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Nov 3, 4:30 PM: Ann Cvetkovich, "Ordinary Lesbians and Special Collections: The June L ...

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What happens when a grassroots lesbian feminist archive finds its way to the special collections of a major university research library? Does it lose its counterarchival aura, or can it carry its powers of critical intervention into new spaces? My talk explores these questions through the case of the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives, which have recently been housed and catalogued at UCLA. With particular attention to ephemera and materiality, it will focus in particular on how the self-archiving practices of “ordinary lesbians” make available the lives of those who may not be publicly recognized but whom the archive can make valuable. And it will explore this case history within the broader context of my research on queer archival politics, which includes the models provided by artists whose creative approaches to the archives are simultaneously critical and transformative. Followed immediately by… Thursday, November 3 | 6:30-8:00pm Workshop: “Writing as Archival Practice” CSGS – 5733 S University Avenue, First Floor Seminar Room Both the lecture and workshop are free and open to the public. Part of the LGBTQ Studies Project and the Artists' Salon at the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality.

Date: November 3, 2016
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

See:https://www.facebook.com/events/645816295577093/

Oct 28, 12:00 PM: Lily Hoang + Jackie Wang // Workshop: “Feeling Out of Space: Trauma ...

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Friday, October 28 | 12:00-1:30pm The LGBTQ Studies Project and the Artists’ Salon present Lily Hoang + Jackie Wang // Workshop: “Feeling Out of Space: Trauma Monsters and Magic” CSGS – 5733 S University Avenue, First Floor Seminar Room In this collaborative workshop Lily Hoang and Jackie Wang will use hands-on activities and writing exercises to explore the themes lostness, monstrous subjectivity, and magic. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lily Hoang is the author of five books, including A Bestiary (winner of the inaugural Cleveland State University Poetry Center’s Nonfiction Contest) and Changing (recipient of a PEN Open Books Award). With Joshua Marie Wilkinson, she edited the anthology The Force of What’s Possible: Writers on Accessibility and the Avant-Garde. She is Director of the MFA program at New Mexico State University. She serves as Editor at Puerto del Sol and for Jaded Ibis Press. Jackie Wang is a writer, filmmaker, performer, and prison abolitionist based out of Cambridge, MA. She is the author of Tiny Spelunker of the Oneiro-Womb (Capricious) and “Against Innocence” (Semiotex(e)). She writes dream-inspired poetry and is a doctoral student at Harvard University. Find her @LoneberryWang and loneberry.tumblr.com. Part of the LGBTQ Studies Project and the Artists' Salon at the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality.

Date: October 28, 2016
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

See:https://www.facebook.com/events/628753393960976/

Oct 27, 4:30 PM: Lily Hoang + Jackie Wang: Reading and discussion

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Thursday, October 27 | 4:30-6:00pm The LGBTQ Studies Project and the Artists’ Salon present Lily Hoang + Jackie Wang: Reading and discussion CSGS – 5733 S University Avenue, Community Room Lily Hoang reads from A Bestiary and Jackie Wang reads poetry, followed by a discussion with Professor Lauren Berlant (English). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Followed by… Friday, October 28 | 12:00-1:30pm Workshop: “Feeling Out of Space: Trauma Monsters and Magic” CSGS – 5733 S University Avenue, First Floor Seminar Room In this collaborative workshop Lily Hoang and Jackie Wang will use hands-on activities and writing exercises to explore the themes lostness, monstrous subjectivity, and magic. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lily Hoang is the author of five books, including A Bestiary (winner of the inaugural Cleveland State University Poetry Center’s Nonfiction Contest) and Changing (recipient of a PEN Open Books Award). With Joshua Marie Wilkinson, she edited the anthology The Force of What’s Possible: Writers on Accessibility and the Avant-Garde. She is Director of the MFA program at New Mexico State University. She serves as Editor at Puerto del Sol and for Jaded Ibis Press. Jackie Wang is a writer, filmmaker, performer, and prison abolitionist based out of Cambridge, MA. She is the author of Tiny Spelunker of the Oneiro-Womb (Capricious) and “Against Innocence” (Semiotex(e)). She writes dream-inspired poetry and is a doctoral student at Harvard University. Find her @LoneberryWang and loneberry.tumblr.com. Both the lecture and workshop are free and open to the public. Part of the LGBTQ Studies Project and the Artists' Salon at the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality.

