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Nov 18, 7:00 PM: An Evening at Chez Nous

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For fifty years, the West Berlin cabaret Chez Nous was a star-studded dance club, visited by celebrities and featured in Hollywood films. Chez Nous celebrated the artistry of female impersonators and trans women, including Coccinelle, the first French trans woman to legally change her name following gender confirmation surgery; Ricky Reneé, a drag performer who played Elke in Cabaret (1972); and Chicago’s own Marlow La Fantastique, an internationally acclaimed performer now residing in Bronzeville in her retirement. An Evening at Chez Nous brings that history alive with a cabaret-inspired event including clips of the cabaret’s revue from the 1970s, scenes from films set at the nightclub starring Michael Caine and Omar Sharif, Chicago dancer Darling Shear recreating Marlow’s fan dance, and Marlow La Fantastique herself, sharing her stories and memories of the famous dance club. The evening's emcee will be filmmaker and SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow Chase Joynt. Note: This event takes place in room 901 of the Logan Center. Curated by Nicole Morse (CMS) as part of the Film Studies Center’s Graduate Student Curatorial Program. Co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, the Department of Cinema and Media Studies, the Student Fine Arts Fund, the Department of Germanic Studies, and the Center for Theater and Performance Studies.

Date: November 18, 2017
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

See:https://filmstudiescenter.uchicago.edu/events/2017/evening-chez-nous

Nov 28, 12:30 PM: FQP: Brooke Sebold on Women in Hollywood

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Brooke Sebold is a film director, editor, and founder of the LA chapter of Femme Fatales, an all-female feature film directors group. Brooke's feature documentary, Red Without Blue, screened at 200+ festivals, universities, and museums around the world receiving dozens of awards, including the Audience Award at Slamdance, and the Jury Award at Frameline. Her latest project, Stories of Care. No Matter What is a series of mini-docs for Planned Parenthood's recent online campaign. Join Brooke for lunch and conversation about art, gender, and politics in the mainstream. Part of the Feminist/Queer Praxis Series of the CSGS.

Date: November 28, 2017
Time: 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Nov 9, 7:00 PM: Born in Flames, with B. Ruby Rich and Ytasha Womack

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Set in a post-revolutionary US, a diverse coalition of women emerges to blow the System apart after the Black radical founder of the Woman’s Army is mysteriously killed. Underground feminist djs, vigilante bike patrols and musical numbers converge in this complex futurist “comedy.” The screening of Born in Flames (Lizzie Borden, 1983) will be followed by conversation with film critic, curator, and advocate B. Ruby Rich and multimedia artist and author Ytasha Womack, moderated by Cinema 53 curator and UChicago film scholar Jacqueline Stewart. B. Ruby Rich (UC Santa Cruz) is the author of *New Queer Cinema: The Director’s Cut and *Chick Flicks: Theories and Memories of the Feminist Film Movement. Among her many contributions, she is known for coining the term New Queer Cinema. She is currently the editor of Film Quarterly, the scholarly film journal published by University of California Press. Ytasha L. Womack is author of several books including the critically acclaimed *Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci Fi & Fantasy Culture. Her films include The Engagement, which was nominated for Best Film at the American Black Film Festival. A Chicago native, she recently co-founded Afrofuturism849 to host discussions and events on Afrofuturism. * Books available for purchase on site. This event is part 3 of Ripples and Waves, 4-part a series of programs observing the 40th anniversary of the Combahee River Collective Statement, the radical articulation of the tenets and goals of a truly revolutionary Black feminist theory and praxis. Presented in conjunction with the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture and the fall Reproduction of Race & Racial Ideologies Workshop series, “From Combahee to #BlackLivesMatter: Exploring a History of Black Politics and Culture,” with support from the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at UChicago. Location: Harper Theater | 5238 S Harper

Date: November 9, 2017
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

See:https://www.facebook.com/events/1727545784214191/?active_tab=about

Nov 29, 3:30 PM: Media Wars Student Symposium: Resistance, Gender and Sexuality, and Discourses ...

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In our contemporary moment, we have become accustomed to terms such as “counter-terrorism” that signal an effort to resist internal and external threats, and those suggesting that we live in an age of “post-truth” dominated by “corporate-media,” “fake news,” and “fact-challenged” journalism. Additionally, we regularly encounter a range of media practices and discourse that evoke war and violence. Please join us for a mini-conference of undergraduate research aimed at tracking, evaluating, and theorizing contemporary or historical media that situate gender and sexuality within a so-called “media war,” or in their construction and dissemination of “truth” and/or resistance. The symposium is open to the public and will feature student presentations and discussion of the original research they have developed throughout the fall quarter. The event will be followed by a reception in the lobby. We hope you can join us for this fun and celebratory event. Reception to follow. Part of the Counter Cinema/Counter Media Project of the CSGS.

