Center for Experimental Ethnography at UPENN

08/31/2026

#72 - https://mailchi.mp/upenn/newsletter72

Our September newsletter is now live! Introducing Dr. Guthrie Ramsey, our CEE Fellow, and upcoming center events and events of interest in Philly.

08/21/2026

05/11/2026

Events this Week May 11: Imagining Publics Screening, Curating Engagement Conversation - https://mailchi.mp/upenn/cee-events-17571699

05/04/2026

CEE #71 - https://mailchi.mp/upenn/71

Spring is here! We have many wonderful events this month including two course exhibits. Read our latest newsletter for reflections from our Director, Deb Thomas, and the community organization We.REIGN, an organizing group made of civically active Black youth and women.

We also commend CEE scholar Kinjal Dave for publishing: “Constructing and Performing Domesticity Materiality of Gujarati Women’s Technical Labor in the United States Post-1965” in the journal Catalyst!

04/21/2026

This Thursday (4/23): Join us at Public Trust for “What Does it Mean to Live Exorbitantly?,” a public conversation from 5-6:30pm featuring scholars Deborah A. Thomas and Jasmine E. Johnson.

Centering on Thomas’s new book, Exorbitance: A Speculative Ethnography of Inheritance, the discussion will explore the relationships between embodiment and sovereignty and raise questions about modes of world-building that are exorbitant to classic political frames. Presented in partnership with the Center for Experimental Ethnography and the Black Performance Institute at the University of Pennsylvania.

Image Credit: Leniqueca A. Welcome, "Unbounded," Cover Collage for Exorbitance, 2025

04/02/2026

CEE #70: The Empty Grave Review, Third Thursday with SSMF Director Azsaneé, Wiki-A-Thon & Q***r Class/Room - https://mailchi.mp/upenn/cee-61-third-thursday-camra-ssmf-and-more-17570880