Following the opening panel on Thursday evening, three panels will examine transformative texts generated by faculty while at UChicago, program alumni on how gender and sexuality studies impacted their education and how it has informed what they are doing now, and new, hybrid, and interdisciplinary directions in gender and sexuality research.
9:30-10:00am Welcome
10:00-11:30am THE IMPACT OF GENDER AND SEXUALITY STUDIES AT UCHICAGO
Gender and Sexuality Studies alumni will reflect on how gender and sexuality studies impacted their education and how it has informed what they are doing now.
Panelists: Quinlan Miller (AB â03), Erin Moore (AB â07), Cindy Nguyen (AB â08), Melissa Oglesby (AB â02), Naomi Sobel (AB â05)
Moderator: Debbie Nelson (English)
11:45-1:00pm TRANSFORMATIONAL TEXTS
Faculty and former faculty will reflect on how the CSGS has influenced their work over the years, with a focus on texts written by the panelists that have been transformative for the field as a whole.
Panelists: Lauren Berlant (English), George Chauncey (History, Yale), Susan Gal (Anthropology), Rochona Majumdar (South Asian Lang & Civ), Geoffrey Stone (Law School)
Moderator: Linda Zerilli (Political Science) Organizer: Linda Zerilli
2:00-3:30pm NEW DIRECTIONS IN INTERDISCIPLINARY AND INTERESECTIONAL RESEARCH
This panel will focus on new, hybrid, and interdisciplinary directions in intersectional research on genders and sexualities. Panelists will discuss how they are bringing together disciplinary conventions & activism and/or academic theory & cultural production (art-making, film, social media, and/or cultural texts). The adoption of hybrid practices and strategies of engagement that seek to transform or extend beyond traditional academic research methods and scholarship will be the central theme.
Panelists: Jasmine Benjamin (Political Science), Jean Cochrane (Gender and Sexuality Studies), Michael Dango (English), Annie Heffernan (Political Science), Jenn Jackson (Political Science), Chase Joynt (Cinema and Media Studies, York Univ)
Moderator: Kristen Schilt (Sociology)
3:30-5:00pm Reception and Close Symposium
Date: May 20, 2016
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
See:https://www.facebook.com/events/223188938059398/
Date: May 20, 2016
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
See:https://www.facebook.com/events/223188938059398/