Date: November 29, 2017
Time: 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Nov 28, 5:00 PM: GSSW: Wendy Lee, "A Brief History of the Prude"

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Gender and Sexuality Studies Workshop This quarter’s theme is "Appetites and Aversions” and will be curated by David Simon, Assistant Professor of English. This quarter will explore desire's multiplicity -- its many shapes and kinds -- paying particular attention to the domain of the aesthetic, broadly construed to encompass all manner of cultural production. November 28th | Wendy Lee, Assistant Professor, English, New York University "A Brief History of the Prude" ***Cosponsored with the Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Workshop*** 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 Jaclyn Wong, at gssworkshop@gmail.com. Additional workshop information, including past schedules, can be found at http://cas.uchicago.edu/workshops/genderandsexuality/.

Date: November 28, 2017
Time: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

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

Apr 14, 9:00 AM: Engendering Change 2018

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Engendering Change is an annual graduate student organized conference focused on issues of gender and sexuality. The day-long conference rotates host locations between the University of Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Northwestern University; the conference will be held at the University of Chicago on Saturday, April 14 in 2018. Engendering Change provides a space for graduate students working on research in gender and sexuality to present their work, get feedback from faculty and other graduate students, and network. Details TBA.

Date: April 14, 2018
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Jan 17, 4:30 PM: Linda Zerilli, "Feminist Critique and the Realistic Spirit"

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2018 Iris Marion Young Distinguished Faculty Lecture Linda Zerilli, Charles E. Merriam Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science and the College "Feminist Critique and the Realistic Spirit"

Date: January 17, 2018
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Feb 1, 7:00 PM: Transitioning Publics: An Evening with Chase Joynt

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Trans now, trans how? Join multimedia artist Chase Joynt in conversation about the current state of trans representation in media, alongside a screening of his latest work. From kids talking about their imagined futures in Genderize, to the making of trans history in Framing Agnes, Joynt’s work puts necessary pressure on the boundaries and categories of our gendered thinking. In conversation with Jennifer Wild, associate professor in the Department of Cinema and Media Studies. Presented by the Film Studies Center and the CSGS Counter Cinema/Counter Media Project. Program includes Genderize (2016, 14 min.), I'm Yours (2012, 5 min.), and a work in progress screening of Framing Agnes (2017, 15 min.). Chase Joynt is an internationally award-winning filmmaker and writer. His latest two films Genderize and Between You and Me are now streaming live online with CBC Digital Docs. His first book, You Only Live Twice (co-authored with Mike Hoolboom), is a 2017 Lambda Literary Award Finalist and was named one of the Best Books of 2016 by The Globe and Mail and CBC. His second book, Conceptualizing Agnes: Exemplary Cases and the Disciplines of Gender (co-authored with Kristen Schilt) is under contract with Duke University Press. In 2017, Joynt was a Visiting Scholar at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University and he is currently an SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Chicago.

Date: February 1, 2018
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

See:https://filmstudiescenter.uchicago.edu/events/2018/transitioning-publics-evening-chase-joynt

Feb 23, 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. Co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture.

Date: February 23, 2018
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Jan 31, 5:00 PM: Héctor Carrillo, "Pathways of Desire: The Sexual Migration of ...

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How do migrants’ sexualities change as a result of their transnational relocation? With Pathways of Desire, Héctor Carrillo (Northwestern University) brings us into the lives of Mexican gay men who have left their home country to pursue greater sexual autonomy and sexual freedom in the United States. Carrillo brings out attention to the full arc of these men’s migration experiences, from their upbringing in Mexican cities and towns, to their cross-border journeys, to their incorporation into urban gay communities in American cities, and their sexual and romantic relationships with American men. These men’s diverse and fascinating stories demonstrate the intertwining of sexual, economic, and familial motivations for migration. Pathways of Desire examines the bidirectional, albeit uneven, processes of exchange between countries in the global North and the global South. By considering sexuality-related change in the global South, it challenges the view that gay men from countries like Mexico would logically want to migrate to a “more sexually enlightened” country like the United States. And, at the most practical level, the book shows how the intricacies of cross-cultural sexual and romantic relations may affect the sexual health and HIV risk of transnational immigrant populations. Héctor Carrillo is professor of Sociology and Gender & Sexuality Studies at Northwestern University, where he also co-directs the Sexualities Project at Northwestern (SPAN). Dr. Carrillo is the author of the award-winning book The Night Is Young: Sexuality in Mexico in the Time of AIDS, and of Pathways of Desire: The Sexual Migration of Mexican Gay Men, both published by the University of Chicago Press. He currently conducts research on the paradoxes of the modern notion of sexual identity. Part of the Gender, Sexuality and Global Capitalism Project of the CSGS.

