Two Decades & Counting: Critical Reflections on "Intersectionality"

December 1, Tuesday 4 to 6:30 PM SCA Gallery Space 20 Cooper Square, 4th Floor Bowery @ East 5th Street A roundtable discussion with: Kimberlé W. Crenshaw, UCLA Law Lisa Duggan, Social and Cultural Analysis, NYU Chandan Reddy, University of Washington Karen Shimakawa, Performance Studies, NYU This forum commemorates the 20th anniversary of the enunciation …

Before Sex: One Day Conference at Rutgers University

October 23, 2009 8:30 AM to 6 PM Teleconference Room 4th floor of Alexander Library 169 College Avenue New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Until recently we’ve thought of the modern sex/gender system and homosexual identity as socio-intellectual developments of the later nineteenth century. But over the past three decades, evidence and arguments have accumulated to suggest …

Teaching Sex-De/Constructing Bodies, Categories & Norms: Feminist Sex Shops in the U.S. & Sweden

October 12, Monday 12:30 to 1:45 PM Nina Lykke, Gender Studies, Linköping University, and director of the Centre of Gender Excellence (GEXcel) 41-51 East 11th Street, Room 709 between University Place and Broadway This presentation draws from Nina Lykke’s ongoing research on alternative sex education in the U.S. and Sweden. These “alternative” sites and media …