Events

David C. Driskell, distinguished artist, professor, and scholar in the field of African-American art,  will present the third annual Susan T. Marx Distinguished Lecture.

South Asia Studies 2018-2019 Colloquium presents Ken George and Kirin Narayan, Australian National University, speaking on Cave 10, Ellora: Excavating an Artisanal History of Vishwakarma.

In this workshop, researchers, organizers, youth activists, and community educators will come together to discuss their pedagogical approaches to supporting, advancing, and prioritizing trans youth.

In advance of the opening of the exhibition Soy Cuba / I am Cuba: The Contemporary Landscapes of Roger Toledo, the Lightbox Film Center is screening the 1968 film Soy Cuba.  Free admission for Penn students with ID.

South Asia Studies 2018-2019 Colloquium presents Dominik Wujastyk, Professor & Singhmar Chair in Classical Indian Society and Polity Arts History and Classics University of Alberta, speaking on Tectonic Shifts in the Histories of Yoga and Ayurveda.

What is your vision of equity and inclusion at Penn? Listening to Diversity is a public forum that will provide all members of Penn’s campus community the opportunity to voice their concerns and share their suggestions for how to work together to bring about productive change.

Graduate School of Education Dean Pam Grossman invites you to attend a lecture titled "On My Own": The Under-Fulfilled Promise of an Equitable STEM Transfer Pathway for Two-Year College Students" by Visiting Faculty Scholar of Color Dr. Xueli Wang.

What does freedom sound like in confinement? In the world premiere of Vessels, seven women explore the transcendental possibilities of music during the Middle Passage. Set in an interactive, sculptural environment that invokes those infamous ships, this interdisciplinary, speculative history work explores singing as a survival tool.

The Penn Museum's Second Sunday Culture Films use raw footage of real events, places, and things that reveal important aspects of the social and material world.

LA-based filmmaker Courtney Stephens will share selections from the archives of early 20th-century travelogue film and talk about the women who traversed the globe to capture this amazing footage. Reception to follow.  Film to be followed by conversation.

An illustrated talk by filmmaker Courtney Stephens.  Snippets of world travel film taken by women in the early 20th century, revealing places and times forever changed. All are invited to the series closing reception.