Date: January 31, 2018
Time: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Jan 11, 5:00 PM: In Conversation with Syrus Marcus Ware

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Join us at 5pm for an in-conversation event between artist Syrus Marcus Ware, Jenn Jackson (PhD Candidate, Political Science), and Chase Joynt about their artistic practices, activisms and the movement for black lives. All are also welcome to join Syrus for a day-long live drawing performance in the CSGS community room, part of his Activist Portrait Series. Syrus will be going through his drawing process as well as meeting with and documenting black artists and activists throughout the day. Both events are free and open to the public. Part of the Contexts of Coalition project of the CSGS. Co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture.

Date: January 11, 2018
Time: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Feb 17, 7:00 PM: South Side Projections Chicago Premiere of Barbara Hammer’s “Welcome to ...

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Co-sponsored by the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, the Counter Cinema/Counter Media Project at the University of Chicago Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, and the Nightingale Cinema. Barbara Hammer will appear via Skype in conversation with Jennifer Wild, associate professor in the University of Chicago’s Department of Cinema and Media Studies and Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. As part of a two-night celebration of pioneering lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer, we’re pleased to present the Chicago premiere of her latest film, Welcome To This House (2015, 79 min., DCP), a feature documentary on the homes and loves of poet Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), about life in the shadows, and the anxiety of art making without full self-disclosure. Hammer filmed in Bishop’s “best loved homes” in the U.S., Canada, and Brazil, believing that buildings and landscapes bear cultural memories. Interviews with poets, friends, and scholars provide “missing documents” of numerous female lovers. Bishop’s intimate poetry is beautifully performed by Kathleen Chalfant, and with the creative music composition by Joan La Barbara, it brings Bishop into our lives with new ways and unexpected details. Senses of Cinema raved, “as befits its subject, the film is a primarily poetic project, which inhabits the world of Bishop and her poetry, entranced by the beauty of life in all its forms.” Slant Magazine said “Hammer is careful to keep the film’s focus primarily on a sensorial experience of Bishop’s work and chosen habitat, which at its best becomes a polymorphous evocation of the sonorous affects permeating Bishop’s physical and psychological milieu.”

Date: February 17, 2018
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Feb 20, 5:00 PM: GSSW: Jennifer Carlson, “The Police Man’s Burden: Race, Masculinity, ...

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Gender and Sexuality Studies Workshop We are excited to announce the Winter Quarter schedule for the Gender and Sexuality Studies Workshop. This quarter’s theme is “Global Circuits of Capital, Desire, and Power” and will be curated by Kimberly Hoang, Assistant Professor of Sociology. Papers and presentations will consider new perspectives on the relationship between gender, capital, desire, labor, and power. Tuesday, February 20th: “The Police Man’s Burden: Race, Masculinity, & The Ethics of Police Violence” Jennifer Carlson, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Government and Public Policy, University of Arizona 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 Jaclyn Wong, at gssworkshop@gmail.com. Additional workshop information, including past schedules, can be found at http://voices.uchicago.edu/genderandsexuality/. If you have any questions or accommodation requests, please don’t hesitate to contact the workshop coordinators at gssworkshop@gmail.com.

Date: February 20, 2018
Time: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

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

Feb 5, 5:00 PM: GSSW: Sanyu Mojola, “Love, Money and HIV: Becoming a Modern African Woman in ...

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Gender and Sexuality Studies Workshop We are excited to announce the Winter Quarter schedule for the Gender and Sexuality Studies Workshop. This quarter’s theme is “Global Circuits of Capital, Desire, and Power” and will be curated by Kimberly Hoang, Assistant Professor of Sociology. Papers and presentations will consider new perspectives on the relationship between gender, capital, desire, labor, and power. Monday, February 5th “Love, Money and HIV: Becoming a Modern African Woman in the Age of AIDS” Sanyu Mojola, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan 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 Jaclyn Wong, at gssworkshop@gmail.com. Additional workshop information, including past schedules, can be found at http://voices.uchicago.edu/genderandsexuality/. If you have any questions or accommodation requests, please don’t hesitate to contact the workshop coordinators at gssworkshop@gmail.com.

