Past Events
Antinomies of Democracy
With the resurgence of fascism and xenophobia in the world, scholars and pundits have declared that democracy is in crisis. However, history reveals that democracies have always existed amidst systems that thrive on…
History Teaches Us to Resist
Dr. Mary Frances Berry
Join us for a book talk with Dr. Mary Frances Berry about her book, "History Teaches Us to Resist: How Progressive Movements Have Succeeded in Challenging Times."
Light refreshments will be provided.
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Higginbotham Lecture
Maya Wiley
Join us for our annual Honorable A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. Memorial Lecture featuring Maya Wiley and her lecture titled "Race and Sex in the Time of Trump."
Maya Wiley is the Senior Vice President for Social…
Back to Black: Retelling Black Radicalism for the 21st Century
Kehinde Andrews
Join us for a book talk with Kehinde Andrews, Associate Professor in Sociology in the School of Social Sciences at Birmingham City University.
Free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase…
The Spectre of Race
Michael Hanchard
Join us for a book talk with Michael Hanchard about his book, "The Spectre of Race: How Discrimination Haunts Western Democracy."
Light refreshments will be provided.
This event is free and open to…
Penn Alumni Reading Club
Daniel Q. Gillon
Join Penn Professor Daniel Gillion for an interactive discussion of his newest book, Governing with Words: The Political Dialogue on Race, Public Policy, and Inequality in America. Penn alumni are invited to join the…
Sexual Harassment from Congressional Testimony to the #MeToo Movement
Anita Hill and Kimberlé Crenshaw
The Anita Hill and Kimberle Crenshaw event is currently sold out. We are in the process of finding a way to accommodate more people. Additional information will be available by the end of next week.…
Africa Lecture Series
David Amponsah
Join us as we kick off our Africa Lecture Series with a lecture by Africana Studies professor David Amponsah titled “Kwame Nkrumah and the Politics of Religion in Early Postcolonial Ghana."
David Amponsah is…
Unapologetically Femme: Queering Black Genders in Beyonce's "Sorry”
Unapologetically Femme: Queering Black Genders in Beyonce's "Sorry”
by Omise’eke Natasha Tinsley
Associate Director, Center for Women’s and Gender Studies
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Acts, Facts, and Artifacts: The Stuff of Black Culture
Kevin Young / Herman Beavers
The Wolf Humanities Center's yearlong program on Stuff kicks off with Kevin Young, award-winning poet, New Yorker editor, author of the bestselling Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts…