Apr 29, 4:30 PM: Tadhi Coulter, "Embodiments of Transformation:...
Gender and Sexuality Studies Workshop Tadhi Coulter, Institute for Doctoral Studies in Visual Art, "Embodiments of Transformation: Image-Texts of Sovereignty in Comedic Performances of Good Times"...
View ArticleApr 24, 12:15 PM: Laws Prohibiting Sex-Selective Abortion in the United...
Location: Room IV - University of Chicago Law School As part of the anti-abortion movement's legislative campaign, seven states have passed bans on sex-selective abortion and many more are pending,...
View ArticleApr 29, 5:30 PM: Film Screening: "The Silences of the Palace"
The Silences of the Palace (1994, 116 minutes) - Moufida Tlatli (Tunisia) The recipient of multiple international film festival awards and significant as the first full-length movie directed by a woman...
View ArticleMay 1, 4:00 PM: AK Summers, "Pregnant Butch"
Opening Reception and Artists' Talk by cartoonist A.K. Summers A.K. Summers's graphic memoir "Pregnant Butch: Nine Long Months Spent in Drag," about one New York City butch woman's experience of...
View ArticleMay 13, 4:30 PM: Riva Lehrer, "Beauty in Exile"
Gender and Sexuality Studies Workshop Riva Lehrer, Artist, Chicago, "Beauty in Exile" Please see the workshop blog for further details: http://cas.uchicago.edu/workshops/genderandsexuality/Date: May...
View ArticleMay 7, 4:30 PM: STEALTH: A Work-in-Progress with Chase Joynt and Alexis Mitchell
STEALTH: A Work-in-Progress Sponsored by the Artists' Salon at the Center for the Study of Gender of Sexuality with Chase Joynt and Alexis Mitchell Join Gray Center Mellon Fellow and CSGS Artists'...
View ArticleMay 13, 4:30 PM: Film Screening: "God Loves Uganda"
(2013) – Roger Ross Williams (United States/Uganda) A documentary about the rise of Evangelical homophobia in Uganda, the film follows American and Ugandan religious leaders as they “battle for the...
View ArticleApr 25, 3:00 PM: Contemporary Horrors: Destabilizing a Cinematic Genre...
The turn of the millennium has witnessed a uniquely dazzling renaissance in cinematic production within the horror genre. How do we account for the prolific production and prodigious diffusion of...
View ArticleMay 13, 4:30 PM: Film Screening: "God Loves Uganda"
(2013) – Roger Ross Williams (United States/Uganda) A documentary about the rise of Evangelical homophobia in Uganda, the film follows American and Ugandan religious leaders as they “battle for the...
View ArticleMay 23, 10:00 AM: Ci3 Town Hall Meeting with ICAH
Join Ci3 (the Center for Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Innovation in Sexual and Reproductive Health) as we host a Town Hall meeting with the Family Network of the Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health...
View ArticleMay 15, 4:30 PM: Opening: Closeted/Out in the Quadrangles, Past and Present:...
On May 15, 2014 CSGS will open a four-week preview to our long-term exhibition project Closeted/Out in the Quadrangles: A History of LGBTQ Life at the University of Chicago. Highlights from our first...
View ArticleMay 14, 12:00 PM: Lunch with Kristen Schilt and Chase Joynt
Join Kristen Schilt and Chase Joynt as they say goodbye to a year full of programming, collaboration and creation! At the lunch, Kristen and Chase will present some of their latest collaborative work...
View ArticleMay 13, 6:00 PM: Intimacy in Africa: Discussion with God Loves Uganda...
The event will be an intimate conversation with God Loves Uganda documentary filmmaker, Roger Ross Williams, moderated by Brandon Hill from Ci3. Dr. Hill will open the conversation with a few broad...
View ArticleMay 27, 4:30 PM: Margaret Fink, "The Graphic Ordinary: Worlding, Race,...
Gender and Sexuality Studies Workshop Margaret Fink, English, University of Chicago, "The Graphic Ordinary: Worlding, Race, and the Appearance of Disability in Chris Ware's Building Stories" Please see...
View ArticleMay 7, 6:00 PM: Masha Gessen & Bernardine Dohrn on Pussy Riot
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot - An Author Night with Masha Gessen Author Masha Gessen discusses her acclaimed book on the Russian activist...
View ArticleMay 27, 5:30 PM: Film Screening: "An Uncommon Woman"
An Uncommon Woman (2009, 101 minutes) – Dao Abdoulaye (Burkina Faso) A comedy about a woman who takes two husbands, the film focuses on the husbands' ensuing jealousy, infidelity, romance and revenge....
View ArticleMay 8, 4:30 PM: Krassimira Daskalova on Gender History in Central, Eastern,...
"Clio on the Margins: on the Development of Women's and Gender History in Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe" by Krassimira Daskalova (Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridki and Radcliffe...
View ArticleJun 7, 4:30 PM: Closeted/Out in the Quadrangles, Past and Present: A Preview...
On Saturday of Alumni Weekend, join fellows and faculty for an opportunity to tour "Closeted/Out in the Quadrangles, Past and Present: A Preview Exhibition" and discuss plans for the 2015 exhibition...
View ArticleJun 3, 5:30 PM: Film Screening: "Virgin Margarida"
Virgin Margarida (2012, 90 minutes) – Licinio Azevedo (Mozambique) Based on the stories of real women who endured the Mozambican "re-education camps," the film depicts life in the camps for female sex...
View ArticleMay 27, 5:30 PM: Film Screening: "An Uncommon Woman"
An Uncommon Woman (2009, 101 minutes) – Dao Abdoulaye (Burkina Faso) A comedy about a woman who takes two husbands, the film focuses on the husbands' ensuing jealousy, infidelity, romance and revenge....
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