Date: February 5, 2018
Time: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

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

Jan 25, 7:00 PM: An Evening with Judy Hoffman

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An Evening with Judy Hoffman, in Conversation with Tracye Matthews and Jacqueline Stewart at the Harper Theater 5238 S Harper Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60615 From her work in the Alternative TV Movement of the early 70’s, through her projects with Jean Rouch, Albert Maysles, Ronit Bezalel, Michelle Citron, Gordon Quinn and the Kwakwaka’wakw First Nation of British Columbia, UChicago’s JUDY HOFFMAN has embodied and championed the collaborative nature of documentary filmmaking. Hoffman screens clips from her 40+ years of work, in conversation with UChicago historian and filmmaker TRACYE MATTHEWS and UChicago film scholar/Cinema 53 curator JACQUELINE STEWART. Judy Hoffman is one of the founders of Kartemquin Films, worked on many of their award-winning productions, and was the first woman Camera Assistant in Chicago. She worked on widely released feature films and documentaries but a major focus of her work has been with the Kwakwaka’wakw First Nation of British Columbia, producing films and videotapes about the reclaiming of Native culture and directing a video training program on the N’amgis Reserve so that the Kwakwaka’wakw could make their own tapes. Hoffman received an MFA from Northwestern University, and is a Professor of Practice in the departments of Cinema and Media Studies and Visual Arts at UChicago. Tracye A. Matthews is Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture at UChicago. She is co-producer of the documentary ‘63 Boycott with Kartemquin Films. Matthews earned her doctorate in American History from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. Presented with support from the Department of Cinema and Media Studies at UChicago.

Date: January 25, 2018
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

See:https://www.facebook.com/events/440723486342393/

Jan 23, 5:00 PM: GSSW: Cate Fugazzola, "You Don’t Play with Water’: LGBT ...

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Gender and Sexuality Studies Workshop We are excited to announce the Winter Quarter schedule for the Gender and Sexuality Studies Workshop. This quarter’s theme is “Global Circuits of Capital, Desire, and Power” and will be curated by Kimberly Hoang, Assistant Professor of Sociology. Papers and presentations will consider new perspectives on the relationship between gender, capital, desire, labor, and power. Tuesday, January 23rd “You Don’t Play with Water’: LGBT Organizing in Mainland China” Cate Fugazzola, 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 Jaclyn Wong, at gssworkshop@gmail.com. Additional workshop information, including past schedules, can be found at http://voices.uchicago.edu/genderandsexuality/. If you have any questions or accommodation requests, please don’t hesitate to contact the workshop coordinators at gssworkshop@gmail.com.

Date: January 23, 2018
Time: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

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

Feb 12, 6:00 PM: Valentine’s Study Break

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Celebrate Valentine’s with the Peer Health Advocates! Stop by for Valentine crafting supplies, treats, raffles, and tips for how to respectfully tell your Valentines how much you care!

Date: February 12, 2018
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Feb 7, 7:00 PM: Pleasures of Sex Workshop

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Open to UChicago undergraduates only; RSVP required at https://goo.gl/forms/8PL0k2XRxRYChvgC2 This student-led inclusive and holistic workshop is all about what feels good, why it feels good, and how we can make it feel better. We’ll be unlearning myths about sex propagated by the media and expanding our perspective on how to get off. Join us for this discussion on safe and consensual pleasure! Part of Care @ Chicago, a series organized by the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality (CSGS) and co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture (CSRPC), running throughout the month of February 2018.

Date: February 7, 2018
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Jan 31, 4:00 PM: Workshop: Genveiève Fraisse

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Geneviève Fraisse (CNRS) will speak on "Consent, Sexual Harassment, and Feminism in France" with commentary and discussion to follow. This event is sponsored and organized by the Workshop on Regulating Family, Sex & Gender. Professor Fraisse's visit to Chicago is made possible through the generous support of the Cultural Services Offices in the Consulate of France in Chicago and the Embassy of France in Washington and New York.

Date: January 31, 2018
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

See:https://www.law.uchicago.edu/events/workshop-regulating-family-sex-gender-genevieve-fraisse-cnrs-french-national-centre

Feb 14, 5:00 PM: Care@Chicago // Care and Self-Care as Researchers

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Please join us for a panel discussion centered on care and self-care as researchers, students, and teachers who regularly engage with difficult issues related to sexism, racism, homophobia, and other forms of violence and inequalities in their work. Featuring: Shantá Robinson, Assistant Professor, Social Service Administration Lance Keene, Ph.D. Candidate, Social Service Administration Kristen Schilt, Associate Professor, Sociology Kathryn Hendricks, Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology Moderator: Jaclyn Wong, PhD Candidate, Sociology 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. Co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture.

Date: February 14, 2018
Time: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
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