Center for Africana Studies programs reflect our commitment to meaningful scholarship for the academy and the public—scholarship that has an impact on national, cultural, policy, and scholarly discourses.
Identity & the 2016 U.S. Election
This program will gather a panel of scholars who will engage the Penn community in conversation around: a) the role of identity in shaping the 2016 US presidential election and b) how we might expect issues of…
History Doesn't Have To Repeat Itself
Film screening of the documentary "History Doesn't Have to Repeat Itself" and a Q&A with the award-winning filmmaker, Stéphane Gérard and Africana Studies PhD student, Sydney Baloue.
The screening is free…
Race and Sports
Join the Center for Africana Studies and the Wharton Sports Business Initiative for a conversation on race, sports and activism featuring:
Preston Brown, Woodrow Wilson High School Football Coach…
Brave Testimony: Celebrating Poetry of the African Diaspora featuring Herman Beavers
Herman Beavers is Professor of English and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. His most recent poems haveappeared in Cleaver Magazine, The American Arts Quarterly and been…