track meet, the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Sports Business Initiative, WSBI, and Center for Africans Studies held a public conversation, Race and Sp

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. 

Rebecca Skloot’s “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” was a publishing and scientific sensation earlier this decade that spent 75 weeks on the New York Times paperback nonfiction best-seller list.

“If it takes a village to raise a child, what does it take to raise a healthy village? That’s the guiding theme of our work.” With that, Dr. Howard Stevenson launched the Forward Promise national program office from the stage of the National Constitution Center in March.

Herman Beavers, English and Africana Studies, wins Dean's Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Research.

Marie Gottschalk, Political Science, wins Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching.

Lorene Cary wins Provost's Award for Teaching Excellence by Non-Standing Faculty

Bridgette Brawner found that unlinking emotion and sexual decision-making can help prevent sexually transmitted diseases among black, mentally ill adolescents.

Dean Steven J. Fluharty is pleased to name Deborah Thomas the R. Jean Brownlee Term Professor in Penn Arts and Sciences.

Tshay Williams, a senior in sociology and Africana studies, was named one of six recipients of Penn's Thouron Award.

Madison Dawkins has devoted her undergraduate career and the years leading to it to being an advocate for underprivileged minorities.

Joshua Bennett, alum of the 2006 Summer Institute and a 2010 graduate in Africana Studies and English, was interviewed by Omina about his debut poetry collection, The Sobbing School.

"The 2017 Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture in Social Justice will headline the Symposium's events.

Angela Duckworth: 'A Passion Is Developed More Than It Is Discovered'

Howard Stevenson of GSE has advice for K-12 educators who encounter racial and ethnic harassment. His first suggestion to teachers: Start with you. 

The Amistad Gallery at the W.E.B. Du Bois College House presents The Afro-Latinx Experience: Philadelphia Stories by Sandra Andino, Ph.D. This gallery was conceived and implemented by former Faculty Director, Professor Terry Adkins.

Regina Austin is the director of the Law School’s Program in Documentaries, in which students have the unique opportunity to put human faces on abstract legal ideas.

As a guest on WHYY Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane's episode "Oh you're just a nurse?"  Margo Brooks-Carthon contrasts the public perception and daily responsibilities of nurses. 

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

The Africana Media Project is a digital archive of still images and video related to the global black experience.

Directed by Professor Michael Hanchard, the Marginalized Populations project is a collaborative research initiative designed to explore political dynamics between populations with unequal, minimal or non-existent state protections and national governments.

The Center for Africana Studies Summer Institute for Pre-Freshmen is one of Penn’s premier pre-freshmen programs. This intensive one-week course of study is taught by standing Penn faculty and exposes students to major intellectual and cultural themes and currents in 19th, 20th, and 21st century African and African Diaspora studies.