Past Events




The 16th Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture in Social Justice Featuring Charles Blow and Joy Reid

Jan 30, 2017 at

Charles Blow, Op-Ed Columnist at The New York Times, and Joy Reid, host of AM Joy on MSNBC, will be sitting down for a conversation with Dr. Camille Charles, the …



Foreign Languages and Area Studies Fellowships

Jan 20, 2017 at

Interested in applying to the Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowships?

Please join us at the FLAS Information Session!

Representatives from the Center for Africana Studies,  South Asia Center…



When Black Lives Matter: A Historical Perspective

Dr. Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
Dec 10, 2016 at

Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, National President of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History; and the Victor S. Thomas Professor of History and of African and African American Studies at…



A Signaling Theory of Distributive Policy Choice: Evidence from Senegal

Guy Grossman
Nov 21, 2016 at

 

 

The Department of Africana Studies and the Center for Africana Studies present the next installment of the African Lecture Series. This event is free and open to the public. 

Lunch will be…



The Current Political Events in Ethiopia

Penn Habesha Student Association
Nov 10, 2016 at

During times of political strife, some governments respond by imposing severe measures to suppress dissent for what is perceived as a threat to the state.

This event…



Harriet Millan and Michael Majok Kuch, How Fast Can You Run: A Novel by Harriet Levin Millan Based on the Life of Michael Majok Kuch

Harriet Millan and Michael Majok Kuch
Nov 3, 2016 at

Set across a backdrop of refugee migration that spans Africa, America and Australia, How Fast Can You Run is the inspiring story of Michael Majok Kuch and his journey to find his mother. In…



Life in Circulation: Global Health, Urban Space, and Gendered Care in Maputo, Mozambique

Ramah McKay
Nov 2, 2016 at

Drawing analyses of global health together with scholarship on life in African cities, this talk focuses on the gendered urban and transnational circuits through which young urban residents seek and…



Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series with Justice Robinson of the IC

Nov 1, 2016 at

 

A Critical Appraisal of Developments in International Criminal Law Since Nuremberg

Location: Golkin 100, Michael A. Fitts Auditorium

 

Judge Patrick…



WHYY and Penn Africana Studies present: Black America Since MLK with Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Oct 28, 2016 at

“Black America Since MLK with Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.,” a new four-hour PBS television series with Harvard professor and historian Henry Louis Gates, Jr., explores the past 50 years of African-American history and…