Transgender & Orthodox: Life Stories at the Intersection of Gender and Religion a lecture by Oriol Poveda December 3, Thursday 5 to 6:30 pm Oriol Poveda, PhD candidate, Theology and Uppsala Religion & Research Centre, Uppsala University, Sweden Based on interviews and observations in Israel and North America among transgender Jews with Orthodox backgrounds, both …
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December 10: Love in the Middle East: The Contradictions of Romance in the Facebook World
Love in the Middle East: The Contradictions of Romance in the Facebook World a lecture by Roger O. Friedland December 10, Thursday 5 to 6:30 pm Roger O. Friedland, Visiting Professor, Media, Culture, & Communication, New York University Romantic love is a social fact in the Muslim world. It is also a gender politics impinging …
November 17: Youth Hostelling with Vaginal Davis
Youth Hostelling with Vaginal Davis with special guest Susanne Sachsse & moderated by Tavia Nyong’o November 17, Tuesday 7 to 8:30 pm Vaginal Davis, performer, artist Susanne Sachsse, performer, artist Tavia Nyong’o, Performance Studies, New York University This performative interview with artists Vaginal Davis and Susanne Sachsse is timed to coincide with Vaginal Davis’s staging of The …
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October 29: Sexy Motherf**ker: Queering Incest & the Mother
Sexy Motherf**ker: Queering Incest & the Mother a lecture by Amber Jamilla Musser October 29, Thursday 6:30 to 8 pm Amber Jamilla Musser, Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, Washington University If homosexuality is the love that dare not speak its name, this talk argues that incest, in the form of taboo and metaphor, offers a plethora …
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Sept 24: Keeping America Pure: The State, the Church, & the Migrant Body
Keeping America Pure: The State, the Church, & the Migrant Body a lecture by Lois Lorentzen September 24, Thursday 6 to 8 pm Lois Lorentzen, Theology & Religious Studies and the Center for Latino/a Studies in the Americas, University of San Francisco The U.S./Mexico border is the most militarized border in the world between two …
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April 17: Somatic Experiments, Clinical Encounters: In the Consulting Room with Testo Junkie
Somatic Experiments, Clinical Encounters: In the Consulting Room with Testo Junkie a forum with Kirsten Lentz, Carolyn Stack, & Jamieson Webster, a response by Paul B. Preciado, and moderated by Muriel Dimen April 17, Friday 5 to 7 pm PLEASE NOTE LOCATION CHANGE BELOW Kirsten Lentz, Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis, New York University, psychoanalyst …
March 5: Mosquita y Mari film screening & discussion
Mosquita y Mari (2012, 85 min., Dir: Aurora Guerrero) a screening & discussion with Emily Cohen & Aurora Guerrero March 5, Thursday 6 to 8 pm Aurora Guerrero, filmmaker Emily Cohen, anthropologist & filmmaker A coming of age story focusing on a tender friendship between two young Chicanas. Film trailer here. Kimmel Center for University Life …
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Dec 5: Shaming, Flaming: Lawrence King & the Murderous Regulation of Gender Non-conforming Youth
Shaming, Flaming: Lawrence King & the Murderous Regulation of Gender Non-conforming Youth a forum with Ken Corbett & Gayle M. Salamon December 5, Friday 5 to 7 pm Ken Corbett, Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, New York University Gayle M. Salamon, English, Princeton University In February 2008, Larry King, a 15-year-old gender nonconforming teenager …
October 14: TAKING OFFENSE: Trigger Warnings & the Neoliberal Politics of Endangerment
Taking Offense: Trigger Warnings & the Neoliberal Politics of Endangerment a panel discussion with Lisa Duggan, Jack Halberstam, Tavia Nyong’o, Ann Pellegrini, Avgi Saketopoulou, & Karen Shimakawa October 14, Tuesday 6:30 to 8:15 Lisa Duggan, Social & Cultural Analysis, New York University Jack Halberstam, American Studies & Ethnicity, Gender Studies, Comparative Literature, and English, USC Dornsife …
Sept 25: Transgender/Transnational: Mapping Transgender Subjectivity Across National & Institutional Boundaries
Transgender/Transnational: Mapping Transgender Subjectivity Across National & Institutional Boundaries a forum with Tey Meadow & Afsaneh Najmabadi Thursday, September 25 6:30 to 8 pm Tey Meadow, Sociology and Studies of Women, Gender & Sexuality, Harvard University Afsaneh Najmabadi, History and Studies of Women, Gender & Sexuality, Harvard University In this interdisciplinary conversation, Tey Meadow and …