Date: October 27, 2016
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

See:https://www.facebook.com/events/628753393960976/

Oct 10, 6:00 PM: Lecture: Christiane Taubira

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JUSTICE IN SERVICE OF EQUALITY. A lecture by, and conversation with, Christiane Taubira, former Minister of Justice of France. Post-lecture discussion moderated by Jennifer Wild (CMS) and Mary Anne Case (Law School). Christiane Taubira founded the left-wing Guianese party Walwari, and was elected four times to the National Assembly of France (representing French Guiana), where she was the driving force behind the 2001 law that recognizes the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity. In 2012, she was appointed Justice Minister of France. In that capacity, she oversaw fundamental penal reforms that promote rehabilitation and lowered recidivism rates, and introduced a law that both legalized same-sex marriage in France, and allows same-sex couples to adopt children. Ms. Taubira is strongly committed to civil rights, women’s rights, and the rights of disadvantaged youth. In the wake of the terrorist attacks France suffered in 2015, she published a book, Murmures à la Jeunesse, in which she argues that the French Republic has at its disposal all the tools and resources it needs to combat terrorism successfully. This event is sponsored by: France Chicago Center, Center for the Study of Race Politics and Culture, Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, Institute of Politics, University of Chicago French Club, Franke Institute for the Humanities, Cultural Services of the French Consulate in Chicago, Alliance Française de Chicago, International House Global Voices Program, and International House Diplomatic Encounters Series.

Date: October 10, 2016
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

See:https://christiane-taubira.eventbrite.com

Nov 15, 4:30 PM: Anjanette M. Chan Tack, "Gender, Ethnic Nationalisms, and ...

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Gender and Sexuality Studies Workshop The Fall Quarter theme is “Mobility, Membership, and Gender," and will be curated by Demetra Kasimis, Assistant Professor of Political Science, with outside guest Angeliki Tzanetou, Associate Professor of Classics at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Papers and presentations will address topics related to mobility--including flight, refuge, exile, migration--and/or membership in relation to questions of gender or sexuality. November 15th: "Gender, Ethnic Nationalisms, and Ethno-Racial Identity among Caribbean Indians in the US" Anjanette M. Chan Tack, PhD Candidate in Sociology, University of Chicago Papers are made available in advance via our email list. If you are interested in joining the email list, go to http://lists.uchicago.edu/web/subscribe/sexuality-gender-wkshp or contact the workshop coordinators, Annie Heffernan and Danya Lagos, at gssworkshop@gmail.com. Additional workshop information, including past schedules, can be found at http://voices.uchicago.edu/genderandsexuality/.

Date: November 15, 2016
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

See:http://voices.uchicago.edu/genderandsexuality/

Nov 1, 4:30 PM: Danya Lagos, “Nondiscrimination Policies and the U.S. ...

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Gender and Sexuality Studies Workshop The Fall Quarter theme is “Mobility, Membership, and Gender," and will be curated by Demetra Kasimis, Assistant Professor of Political Science, with outside guest Angeliki Tzanetou, Associate Professor of Classics at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Papers and presentations will address topics related to mobility--including flight, refuge, exile, migration--and/or membership in relation to questions of gender or sexuality. November 1st: “Nondiscrimination Policies and the U.S. Transgender Health Landscape: A Multilevel Analysis of Self-Rated Health in 27 States" Danya Lagos, Graduate Student in Sociology, University of Chicago Papers are made available in advance via our email list. If you are interested in joining the email list, go to http://lists.uchicago.edu/web/subscribe/sexuality-gender-wkshp or contact the workshop coordinators, Annie Heffernan and Danya Lagos, at gssworkshop@gmail.com. Additional workshop information, including past schedules, can be found at http://voices.uchicago.edu/genderandsexuality/.

