Nov 9, 7:00 PM: Issa Rae
Get up close and awkward with producer, writer, and director Issa Rae. Rae will be in conversation with Jacqueline Stewart, UChicago Professor of Cinema and Media Studies and Interim Director of the...
View ArticleOct 16, 12:45 PM: Conference: Human Trafficking, Labor Migration, and...
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE: Human trafficking, for sex work and other forms of labor, is one of the most highly visible international human rights issues of our time, attracting growing attention at the...
View ArticleOct 13, 6:00 PM: Carol J. Adams: The Sexual Politics of Meat
In honor of its 25th anniversary, Carol J. Adams will present her Sexual Politics of Meat Slideshow, which provides an ecofeminist analysis of the interconnected oppressions of sexism, racism, and...
View ArticleDec 1, 4:30 PM: Doris Rusch, "Outside In - A (Female) Perspective on...
Gender and Sexuality Studies Workshop We are excited to announce the Fall Quarter schedule for the Gender and Sexuality Studies Workshop. This quarter's theme is âPlaying in Relation," and will be...
View ArticleOct 22: Xenophobia and Alterophobia in Pre-Modern Ottoman Lands
A Symposium organized by Hakan T. Karateke (University of Chicago); Helga Anetshofer (University of Chicago), and Erdem Ãıpa (University of Michigan) Historians know well that post-nationalist...
View ArticleOct 29, 6:00 PM: Reading by Eileen Myles
Poet, novelist, performer & art journalist Eileen Myles, once described in Artforum as âone of the most restless minds in contemporary lit,â reads from new and unpublished work. Myles is the...
View ArticleOct 30, 12:00 PM: Workshop: Robin Bernstein
"'Iâm very happy to be in the reality-based community': How Alison Bechdelâs Fun Home Stages an Act of Resistance against George W. Bush." Email John Muse for a copy of the precirculated...
View ArticleNov 9, 6:00 PM: Queer//Alt//Art Games
The Gender and Sexuality Workshop presents Queer//Alt//Art Games A night to play games, meet folks, eat food, and discuss. Part of the Alternate Realities and Virtual Worlds series.Date: November 9,...
View ArticleNov 17, 6:00 PM: Save Our Sisters
As state violence rises among communities of color, issues of rape and domestic violence lay buried in the ground, leaving us to wonder: Do #BlackWomensLivesMatter? Join panelists Zerlina Maxwell,...
View ArticleFeb 25, 7:00 PM: They've Got a Mouth on Them: Eric A. ...
Criminal Queers, directed by Eric A. Stanley & Chris Vargas Criminal Queers visualizes a radical trans/queer struggle against the prison industrial complex and toward a world without walls....
View ArticleDec 1, 7:00 PM: They've Got a Mouth on Them: How To Get Away With Laughter...
How to Get Away with Laughter: exploring politically difficult comedy, uncomfortable topics, and when it is (and is not) ok to laugh. Tim Barnes, Sonia Denis, and Rebecca O'Neal perform, followed by a...
View ArticleNov 17, 12:00 PM: Blood and Earth: Modern Slavery, Ecocide, and the Secret to...
Kevin Bales is the Pozen Visiting Professor in Human Rights and Professor of Contemporary Slavery at the Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation, University of Hull UK,...
View ArticleFeb 25, 7:00 PM: They've Got a Mouth on Them: Eric A. ...
Criminal Queers, directed by Eric A. Stanley & Chris Vargas Criminal Queers visualizes a radical trans/queer struggle against the prison industrial complex and toward a world without walls....
View ArticleFeb 19, 12:00 PM: Workshop: Bhanu Kapil, "THE MONSTER: A workshop on...
THE MONSTER: A workshop on narrative form and touch with Bhanu Kapil Part of the LGBTQ Studies Project and the Artists' Salon at the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, with support from the...
View ArticleFeb 18, 4:30 PM: They've Got a Mouth on Them: Bhanu Kapil, "Shame May Be...
A content more volatile: than what contains it. This is a brief talk on narrative and the nervous system: how syntax, for example, registers the non-verbal aspects: of the scene. What is a scene? How...
View ArticleMay 19, 4:30 PM: Gender & Sexuality in Middle Eastern History Lecture Series
The Gender and Sexuality in Middle Eastern History lecture series is designed to offer theoretical and methodological frameworks for thinking about and utilizing topics in gender and sexuality studies...
View ArticleJan 20, 4:30 PM: Katha Pollitt, "PRO: Reclaiming Abortion Rights"
Named a NY Time Notable Book of 2014, Katha Pollittâs Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights (Picador, 2014) is powerful argument for abortion as a moral right and social good. In a starred review,...
View ArticleJan 20, 12:00 PM: Workshop: Katha Pollitt
Workshop with Katha Pollitt in advance of her afternoon lecture. Katha Pollitt is a poet, essayist, and columnist for The Nation. She has won many prizes and awards for her work, including two National...
View ArticleMar 1, 4:30 PM: 2016 Distinguished Faculty Lecture: Martha Nussbaum
Annual Iris Marion Young Distinguished Faculty Lecture Martha Nussbaum Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, University of Chicago Law SchoolDate: March 1, 2016Time: 4:30 PM -...
View ArticleFeb 9, 4:30 PM: Amanda J. Sharkey, Title TBA
Gender and Sexuality Studies Workshop Prof. Amanda Sharkey (Associate Professor of Organizations and Markets, Booth School of Business) is curating the workshop this quarter under the theme, âGender...
View Article
