Past Events
20th Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture in Social Justice
Cornel West in conversation with Margo Crawford
This event will be available to watch on Wednesday, January 27 at 5:30 pm.
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Center for Africana Studies Faculty Research Colloquium
Connected Lives ft. Ramah McKay and Nolwazi Mkhwanazi
Join us for a conversation with Prof. Nolwazi Mkhwanazi who will be discussing…
Center for Africana Studies Faculty Research Colloquium
ft. Shaun Ossei-Owusu and Elizabeth Hinton
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Ossei-Owusu will discuss his manuscript in progress, The People's Champ:…
Center for Africana Studies Faculty Research Colloquium
Simone White and Tina Campt
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Tina Campt and Simone White will talk about how their current work engages with…
Honorable A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. Memorial Lecture
The Magician's Serpent: Race and the Tragedy of American Democracy
Dr. Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.
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The Urgent Matter of Black Lives
In these times of widespread recognition of racial injustice, The Urgent Matter of Black Lives panel will examine the urgent work that must be done in order to fight systemic racism. Penn Africana Studies faculty…
Penn Alumni Reading Club
ft. Herman Beavers
Join Penn Professor Herman Beavers for an interactive online discussion of James Baldwin’s essay collection, The Fire Next Time. Professor Beavers has a joint appointment in the Department of Africana…
Penn Sociology Colloquium Series
CO-SPONSORED EVENT
Adia Harvey Wingfield
Adia Harvey Wingfield
Professor of Sociology, Mary Tileston Hemenway Professor of Arts & Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis
The Bluest Eye at 50: Reading Toni Morrison in the Age of Trump
CO-SPONSORED EVENT
Herman Beavers
2020 is a moment when we find an increased awareness of systemic racism and police brutality growing across demographic lines during the Presidency of Donald J. Trump, whose race baiting and divisiveness has sought…
Africana Studies Presents
“The Toponym of ‘Good Governance’: Racialization and Street (Re)naming in Post-Apartheid South Africa”
Wale Adebanwi
Wale Adebanwi is the Rhodes Professor of Race Relations at the African Studies Centre and Fellow of St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom. He is also an associate member of the Oxford Department…