Past Events



PRSS Event: “Mistreating Health Inequities in the Genomic Age”

Dorothy Roberts
Apr 5, 2019 at

Dorothy Roberts will give the keynote speech for Penn Medicine's Health Equity Week.



PRSS Event: Penn and Slavery Symposium

Apr 3, 2019 at

This symposium, co-hosted by the Penn & Slavery Project and the Program on Race, Science & Society, with support from the McNeil Center for Early American Studies and the Kislak Center for Special Collections…



6th Annual Graduate Colloquium

Mar 21, 2019 at

MK Abadoo
Assistant Professor of Dance & Choreography, Racial Equity, Arts and Culture, Virginia Commonwealth University

James Cantres
Assistant Professor of…



Africa Lecture Series: Sara Marzagora

Sara Marzagora
Mar 19, 2019 at

The Genres of Worldmaking:Texts and Regimes of Truthin Ethiopia, 1901-1912

After its decisive victory against Italian invaders at the 1896 battle of Adwa, Ethiopia entered the twentieth…



Film Screening and Discussion: Say Her Name

Mar 14, 2019 at

Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland explores the death of Sandra Bland, a politically active 28-year-old African American who, after being arrested for a traffic violation in a small Texas town, was…



I, A Black Woman, Resist: A Film Screening & Dialogue

Sharrelle Barber
Mar 12, 2019 at

Join us for a screening of I, A Black Woman, Resist, a "living" documentary film project honoring the life and legacy of Afro-Brazilian activist and politician, Marielle Franco. This…



Graduate Colloquium

Mar 6, 2019 at

Citizenship, Belonging & Knowledge Production

 

MK Abadoo
Choreographer, Teacher, Organizer

James Cantres
Assistant Professor of Africana…



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.



Reading and Conversation with Professor Saidiya Hartman

Feb 22, 2019 at

In conjunction with 'Colored People Time: Mundane Futures', ICA curator Meg Onli will be in conversation with Professor Saidiya Hartman on the occasion of the release of her new volume, 'Wayward Lives,…



Shattering Refuge

Feb 18, 2019 at

A Film by Sonari Chidi

Introduction by Camille Z. CharlesDirector, Center for Africana Studies

Distinguished Panel & Audience Q+A with

| Prince Zeid Ra'ad Al HusseinFormer UN High…