October 29: Sexy Motherf**ker: Queering Incest & the Mother

Sexy Motherf**ker: Queering Incest & the Mother a lecture by Amber Jamilla Musser October 29, Thursday 6:30 to 8 pm Amber Jamilla Musser, Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, Washington University If homosexuality is the love that dare not speak its name, this talk argues that incest, in the form of taboo and metaphor, offers a plethora …

Oct 30 & 31: The Telephone Book @ 25 symposium

click image for larger version The Telephone Book @ 25 a two-day symposium with Emanuela Bianchi, Patricia Clough, Hent de Vries, Ben Kafka, Kyoo Lee, Thomas Y. Levin, Lydia Liu, Mariano López Seoane, Elissa Marder, Fred Moten, Ann Pellegrini, Antje Pfannkuchen, Ethan Philbrick, Willis G. Regier, Nimrod Reitman, Avital Ronell, Chadwick Smith, Elizabeth Weed, Shari Wolk, & …

Sept 25: Transgender/Transnational: Mapping Transgender Subjectivity Across National & Institutional Boundaries

Transgender/Transnational: Mapping Transgender Subjectivity Across National & Institutional Boundaries a forum with Tey Meadow & Afsaneh Najmabadi Thursday, September 25 6:30 to 8 pm Tey Meadow, Sociology and Studies of Women, Gender & Sexuality, Harvard University Afsaneh Najmabadi, History and Studies of Women, Gender & Sexuality, Harvard University In this interdisciplinary conversation, Tey Meadow and …

April 1: Hopefully Devoted, or the Feminist Lyre

Hopefully Devoted, or the Feminist Lyre a lecture by P.A. Skantze Tuesday, April 1 6:30 to 8 pm P.A. Skantze, Performance Practices, University of Roehampton, and CSGS Global Visiting Scholar This lecture, born of P.A. Skantze’s project The Flaneur at Her Devotions, makes use of a new methodology Skantze has been experimenting with: lyric theory, …

POSTPONED: Transgender/Transnational: Mapping Transgender Subjectivity Across National and Institutional Boundaries

Transgender/Transnational: Mapping Transgender Subjectivity Across National and Institutional Boundaries The second installment of this year’s Globally Queer? series — a talk with Tey Meadow & Afsaneh Najmabadi THIS PANEL DISCUSSION HAS BEEN POSTPONED.  WE HOPE TO RESCHEDULE FOR THE SPRING 2014 SEMESTER.  MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW.  WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE. Tey Meadow, Sociology, Princeton University Afsaneh …

Oct 15: Testo Junkie: Sex, Drugs, and Biopolitics in the Pharmacopornographic Era

Testo Junkie: Sex, Drugs, and Biopolitics in the Pharmacopornographic Era a roundtable discussion with Beatriz Preciado, and José Muñoz & Avital Ronell Tuesday, October 15 6:30 to 8 pm Beatriz Preciado, History of the Body, Gender Theory, and History of Performance, University of Paris 8 José Muñoz, Performance Studies, New York University Avital Ronell, Comparative …

CANCELED: Neoliberal Reproductive Governance in the Americas: Bodies, Race, and Politics

Neoliberal Reproductive Governance in the Americas: Bodies, Race, and Politics a lecture by Laura Briggs THIS TALK HAS BEEN CANCELED AND WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR A FUTURE SEMESTER.  OUR APOLOGIES. Laura Briggs, Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst Prof. Laura Briggs is the Chair of Women, Gender, and Sexualities Studies at UMass Amherst, …

April 19: Cripistemologies: a Disability Studies mini-conference

[click on image for larger PDF] [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 Beauchamp, Mel Chen, Christina …

February 22: Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Bride: Gay Marriage, Affective Labor, and the Filipina “Mail Order Bride”

Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Bride: Gay Marriage, Affective Labor, and the Filipina “Mail Order Bride” a lunch talk with Gina Velasco Friday, February 22 12:30 to 1:45 pm Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality 41-51 East 11th Street, Room 741 Gina Velasco, Women’s & Gender Studies, Keene State College, and CSGS Visiting …

February 15: The Moment of Practice: Embodying Psychoanalysis Between Consulting Room and Seminar Room

The Moment of Practice: Embodying Psychoanalysis Between Consulting Room and Seminar Room a panel discussion Friday, February 15 4 to 6 pm 19 University Place, Room 102, 1st Floor Speakers: Tracy Simon, Stephen Hartman, and André Lepecki Moderator: Muriel Dimen “The Moment of Practice” is the 4th public event co-sponsored by NYU’s Center for the …