Events

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.



PRSS Event: “Peanut Panacea: The Medical Ideas of George Washington Carver”

Natalie Shibley
Feb 28, 2019 at

Natalie Shibley will discuss the health politics of George Washington Carver, including ideas about nutrition, cough medicine, and peanut oil massage.



Feminista Jones in conversation w/ Tanji Gilliam

Feb 13, 2019 at

Please join us for a reading and discussion with FEMINISTA JONES—author of Reclaiming Our Space: How Black Feminists are Changing the World from the Tweets to the Streets—in conversation with TANJI GILLIAM!



PRSS Event: Martin Luther King, Jr. Health Equity Symposium

Jan 23, 2019 at

PRSS is co-sponsoring this event, hosted by the Penn Medicine Office of Inclusion and Diversity. The symposium will feature a keynote address from Dr. Jonathan Woodson, former Assistant Secretary of Health Affairs…



PRSS Event: “Race, Medicine, and Justice”

Dorothy Roberts
Jan 23, 2019 at

Dorothy Roberts will deliver the keynote address for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration for the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.