The Granoff Music Center Colloquium Series at Tufts University presents Tufts Associate Professor of Music Stephan Pennington on the topic “Boys Don’t Cry: Historical Empathy, Silence, and the Trans Masculine Soundscape.”

Pennington is a critical musicologist focusing on popular music and cultural studies. He is also affiliated with the Africana Studies Program, the American Studies Program, the Films Studies Program, and the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program. He teaches courses such as History of African-American Music, Queer Pop, The History of Rock’n’Roll, Black Divas, Music of the International Jazz Age, and American Music.

Free; no tickets required. Guest parking passes can be purchased at the Tufts University Police Department, 419 Boston Avenue, Medford.

This colloquium is made possible by the Granoff Music Fund.