Past Events
Five Dollars and a Pork Chop Sandwich: Vote Buying and the Corruption of Democracy- A Book Talk by Dr. Mary Frances Berry
Though voting rights are fundamental to American democracy, felon disfranchisement, voter identification laws, and hard-to-access polling locations with limited hours are a few of the ways voter turnout is suppressed…
Poetry Reading and Reception with Dr. Joshua Bennett
Poet and Scholar Dr. Joshua Bennett reads from his debut full-length collection of poems, The Sobbing School available now for pre-order. Joshua Bennett, Class of 2010, studied English and Africana Studies during his…
SAFEGUARDING AFRICA’S FUTURE: Sustainable Development and Urbanization
Eisenhower Fellows: Victoria Marwa Heilman, Ayodeji Adewunmi, Leonard Mungarulire and Salim Mohamed & Penn Africana Studies' Tukufu Zuberi
Africa faces tremendous growth in its population, as it is expected to go from 400 million in 2010 to 1.26 billion in 2050. As a result, African leaders will face multiple and conflicting challenges…
"There's Just One Human Race": A Lecture by Ann Morning
'There’s Just One Human Race’: Notions of Biological Difference in a Color-Blind Italy
Race and Sports Lecture with Katrina Adams, First African American President of the United States Tennis Association
Race and Sports 2016, will be a conversational style lecture with USTA President Katrina Adams. Adams is the first African American, and the first former professional tennis champion to become Chairman of the Board,…
Africa Orientation
Friday, April 22, 2016
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Beat Making and Sampling Class with 9th Wonder -REGISTRATION CLOSED
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THIS PROGRAM. THIS EVENING'S EVENT IS FILLED TO CAPACITY. THE REGISTRATION PORTAL IS CLOSED.
9th Wonder, Grammy Award winning Producer, DJ,…
Brave Testimony: Celebration of Poetry of the African Diaspora Featuring Terrance Hayes
Brave Testimony: Celebration of Poetry of the African Diaspora
Thursday, April 7, 2016
Brave Testimony: Celebration of Poetry of the African Diaspora, will feature…
Mobilization of Social and Medical Resources for Health: Practices of AIDS Patients in a Composite Care System in Uganda
David Kyaddondo, Ph. D. Anthropologist. Senior Lecturer, Makerere University, Uganda
Africana Studies, 3401 Walnut Street, Suite 330A
12:00 p.m.
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The Third Annual Graduate Student Colloquim - Subversive Voices: The Black Body Across the African Diaspora
The Third Annual Graduate Student Colloquim - Subversive Voices: The Black Body Across the African Diaspora
Thursday, March 17, 2016
Kimberly Juanita Brown,…