Past Events
Brave Testimony
Husnaa Hashim
Join us for a celebration of poetry of Africa and the African diaspora featuring Husnaa Hashim, with readings from Eva Maria Lewis, Ndeen Al-Barqaw and Veronica Nocella.
"Honey Sequence", Husnaa Hashim's…
Africa Lecture Series: Dr. Kalala Ngalamulume
Beyond Resistance: Making Sense of the Therapeutic Itinerary of the Africans in the Nineteenth-Century Saint-Louis-du-Senegal
Dr. Kalala Ngalamulume
Associate Professor of History & Africana Studies,…
PRSS Event: “Mistreating Health Inequities in the Genomic Age”
Dorothy Roberts
Dorothy Roberts will give the keynote speech for Penn Medicine's Health Equity Week.
PRSS Event: Penn and Slavery Symposium
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
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
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
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
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
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
Natalie Shibley will discuss the health politics of George Washington Carver, including ideas about nutrition, cough medicine, and peanut oil massage.