Queer/Feminist/Indigenous Approaches to Climate Crisis: from the Caribbean to the Pacific

 THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO OCTOBER 20, 2020. PLESE CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES! a conversation with Noelani Goodyear-Ka‘ōpua & Angelique V. Nixon, moderated by Dean Itsuji Saranillio   This panel places in conversation scholar/activists situated in the Caribbean and the Pacific to highlight the interrconnections between these two regions through a queer, feminist, and …

Thinking #MeToo Transnationally: Hong Kong, India, Pakistan, Morocco, Taiwan

a roundtable with Zineb Belmkaddem, Mona Eltahawy, Tejaswini Niranjana, Kyla Pasha, & Sarah Suhail, moderated by Fawzia Afzal-Khan & Gayatri Gopinath Zineb Belmkaddem, activist Mona Eltahawy, author & activist Tejaswini Niranjana, Cultural Studies, Lingnan University, Hong Kong Kyla Pasha, The Feminist Collective, Pakistan Sarah Suhail, The Feminist Collective, Pakistan What does #MeToo look like beyond …

February 8 & 9: SCHOLAR & FEMINIST CONFERENCE: THE POLITICS & ETHICS OF THE ARCHIVE

SCHOLAR & FEMINIST CONFERENCE: THE POLITICS & ETHICS OF THE ARCHIVE a two day conference featuring Diana Carolina Sierra Becerra, La Vaughn Belle, Maria Cotera, Jarrett Drake, Akwaeke Emezi, Jennifer Guglielmo, Michelle Joffroy, Justin Leroy, Laura McTighe, Chinelo Okparanta, Cameron Rowland, Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz, C. Riley Snorton, & more February 8 & 9, Friday & Saturday …

October 11: SEXUAL POLITICS IN A TRANSNATIONAL FRAME

a roundtable with Sa’ed Atshan, Sara Mourad, Jyoti Puri, & Evren Savci October 11, Thursday, 6 to 8 pm CSGS, 285 Mercer Street, 4th Floor Sa’ed Atshan, Peace & Conflict Studies, Swarthmore College Sara Mourad, Media Studies, American University in Beirut Jyoti Puri, Sociology, Simmons College Evren Savci, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Yale University Taxonomies …

September 11: OTHER FEMINISMS: FOUR INDIAN WOMEN ARTISTS

a lecture by Gayatri Sinha September 11, Tuesday, 6:30 to 8 pm Institute of Fine Arts, 1 East 78th Street Gayatri Sinha, art editor, critic & curator RSVP here. Beginning in 1985, Nalini Malani, Nilima Sheikh, Arpita Singh and Madhvi Parekh organized exhibitions of their work in Bhopal, Bombay and Delhi, designing their own installations …

March 29 :: VIBRATOR NATION: How Feminist Sex-Toy Stores Changed the Business of Pleasure

Vibrator Nation: How Feminist Sex-Toy Stores Changed the Business of Pleasure a book talk with Lynn Comella, in conversation with Julie Scelfo March 29, Thursday 7 to 8 pm Lynn Comella, Gender & Sexuality Studies, University of Nevada, Las Vegas In the 1970s a group of pioneering feminist entrepreneurs launched a movement that ultimately changed …

Nov 11 to 13 :: BEYOND THE SCORCHED EARTH OF COUNTER-CINEMA: Laura Mulvey & Peter Wollen

Beyond the Scorched Earth of Counter-Cinema: Laura Mulvey & Peter Wollen a retrospective curated by Oliver Fuke featuring Laura Mulvey & many others November 11 to 13, Friday to Sunday times TBA This is the first U.S. retrospective devoted to the individual and collaborative features of film theorists Laura Mulvey (b.1941) and Peter Wollen (b.1938). After writing …

February 25: Feminist Queer Crip

Feminist Queer Crip a conversation with Alison Kafer and Sunaura Taylor February 25, Wednesday 6 to 7:30 pm Alison Kafer, Feminist Studies, Southwestern University Sunaura Taylor, New York University moderator: Mara Mills, Media, Culture & Communication, New York University Department of Media, Culture, & Communication 239 Greene Street, 8th Floor Co-sponsored by the NYU Center …

February 10: Half-Sisters, Radical Queens, Lesbian Separatists, & Non-Men: Second Wave Trans Feminism

Half-Sisters, Radical Queens, Lesbian Separatists, & Non-Men: Second Wave Trans Feminism a lecture by Emma Heaney February 10, Tuesday 6:30 to 8 pm Emma Heaney, Draper Program, New York University Respondent: Margaux L. Kristjansson, Anthropology, Columbia University This talk moves off from archival documents of trans feminist political thought and struggle in the 1970s to …