Events

Doug Guilbault Annenberg School for Communication University of Pennsylvania   Attractor Dynamics in the Social Construction of Categories   It is widely held that communication leads social groups to differ in the cultural traits and linguistic categories they adopt. Because individuals can vary in how they form novel categories, larger population sizes are said to […]

Robin Dembroff Department of Philosophy Yale University   Positions in Patriarchy: Retooling the Metaphysics of Gender   Decades of feminist theory have approached the question ‘what is gender?’ with an eye to gender as a system— in particular, the system that creates and sustains patriarchy. Using this approach, feminists have proposed theories of gender focused on […]

Penn Science Policy & Diplomacy Group presents: Science Communication Workshops, 2019 – 2020 Scientific Storytelling September 17, 2019 12:15pm-1:45pm JMEC 516EW (5th Fl Smilow Center for Translational Research, West Pavilion) 3400 Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104 How to make your science a story Humans respond to stories: we’re wired for it! Rafael E. Luna, […]

Josh Franklin Department of Anthropology University of Pennsylvania   Topic: Sex, Gender, Diversity and Neuropsychiatry   Penn grad students, postdocs, and RAs, you are invited to lunch with interesting guests. Not a talk – they’ll take 10 minutes to introduce their work, then it’s pure conversation. Sandwiches and drinks served.