Date: November 1, 2016
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

See:http://voices.uchicago.edu/genderandsexuality/

Oct 18, 4:30 PM: Angeliki Tzanetou, TBA

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Gender and Sexuality Studies Workshop The Fall Quarter theme is “Mobility, Membership, and Gender," and will be curated by Demetra Kasimis, Assistant Professor of Political Science, with outside guest Angeliki Tzanetou, Associate Professor of Classics at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Papers and presentations will address topics related to mobility--including flight, refuge, exile, migration--and/or membership in relation to questions of gender or sexuality. October 18th: TBA Angeliki Tzanetou, Associate Professor of Classics at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Papers are made available in advance via our email list. If you are interested in joining the email list, go to http://lists.uchicago.edu/web/subscribe/sexuality-gender-wkshp or contact the workshop coordinators, Annie Heffernan and Danya Lagos, at gssworkshop@gmail.com. Additional workshop information, including past schedules, can be found at http://voices.uchicago.edu/genderandsexuality/.

Date: October 18, 2016
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

See:http://voices.uchicago.edu/genderandsexuality/

Oct 11, 6:15 PM: Improvising Change: Bleep that Bleep (Dynamics of activism through emergent play)

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Improvising Change: Bleep that Bleep Dynamics of activism through emergent play A screening and a conversation about improvisation and activism with Dewayne Perkins and Aasia Bullock (Actors, writers, comedians, Second City), and Keith Murphy (Associate Professor of Anthropology, UC Irvine). Food and drinks will be served! This event is part of the Alternate Realities and Virtual Worlds series, curated by Heidi Coleman and Patrick Jagoda.

Date: October 11, 2016
Time: 6:15 PM - 8:00 PM

See:https://www.facebook.com/events/1076885939085862/

Nov 12, 2:00 AM: Artist Talk with Samson Kambalu and Jennifer Wild

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A conversation with artist Samson Kambalu and University of Chicago Associate Professor Jennifer Wild (Department of Cinema and Media Studies), moderated by Yesomi Umolu, Logan Center Exhibitions Curator. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Retrogarde, the discussion will address alternative readings of avant-garde art and cinema in Kambalu’s and Wild's artistic and scholarly work, respectively. Presented by Logan Center Exhibitions and the Counter Cinema/Counter Media Project at the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality. Image: Samson Kambalu, Runner, 2014. Image courtesy the artist.

Date: November 12, 2016
Time: 2:00 AM - 3:00 AM

Nov 18, 7:00 PM: An Evening with Sarah Price

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Award-winning American filmmaker Sarah Price burst onto the scene as the producer of the crowd-pleasing and critically acclaimed documentary American Movie (1999), which won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at Sundance. Since then, she’s worked as a director and producer in documentary film (Caesar’s Peak, The Yes Men, Summercamp!, Youssou N’Dour: I Bring What I Love), television (The Carrie Diaries), and commercials. Tonight, she shares her experiences as an independent filmmaker in a visually illustrated evening that includes clips from her eclectic body of work and a sneak preview of her latest upcoming release. In conversation with Jennifer Wild (Department of Cinema and Media Studies). Educated at the University of Iowa, award-winning American filmmaker Sarah Price's films have screened at prestigious festivals around the world, including the Toronto International Film Festival, the Chicago International Film Festival, the Berlin International Film Festival, and others. Presented by the Counter Cinema/Counter Media Project and co-sponsored by the Film Studies Center.

Date: November 18, 2016
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

See:https://www.facebook.com/events/618276805021094/

Nov 15, 4:30 PM: Anjanette M. Chan Tack, "Gender, Ethnic Nationalisms, and ...

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Gender and Sexuality Studies Workshop The Fall Quarter theme is “Mobility, Membership, and Gender," and will be curated by Demetra Kasimis, Assistant Professor of Political Science, with outside guest Angeliki Tzanetou, Associate Professor of Classics at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Papers and presentations will address topics related to mobility--including flight, refuge, exile, migration--and/or membership in relation to questions of gender or sexuality. November 15th: "Gender, Ethnic Nationalisms, and Ethno-Racial Identity among Caribbean Indians in the US" Anjanette M. Chan Tack, PhD Candidate in Sociology, University of Chicago Papers are made available in advance via our email list. If you are interested in joining the email list, go to http://lists.uchicago.edu/web/subscribe/sexuality-gender-wkshp or contact the workshop coordinators, Annie Heffernan and Danya Lagos, at gssworkshop@gmail.com. Additional workshop information, including past schedules, can be found at http://voices.uchicago.edu/genderandsexuality/.

