Upcoming Events

Friday, Feb. 17: Dr. W.E.B DuBois conference, sponsored by the Department of Sociology and the Center for Africana Studies. This day-long gathering will celebrate Dr. Du Bois being posthumously bestowed with an Honorary Emeritus Professorship in Sociology and Africana Studies by the University of Pennsylvania. Claudia Cohen Hall, 249 South 36th Street, 10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. Reservations are required. To make a reservation, click here. For more information, contact the Center for Africana Studies at 215.898.4965 or africana@sas.upenn.edu.

Tuesday, Feb. 21: Negritude’s Claims to Fame, with Professor of Romance Languages Lydie E. Moudileno. This event is part of the Africana Classics Lecture Series. Center for Africana Studies, Suite 330A, 3401 Walnut St., 12:00 p.m. Seating is limited. RSVP required to 215.898.4965 or africana@sas.upenn.edu.

Wednesday, Feb. 29: In Praise of Unreal Sounds, with Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Music Carolyn Abbate. This even is part of the Penn Humanities Forum. Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum, 3260 South Street, 5:00 – 6:30 p.m..

Thursday, March 1: The 2012 Levin Family SAS Dean’s Forum, with Nobel-Prize winning economist Dr. Amartya Sen, who will deliver a lecture on “Justice and the Contemporary World”. Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Zellerbach Theatre, 3680 Walnut Street, 4:30 p.m.

Monday, Mar. 19: Global Gender Seminar: “Queer Cultural Production in Trinidad and Tobago” Lyndon Gil. This event also features Professor of Anthropology Deborah Thomas and Professor of English Heather Love. Cohen Hall, Room 436, 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Annual Events