November 10, Thursday 6:30 pm Peter Brooks (Princeton University) discusses “Desire at the End.”
Friday, November 11 5 pm David Konstan (New York University) will examine “Beauty and Desire, or When did Aesthetics Go Astray?”
Keynotes: Peter Brooks and David Konstan
The concept of desire has been the subject of much examination throughout centuries [...]
Incited by the case of the felony conviction of a young woman of color for sexting with her girlfriend in Oregon and participatory research on criminalization among 1,100 young people in New York City, the mini-conference focuses on the nexus of youth, technology, law enforcement, and constructions of racialized sexuality. Using a broad definition [...]
Thursday, November 17 12 to 2 pm
Katie Gentile is the director of the Women’s Center at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City and a training psychoanalyst at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy. Dr. Gentile’s focus is on eating problems and the pervasive effects of trauma. She is the author [...]
Presented by Rutgers-Newark and Newark Community Leaders
Come learn about Queer Newark and the people and organizations that have contributed to our city’s great history!
November 12, Saturday 9 am to 5 pm Essex Room, Robeson Campus Center 350 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Newark NJ 07102
Join us on November 12, 2011 to [...]
Presented by the New York University Center for European and Mediterranean Studies and the Network of East-West Women
Gender and Transformation: Women in Europe Workshop
Friday November 4 4:30 to 6 pm
Anna Louie Sussman, freelance journalist, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Center for European and Mediterranean Studies New York University 285 Mercer Street, [...]
As our city gears up to launch a major campaign against johns, sex worker storytellers at the Red Umbrella Diaries share their thoughts about the demand side of their business and dish about their clients. With Lambda Award winning author Amber Dawn, plus Nancy Ava Miller and Miss Shannon Lee. Hosted by Audacia Ray.
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Scenes from a Jamaican Childhood
Tuesday, November 1st 2011:
Co-sponsored by CLAGS, the CUNY Center for the Humanities, and the NYPL
Join Thomas Glave (English, General Literature, and Rhetoric, SUNY Binghamton) for this year’s Audre Lorde/Essex Hemphill Memorial Lecture. Thomas Glave is the author of Whose Song? and Other Stories, The Torturer’s Wife, and [...]
Call for Submissions: Black Gay Genius: Joseph Beam and In the Life
On the eve of the 25th Anniversary of the seminal publication, In the Life: A Black Gay Anthology, edited by Joseph Beam, we are currently seeking submissions for an anthology on the legacy of Joseph Beam and In the Life. This anthology [...]
Justice in Transition: Serving the Transgender Community in Law and Practice Presented by NYU OUTLaw
November 4, Friday 9 am to 5:10 pm
This all-day event will focus on the legal and social challenges that face trans people, with a special focus on the intersection of trans identity with race, class, disability, and age.
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Gender, National Security, and Counter-Terrorism Lysistrata International Law Event
Thursday, November 3 3:30 to 5:00 pm Woolworth Building, Room 217 15 Barclay Street NYC
RSVP to lysistrata.nyu(at)gmail.com
About the event:
Jayne Huckerby will highlight findings of a groundbreaking report published by NYU’s Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, “A Decade Lost: Locating Gender [...]