Date: November 15, 2016
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

See:http://voices.uchicago.edu/genderandsexuality/

Oct 18, 5:30 PM: Envisioning Queer Futures with Jamal T. Lewis

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OUTober Series presents Envisioning Queer Futures with Jamal T. Lewis Through their works, including the upcoming documentary film "No Fats, No Femmes," Jamal complicates Black history by sharing the stories of trans, gender non-conforming, fat and disabled communities, and locators language cannot contain and hold. Join them in an exploration of identity formation, loneliness, ugliness and desire(ability). About Jamal T. Lewis Jamal is a multidisciplinary artist, cultural worker and writer living in New York, hailing from Atlanta, Georgia. Their work interrogates and explores identity formation, loneliness, ugliness, desire(ability), race, class, gender, and sexuality. Their work has been featured in The LA Times, BuzzFeed, TriBeCa, AFROPUNK, and various other distinguished media publications. They are currently in pre-production for their debut documentary film, No Fats, No Femmes. In their free time, Jamal enjoys sleeping, dancing, and laughing with friends. Jamal is deeply invested in creating and archiving stories that expands and complicates Black history, specifically those of marginalized communities: trans, gender non-conforming, fat, disabled, and locators language cannot contain and hold. Dinner will be provided. Please RSVP by Friday, October 14. Hosted by LGBTQ Student Life. Co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality.

Date: October 18, 2016
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Nov 30, 4:30 PM: Demetra Kasimis, "The Founding Fiction of Athenian Citizenship ...

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Gender and Sexuality Studies Workshop The Fall Quarter theme is “Mobility, Membership, and Gender," and will be curated by Demetra Kasimis, Assistant Professor of Political Science, with outside guest Angeliki Tzanetou, Associate Professor of Classics at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Papers and presentations will address topics related to mobility--including flight, refuge, exile, migration--and/or membership in relation to questions of gender or sexuality. November 30th ***Please note that this event will be held on a Wednesday*** "The Founding Fiction of Athenian Citizenship Belongs to an Immigrant Woman: Reflections on Ventriloquy in Plato’s Menexenus" Demetra Kasimis, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago Papers are made available in advance via our email list. If you are interested in joining the email list, go to http://lists.uchicago.edu/web/subscribe/sexuality-gender-wkshp or contact the workshop coordinators, Annie Heffernan and Danya Lagos, at gssworkshop@gmail.com. Additional workshop information, including past schedules, can be found at http://voices.uchicago.edu/genderandsexuality/.

Date: November 30, 2016
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

See:http://voices.uchicago.edu/genderandsexuality/

Oct 19, 12:00 PM: Gender and Sexuality Studies Majors/Minors Lunchtime Meeting

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Please join us in the first floor conference room to meet new CSGS Director of Undergraduate Studies Jennifer WIld (Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Studies) and to talk about the Gender and Sexuality Studies major/minor and other opportunities offered by the center. Lunch will be served!

Date: October 19, 2016
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

See:https://www.facebook.com/events/280345432364197

Oct 20, 4:30 PM: Autumn 2016 CRES-GSS Social Hour


Feb 9, 4:30 PM: Joshua Chambers-Letson, "Nina Simone and the Work of Minoritarian ...

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Bringing a minoritarian performance studies perspective to bear on performances executed by Nina Simone between 1958 and 1971, this talk theorizes minoritarian performance as a revolutionary practice born from the dialectical tension between freedom and its negation. The work of minoritarian performance, it argues, is to materialize Simone’s desire “to know what it would feel like to be free,” affect a black feminist reorganization of the limiting conditions of the present, negotiate the unjust distribution of death and exploitation towards black life, and rehearse and realize the potential for what Ernst Bloch described as a life in freedom and happiness. Joshua Chambers-Letson is assistant professor of Performance Studies at Northwestern University. He is the author of A Race So Different: Law and Performance in Asian America (NYU Press, 2013), winner of the 2014 Outstanding Book Award from the Association of Theater in Higher Education (ATHE), and is currently working on a book manuscript titled On the Work of Minoritarian Performance. Along with Ann Pellegrini and Tavia Nyong’o, he is a series co-editor of the Sexual Cultures series of NYU Press. This event is free and open to the public. Part of the LGBTQ Studies Project and the Artists' Salon at the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality. Co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture.

