The Center for the Humanities is sponsoring a discussion today from 2-6 p.m. “The Scholar as Activist, The Activist as Scholar” will explore the relationship between academic scholarship and social justice activism.

Speakers will include Robin Andersen from Fordham University, Gabriel Rockhill from Villanova, Liz Sevcenko from The New School Humanities Action Lab and Temple Law School’s Jennifer Lee. They will share their experiences with CHAT Fellows facilitators. A reception with refreshments will follow the event in the CHAT Lounge on the 10th floor of Gladfelter Hall. The discussion is free and open to all.

The discussion “It’s Always Time to Talk About Social Identity Intersectionalities” will start at 12:30 p.m. today in Annenberg Hall Room 3. Dr. Donnalyn Pompper of the School of Media and Communication will talk about the importance of the intersectionalities approach to understand how people fit into different dimensions of age, class, culture, ethnicity, faith, gender, physical ability, sexual orientation and more.

Organization managers try to create unity in the workplace by understanding these dimensions, but rarely discuss the challenges that arise from the differences. Pompper’s  one-hour discussion is free and open to all.

In celebration of Women’s History Month and Social Work Month, alumna Joan Sadoff will present a film and conversation on Thursday from 3-5 p.m. in the Ritter Hall Walk Auditorium. Sadoff is the producer of “Standing on My Sisters’ Shoulders” and the editor of its companion book “Pieces From the Past: Voices of Heroic Women in Civil Rights.”

Sadoff was recently selected as the recipient of a 2015 Alumni Impact Award for her outstanding service, contribution and advocacy to her school and university. This event is free and open to all.

Kimberly Williams will lead her presentation, “Landscapes of Death in Ancient Arabia,” on Thursday afternoon from 12:30 to 1:50 p.m. in the Center for Humanities on the tenth floor of Gladfelter Hall. Williams believes the location and details of how people choose to dispose of their dead reflects relationships between the living and deceased in a community.

Williams will discuss the change from the burial cairns of the Oman Peninsula in the Bronze Age to the low, central tombs in the middle of the third millennium B.C. Williams holds that this shift effectively destroyed any individual identity that was previously celebrated. Using GIS modeling to visualize the mortuary landscapes and understand landform use, Williams will model how ancient people transformed physical landscape into a landscape of death. This event is free and open to all.

The Center for the Study of Force and Diplomacy will welcome author Ari Kelman on Wednesday from 3-5 p.m. in Weigley Room 914 of Gladfelter Hall. Kelman is the McCabe Greer Professor of History at Penn State.  He is also the 2014 Bancroft Prize-winning author of “A Misplaced Massacre: Struggling Over the Memory of Sand Creek.”

Kelman will discuss the meaning and impact of the events of the 1864 Sand Creek massacre in Colorado that has affected struggles over history and memory in the American West. This discussion is free and open to all.

Tickets go on sale on Wednesday at noon for the Philly Spring Jam Concert at the Liacouras Center on March 29. The concert will feature performances from Keith Sweat, Ginuwine, 112, Whodini and Rob Base.

Rapper Doug E. Fresh will be hosting the event. Philly Connections tickets are $10 with TUid at the Reel Box Office. Only two tickets can be purchased per ID. The box office is located in the Student Center South. The concert is open to all.

The Department of Geography and Urban Studies has partnered with the Office of Sustainability to present “Philadelphia on the Frontline of Climate Change.”

The discussion will highlight how Temple and different organizations in Philadelphia are addressing the problem of climate change. Panelists will include Adam Garber, the field director at PennEnvironment, and Kathleen Grady, the director of sustainability at Temple. Christina Rosan, the director of environmental studies, will moderate the discussion. This event is open to all on Tuesday from 5-6:30 p.m. in Room 208 of Anderson Hall.