Past Events



"Race, Homosexuality, and Military Justice" - Natalie Shibley

Jan 28, 2020 at - | 3401 Walnut Street, Room 329A

PRSS Postdoctoral Fellow Natalie Shibley will discuss her research on the history of homosexuality investigations in the U.S. military.



Ruha Benjamin (Princeton University)

Dec 9, 2019 at - | Annenberg School for Communication, Room 500

This event is a collaboration between PRSS, the Department of History and Sociology of Science Colloquium, and the Control Societies Speaker Series. 



Segregating Health Care: Establishing St. Louis’s Homer G. Phillips Hospital

Oct 16, 2019 at - | 418 Curie Boulevard, Floor 4, Room 435

PRSS Postdoctoral Fellow Ezelle Sanford recounts the social, political, economic, and professional alignments which made segregated health care and medical training possible in St. Louis, MO-based upon his…



Fascism & Racism: Intimate Partners in Modern Politics

Apr 23, 2019 at | 133 S. 36th St., Room 250

This panel discussion is an outgrowth of a graduate level course in Africana Studies on the relationship between fascism and racism. With xenophobic fascistic and white supremacist movements increasing in strength…



The Politics of Race in America: A Conversation with Jonathan Metzl, Dorothy Roberts, and Anthea Butler

Apr 17, 2019 at - | Slought,
4017 Walnut Street

Jonathan Metzl, Dorothy Roberts, and Anthea Butler will discuss Metzl's new book, Dying of Whiteness, and the politics of racial resentment. The conversation will be followed by a reception and book signing…



Dying of Whiteness- Jonathan Metzl (Vanderbilt University)

Apr 17, 2019 at - | 103 McNeil Building,
3718 Locust Walk



Mistreating Health Inequities in the Genomic Age- Dorothy Roberts

Apr 5, 2019 at - | Hall of Flags, Houston Hall

PRSS Director Dorothy Roberts will give a keynote lecture for Penn Medicine's Health Equity Week. Her speech will be titled, "Mistreating Health Inequities in the Genomic Age."

 



Penn and Slavery Symposium

Apr 3, 2019 - Apr 4, 2019 at - | Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, 6th floor, 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA

This symposium, co-hosted by the Penn & Slavery Project and the Program on Race, Science & Society, with support from the Office of the Provost, the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and…



Peanut Panacea: The Medical Ideas of George Washington Carver- Natalie Shibley

Feb 28, 2019 at | Center for Africana Studies, 
3401 Walnut Street, Room 329A

Natalie Shibley will discuss the health politics of George Washington Carver, including ideas about nutrition, cough medicine, and peanut oil massage.



Martin Luther King, Jr. Health Equity Symposium

Jan 23, 2019 at - | Arthur H. Rubenstein Auditorium,
Smilow Center for Translational Research,
3400 Civic Center Blvd.

PRSS is co-sponsoring this event, hosted by the Penn Medicine Office of Inclusion and Diversity. The symposium will feature a keynote address from Dr. Jonathan Woodson, former Assistant Secretary of Health Affairs…