I am, I am following, I am after the animal: “Derrida’s Queer Cats,” a Lecture by Carla Freccero New York University, 10 November 2010
On the heels of Elizabeth Freeman’s lecture about erotohistoriography, Carla Freccero, Professor of Literature, Feminist Studies and History of Consciousness at UC Santa Cruz, explored another historiographic practice predicated on [...]
Queer Time Makes Queer Bodies: Elizabeth Freeman Historicizes Erotohistoriography New York University, 28 October 2010
Admittedly, “history” has never been one of my favorite subjects. I’ve never found it particularly, well, sexy. But Elizabeth Freeman’s talk on “erotohistoriography,” a decidedly queer mode of historicizing that not only recognizes temporality’s non-linear and omni-directional character but [...]
“Where is Ana Mendieta?”: A Revisitation of the Artist’s Life and Work New York University, 7 October 2010
A capacity crowd, their bodies packed against each other in the Studio at the Department of Performance Studies, came out on October 7th for a symposium on the work and legacy of the Cuban-American artist Ana [...]
Eli Claire, “Building Community/Resisting Shame”: Another side of living in Marked Bodies New York University, 4 October 2010
Activist, performer, and writer Eli Clare, a resident of Vermont, was slated to give his multimedia presentation titled, “Gawking, Gaping, Staring: Living in Marked Bodies,” about the “internal experiences of living in marked bodies and [...]
“Teaching Sex – De/Constructing Bodies, Categories and Norms: Feminist Sex Shops in the U.S. and Sweden” Nina Lykke, Gender Studies, Linköping University, and director of the Centre of Gender Excellence (GEXcel) New York University, 12 October 2009
Dr. Lykke’s packed presentation was a great kickoff to the Brown Bag Lunch series. Dr. Lykke shared [...]
Emily Martin, Ed Cohen and Rebecca Young
“Biopolitics of the ‘Modern Body’: Contemporary Dilemmas” Ed Cohen, Rutgers University Emily Martin, New York University Rebecca Young, Barnard College New York University, 7 October 2009
This forum moderated by Emily Martin with Ed Cohen and Rebecca Young brought together their work in [...]
“Surgeries in Search of Disorders: Intersex and Circumcision in American History” Elizabeth Reis, University of Oregon New York University, 30 September 2009
Elizabeth Reis from the Women’s and Gender Studies Program and the Department of History at the University of Oregon kicked off our fall 2009 season of lectures and conferences with her [...]