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Higginbotham Memorial Lecture 2024

Featuring Damon T. Hewitt, the President and Executive Director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Nov 14, 2024 at | 3501 Sansom Street Philadelphia, PA 19104
Penn Carey Law, Fitts Auditorium

Presenting this year’s Higginbotham Memorial Lecture will be Damon T. Hewitt, the President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. This lecture will be moderated by Professor…



The Holmesburg Prison Experiments and the Call for Restorative Justice

A Panel Hosted by the Jones Foundation for Returning Citizens
Oct 23, 2024 at - | Penn Carey Law
3501 Sansom Street
Fitts Auditorium

Join us for a panel hosted by the Jones Foundation for Returning Citizens, as we discuss the legacy, human rights violations, and impact of the prison experiments that late Penn dermatologist Albert Kligman conducted…



African American Lecture Series: Professor Ruha Benjamin

Jan 31, 2024 at | 4fl Commons, McNeil Building, 3718 Locust Walk



THE 23rd ANNUAL MLK JR. SOCIAL JUSTICE LECTURE & AWARD FEAT PROFESSOR DOROTHY ROBERTS

"Are Civil Rights Enough?"
Jan 24, 2024 at | Annenberg Center | Zellerbach Theatre3680 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104
In-Person & Virtual

Professor Dorothy Roberts reflects on the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with Professor Marcia Chatelain. 



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…



Dying of Whiteness- Jonathan Metzl (Vanderbilt University)

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



Genomic Sovereignty and Genetic Research on Jewish Populations - Yulia Egorova (Durham)

Nov 28, 2017 at - | Brown Bag Lunch Colloquium
Location: Africana Seminar Room 331

Past two decades witnessed an intensification of genetic research which attempted to engage with different aspects of Jewish history – DNA analysis was thus employed to…



Dying of Whiteness - Jonathan Metzl (Vanderbilt)

Mar 30, 2017 at - | Kade Center, Africana Studies Room 329
3401 Walnut Street

Of late, we’ve heard much about the rise of “alt-white supremacy” in the United States—with the assumption that supremacy is a system that places white people atop persons of color, immigrants, and other marginalized…



For Whom the Genome Tolls - Jenny Reardon (UC Santa Cruz)

Apr 20, 2015 at | 3401 Walnut St., Rm 330-A

Jenny Reardon
For Whom the Genome Tolls: Race, Genomics and Justice in the American South at the Turn of the Millennium



The Past and Present Significance of Racial Mobility - Aliya Saperstein (Stanford)

Apr 8, 2015 at | 3718 Locust Walk, McNeil Building, Room 286-287

Aliya Saperstein
The Past and Present Significance of Racial Mobility

In this talk, Professor Saperstein will…