The Gender and Sexual Politics of End-of-Life Care

a panel discussion with Susan Gerbino, Amber Hollibaugh, Ann Neumann, and Ai-Jen Poo April 10, Tuesday 6 to 8 pm Women – whether wives, mothers, daughters, or female (under)paid home or hospital healthcare workers – are disproportionately responsible for caring for the infirm and elderly in US society. This burden of care involves both extraordinary …

Desire for the Other: Psychoanalysis and Critical Theory in Conversation

a roundtable on the new book With Culture in Mind: Psychoanalytic Stories Read a review of this talk! November 4, Friday 4 to 6 pm 13-19 University Place (map) Lecture room 102 (please note room change) between 8th Street and Waverly Place Panelists include: contributing authors Orna Guralnik and Eyal Rozmarin Ben Kafka, Media & …

Slaying the Dragon: Reloaded

SLAYING THE DRAGON: RELOADED film screening and panel discussion presented by the NYU Asian/Pacific/American Institute Read a review of this talk! October 27, Thursday 6 to 9 pm Slaying the Dragon: Reloaded 2011, 30 minutes, USA director Elaine H. Kim Confirmed panelists: Benjamin Han, Cinema Studies, NYU Elaine H. Kim, Ethnic Studies and Asian American …

Gender and Sexuality: a Musical Revue!

April 29, Friday 7 to 8:30 pm: Gender and Sexuality: a Musical Revue! The day’s conversation will be followed by an early evening performance party — with music and queer burlesque highlights! — to celebrate the 11th anniversary of CSGS. Producer Viva DeConcini is rounding up a bevy of special guest stars, so put on …

Gender, Jobs and Freedom: The March on Washington and the Birth of Black Feminism: March 11

The American History Workshop @ NYU presents… William P. Jones University of Wisconsin “Gender, Jobs and Freedom: The March on Washington and the Birth of Black Feminism” Friday, March 11th at 10 a.m. NYU King Juan Carlos I, Room 428 53 Washington Square South NYC Lunch will be served! **The paper is pre-circulated—email khary.polk(at)gmail.com to …

Ke Kulana He Mahu: Remembering a Sense of Place film screening

KE KULANA HE MAHU: REMEMBERING A SENSE OF PLACE a film screening and discussion with producer Connie Florez April 5, Tuesday 6 to 9 pm a film by Brent Anbe and Kathryn Xian 67 minutes, 2001, USA For more film information, please visit http://www.zangpictures.net/Projects/KeKulanaHeMahu.html This documentary examines how colonialism has profoundly shifted attitudes toward gender …

Egyptian activist and author Dr. Nawal El Saadawi @ NYU March 22 & 24

March 22nd and March 24th Fresh from the revolution in Tahrir Square, Dr. El Saadawi will discuss the current political developments in Egypt and her life as a writer, physician, feminist, and human rights activist. Creativity, Dissidence & Women: A Multidisciplinary Conference Tuesday, March 22, 2011 6:00-9:00 p.m. Kimmel Center 60 Washington Square South Eisner/Lubin …

Creating Proper Men: Masculinities, Embodiment & Agency in the West Bank

CREATING PROPER MEN: MASCULINITIES, EMBODIMENT AND AGENCY IN THE WEST BANK a Brown Bag Lunch Talk with Maria Malmström March 7, Monday 12:30 to 1:45 pm Maria Malmström, CSGS Visiting Scholar In this talk, Dr. Malmström will discuss constructions of gender, embodiment and agency among male Hamas youths in the West Bank through the prism …

Feminist Autobiographical Fictions: Performing the Self on Stage & On the Page

FEMINIST AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FICTIONS: PERFORMING THE SELF ON STAGE AND ON THE PAGE a book talk with Barbara Browning, Linda Schlossberg, & Alina Troyano (aka Carmelita Tropicana) February 22, Tuesday 7 to 8:30 pm Barbara Browning, Performance Studies, NYU author of The Correspondence Artist Linda Schlossberg, Women, Gender and Sexuality, Harvard University author of Life in …