REVIEW: New Majorities II: A Cross-Country Duet on the State of Gender and Sexuality Studies in the Academy

New Majorities II: A Cross-Country Duet on the State of Gender and Sexuality Studies in the Academy New York University, 29 April 2011 New Majorities II had a double task: First, the day-long forum continued an initiative launched at the UCLA Center for the Study of Women (CSW), and co-conceived by CSW director Kathleen McHugh …

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 …

The Reality Shows: a conversation with Karen Finley

THE REALITY SHOWS a conversation with Karen Finley April 6, Wednesday 6:30 to 8 pm READ THE REVIEW! Reclaiming Hysteria in The Reality Shows: A Conversation with Karen Finley and Ann Pellegrini Karen Finley, Art and Public Policy, NYU Ann Pellegrini, Performance Studies & Religious Studies, NYU The Reality Shows collects a decade’s worth of …

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 …

Living Out Loud: Men of color creating HIV awareness through their stories, art, & activism

Living Out Loud: Men of color creating HIV awareness through their stories, art, & activism Presented by NYU’s Office of LGBT Student Services Storytelling and Performance Series/Multiple Identity Speaker Series November 29, Monday 6 to 8 pm Jeffrey S. Gould Welcome Center 50 West 4th Street To see the Facebook Invite: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=171571102869379 Join NYU’s Office …

Queer Rican Performance: an evening with Ignacio Rivera & Awilda Rodriguez Lora

QUEER RICAN PERFORMANCE an evening with Ignacio Rivera and Awilda Rodriguez Lora November 15, Monday 6 to 8 pm NYU Kimmel Center 60 Washington Square South Room 802 Presented by the NYU Office of LGBT Student Services’ Storytelling and Performance Series For more information: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=157347347637869 Join Puerto Rican performers Ignacio Rivera and Awilda Rodriguez Lora …

The Zany Science: Post-Fordist Performance, Gender, and the Problem of Fun

Eugene Lang College Gender Studies Lecture Series Culture and Media Studies and Literary Studies Present: The Zany Science: Post-Fordist Performance, Gender, and the Problem of Fun September 27, 4:30 Eugene Lang College, Wollman Hall, 5th floor 65 W. 11th Street NYC Sianne Ngai Sianne Ngai shares work from her current book project, Our Aesthetic Categories: …

Gawking, Gaping, Staring: Living in Marked Bodies: Eli Clare @ NYU

GAWKING, GAPING, STARING: LIVING IN MARKED BODIES A performance by Eli Clare October 4, Monday 7 to 9 pm READ THE REVIEW! Eli Clare, “Building Community/Resisting Shame”: Another side of living in Marked Bodies For more information: please contact the NYU Office of LGBT Student Services at 212-998-4424. Disabled people, trans people, fat people, and …

2010 New York Fornés Festival: Maria Irene Fornés

March 25th to April 5th, 2010 Presented by INTAR (International Arts Relations, Inc)  in association with NYU’s Department of English INTAR (Eduardo Machado, Artistic Director/John McCormack, Executive Director) will join New York University’s Department of English and its Program in Dramatic Literature to celebrate the 80th birthday of playwright, director and teacher Maria Irene Fornés. …