Date: February 9, 2017
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

See:https://www.facebook.com/events/1340927592585718/

Jan 12, 4:30 PM: E. Patrick Johnson, “The Beekeeper: Performing Black Southern Women Who Love ...

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This lecture/performance is based on oral histories of black southern women who desire women. Johnson will discuss some of the methodological challenges of being a man conducting research on women as well as cover some of the topics that he found to be common among many of the women he interviewed. In addition, Johnson will perform excerpts from some of the oral histories. E. Patrick Johnson has published widely in the areas of race, class, gender, sexuality, and performance. He is the founder and director of the Black Arts Initiative at Northwestern. He is also a Project& artist, a nonprofit arts organization engaged in art for social change and impact. Johnson is a prolific performer and scholar, and an inspiring teacher, whose research and artistry has greatly impacted African American studies, performance studies, and sexuality studies. He is the author of two award-winning books, Appropriating Blackness: Performance and the Politics of Authenticity, and Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South—An Oral History. He is the editor of Cultural Struggles: Performance, Ethnography, Praxis by Dwight Conquergood (Michigan UP, 2013) and co-editor (with Mae G. Henderson) of Black Queer Studies—A Critical Anthology and (with Ramon Rivera-Servera) of solo/black/woman: scripts, interviews, and essays and Blacktino Queer Performance (Duke UP, forthcoming). He is currently at work on the companion text to Sweet Tea, entitled, Honeypot: Southern Black Women Who Love Women and an edited collection of new writings in black queer studies tentatively titled, No Tea, No Shade: New Writings in Black Queer Studies. This event is free and open to the public. Part of the LGBTQ Studies Project and the Artists' Salon at the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality. Co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture.

Date: January 12, 2017
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

See:https://www.facebook.com/events/1228828117155629/

Nov 29, 4:00 PM: Cecile Richards, "The Future of Reproductive Rights"

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2016 Ulysses and Marguerite Schwartz Memorial Lecture In 2016, the Supreme Court affirmed the right to safe and legal abortion, Planned Parenthood celebrated 100 years, and the presidential election placed women’s rights and autonomy front and center. In this lecture, Cecile Richards (President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America) will discuss what 2016 meant for reproductive rights, and what 2017 has in store. Reception to follow. Glen A. Lloyd Auditorium University of Chicago Law School 1111 E. 60th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 This lecture is free and open to the public. No response is required, but seating is limited. For special assistance or needs, please contact Erin Wellin at 773.834.4326 or ewellin@uchicago.edu.

Date: November 29, 2016
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Feb 16, 4:30 PM: Care@Chicago // Kristel Clayville, “Avoiding Burnout: Self-Knowledge and ...

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Kristel Clayville (Ph.D candidate, Divinity) on “Avoiding Burnout: Self-Knowledge and Care for Dark Times” Free and open to the public. This event is part of Care@Chicago, a project designed to examine and practice forms of self-care and ask what constitutes repair and relief in states and times of trauma.

Date: February 16, 2017
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

See:http://gendersexuality.uchicago.edu/projects/care

Feb 10, 11:00 AM: Care@Chicago // Come-As-You-Are Yoga with Anna Schabold

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A 60-minute, come-as-you-are, all-levels Forrest yoga session with Anna Schabold. Forrest Yoga is a system based on traditional practices adapted to modern society. Learn how deep breathing and a focus on feeling can create a sense of freedom in your body, increased vitality, and a deeper understanding of your self. All levels welcome - strength and flexibility are not required. All you need to bring is a willingness to learn how to feel authentically and respond honestly. To learn more about Anna Schabold and her practice, visit: http://www.boldlygoyoga.com/ Free and open to the public. This event is part of Care@Chicago, a project designed to examine and practice forms of self-care and ask what constitutes repair and relief in states and times of trauma.

Date: February 10, 2017
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

See:http://gendersexuality.uchicago.edu/projects/care
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