Past Events




Center for Africana Studies Faculty Research Colloquium

Simone White and Tina Campt
Nov 23, 2020 at -

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Tina Campt and Simone White will talk about how their current work engages with "…



Honorable A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. Memorial Lecture

The Magician's Serpent: Race and the Tragedy of American Democracy
Dr. Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.
Nov 18, 2020 at -

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The Urgent Matter of Black Lives

Nov 10, 2020 at -

In these times of widespread recognition of racial injustice, The Urgent Matter of Black Lives panel will examine the urgent work that must be done in order to fight systemic racism. Penn Africana Studies faculty…



Penn Alumni Reading Club

ft. Herman Beavers
Oct 29, 2020 at -

Join Penn Professor Herman Beavers for an interactive online discussion of James Baldwin’s essay collection, The Fire Next Time. Professor Beavers has a joint appointment in the Department of Africana…



Penn Sociology Colloquium Series

CO-SPONSORED EVENT
Adia Harvey Wingfield
Oct 28, 2020 - Oct 1, 2020 at -

Adia Harvey Wingfield
Professor of Sociology, Mary Tileston Hemenway Professor of Arts & Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis



The Bluest Eye at 50: Reading Toni Morrison in the Age of Trump

CO-SPONSORED EVENT
Herman Beavers
Oct 14, 2020 at -

2020 is a moment when we find an increased awareness of systemic racism and police brutality growing across demographic lines during the Presidency of Donald J. Trump, whose race baiting and divisiveness has sought…



Africana Studies Presents

“The Toponym of ‘Good Governance’: Racialization and Street (Re)naming in Post-Apartheid South Africa”
Wale Adebanwi
Oct 7, 2020 at -

Wale Adebanwi is the Rhodes Professor of Race Relations at the African Studies Centre and Fellow of St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom. He is also an associate member of the Oxford Department…



Africana Studies Presents

"Landing in the Familiar": Occupation and Belonging in Urban Brazil
Keisha-Khan Y. Perry
Sep 30, 2020 at -

Join us for Africana Studies Presents featuring Keisha-Khan Y. Perry. The title of the talk is "Landing in the Familiar": Occupation and Belonging in Urban Brazil.



Center for Africana Studies Faculty Research Colloquium

ft. Guthrie Ramsey and Shana Redmond
Sep 29, 2020 at -

Join Penn’s Guthrie Ramsey, Jr., Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Music, in conversation with Shana Redmond, Professor of Musicology and African American Studies at the University of California, Los…



Africana Studies Presents

Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Sep 23, 2020 at -

Join us for Africana Studies Presents featuring Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor. The title of the talk is Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership