Snap!“We must reckon with the possibility that something in the nature of the sexual instinct itself is unfavorable to the realization of complete satisfaction.”
-Sigmund Freud
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[image on poster courtesy of Sunaura Taylor, "Lobster Girl", oil paint on digital print on paper, 5.5' x 3.5' (66" x 42"), 2011]
The Center for the Study of Gender & Sexuality at New York University presents
Cripistemologies
a disability studies mini-conference with Patrick Anderson, Toby [...]
a performance piece
April 3, Tuesday 6 to 8 pm
Coming Out Muslim is a poignant performance piece that captures stories and experiences of being at the intersections of Islam and queerness and its relationship to family, lovers, one’s sense of self and relationship with our faith.
The stories range from tales [...]
March 1, Thursday 6 to 7:30 pm
Shelly Mars, solo performance artist
followed by a discussion led by: Una Chaudhuri, English, New York University Carolyn Dinshaw, English and Social & Cultural Analysis, New York University
A multi-media presentation in the style of a keynote lecture by the self-important Dr. Pussait, a Belgian ethologist [...]
Performing (at) the Body’s Edge: “This Is Just Like Life” New York University, 15 November 2011
The fall CSGS calendar of evening events ended on an amazing note, with a conversation between Shelley Jackson and Rebecca Schneider, hosted by CSGS and NYU’s Department of Performance Studies. Jackson and Schneider, whose books include The Melancholy [...]
a conversation with Shelley Jackson and Rebecca Schneider
Read a review of this talk!
November 15, Tuesday 7 to 8:30 pm
Shelley Jackson, writer and artist
Rebecca Schneider, Theatre Arts and Performance Studies, Brown University
The question of the body — the body as question – is a recurring motif in the work [...]
New Majorities II: A Cross-Country Duet on the State of Gender and Sexuality Studies in the Academy New York University, 29 April 2011
New Majorities II had a double task: First, the day-long forum continued an initiative launched at the UCLA Center for the Study of Women (CSW), and co-conceived by CSW director Kathleen [...]
April 29, Friday 7 to 8:30 pm: Gender and Sexuality: a Musical Revue!
The day’s conversation will be followed by an early evening performance party — with music and queer burlesque highlights! — to celebrate the 11th anniversary of CSGS. Producer Viva DeConcini is rounding up a bevy of special guest stars, so put [...]
THE REALITY SHOWS
a conversation with Karen Finley
April 6, Wednesday 6:30 to 8 pm
READ THE REVIEW! Reclaiming Hysteria in The Reality Shows: A Conversation with Karen Finley and Ann Pellegrini
Karen Finley, Art and Public Policy, NYU
Ann Pellegrini, Performance Studies & Religious Studies, NYU
The Reality Shows collects a decade’s [...]
FEMINIST AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FICTIONS: PERFORMING THE SELF ON STAGE AND ON THE PAGE
a book talk with Barbara Browning, Linda Schlossberg, & Alina Troyano (aka Carmelita Tropicana)
February 22, Tuesday 7 to 8:30 pm
Barbara Browning, Performance Studies, NYU author of The Correspondence Artist
Linda Schlossberg, Women, Gender and Sexuality, Harvard University author of Life [...]
Living Out Loud: Men of color creating HIV awareness through their stories, art, & activism
Presented by NYU’s Office of LGBT Student Services Storytelling and Performance Series/Multiple Identity Speaker Series
November 29, Monday 6 to 8 pm
Jeffrey S. Gould Welcome Center 50 West 4th Street
To see the Facebook Invite: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=171571102869379
Join NYU’s [...]
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