African Diasporic Literature, Film, and Art; Philosophy; Critical Theory; Science and Biomedicine Agent: Leslie Shipman @ The Shipman Agency
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What a tremendous pleasure to be in conversation with Saidiya Hartman on the 25th anniversary of Scenes of Subjection--a text of such tremendous importance to me as a thinker and to so many of us. Thank you @BOMBmagazine and @benasam for hosting this conversation.
"Black pain is the substrate of national fantasy and white pleasure." —Saidiya Hartman
In celebration of its 25th anniversary and republication, Saidiya Hartman and Zakiyyah Iman Jackson revisit the landmark text SCENES OF SUBJECTION (@wwnorton).
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Join me. I will be discussing the catastrophe of sex/gender as an antiblack mode of perception, logic, and order in relation to Kathleen Collins' indispensable film Losing Ground.
VERY excited to announce the line-up of extraordinary speakers for the 80th meeting of The English Institute at Yale University, September 22-23, 2023. Our topic is CATASTROPHE. But #EI2023 will be a dream. Put us on your calendar now! And retweet like mad.
Thank you Tara McPherson (@tmcphers) for convening this program in conjunction with CFR. We are thrilled to have Micha Cárdenas back and experience her new work as a literary writer and artist. If you are in LA, please join us. All are welcome.
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I am grateful that I had the opportunity to spend coronation day with Steve McQueen’s devastating and exquisite meditation. On view for one more week. serpentinegalleries.org/what…
If you are in LA, please join us.
This week! Another incredible speaker joining us: Dr. Hwang visiting from @MountHolyoke. Thurs 4/6 2pm-4pm
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This talk will discuss how coalitional, minoritarian-led, feminist and civil rights-based strategies of the 1980s-1990s, and under the banner of antiviolence, became so dutifully tracked into a vision of winnable goals by way of law and order, and thus the endless multiplications
have become influenced by pro-carceral practices, the talk will consider what kinds of death-wielding traps are promised by way of a one-dimensional trans politics where “trans'' has become reduced to all things considered gender-responsive/affirming/inclusive--
strong-armed select representatives(a rainbow coalition of model minoritized subjects) from their respective communities to both form and reform minoritized political identities within the spaces and logics of carcerality. Focusing on the question of how mainstream trans politics
and thus the endless multiplications of anti-Black criminalization and punishment that has followed-- what I describe largely as carceral coalitions. This concept narrates how racial liberalism or liberal law-and-order strategies of coalitional organizing have only stealthily
Today! All are welcome
Owen's talk thinks through the cultural value of consent in light of the legal and ideological underpinnings of violence against enslaved women. Unpacking the legal doctrine of rape law which invited sexual contact with black women under any circumstance.
Tomorrow! Dr. Owens from @BrownUniversity will share their insightful & incredible work.
2PM-4PM @USCLibraries Doheny 240.
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This Thursday! Don't miss @beansvelocci at @USC_CFR's Spring Speaker Series. Their talk: "Impossible to Distinguish": A Trans History of Zoology, Race, and Sexual Dimorphism is happening Feb 9th @ 2:30!
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The contributors to "Crip Genealogies" reorient the field of disability studies by centering the work of transnational feminism, queer of color critique, and trans scholarship & activism. Read the free intro now! #AmericanStudies #DisabilityStudies ow.ly/XIuW50MC468
ALT Color detail of Sandie Chun-shan Yi and Rahnee Patrick's Skinny. A white background with a close-up of two sacs made with silk organza, containing pieces of human skin, with dark red and ivory embroidery stitches. Between them is the title Crip Genealogies. Above that is the co-editors' names, Mel Y. Chen, Alison Kafer, Eunjung Kim, and Julie Avril Minich. with a foreword by therí a. pickens appears at the bottom.
Gratitude to my new friends in Cape Town and Johannesburg. Thank you for your generosity, hospitality, and sparkling brilliance. Excited to continue the conversation tomorrow. instagram.com/p/Cn5W6B-I7Y3/…
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Our new USC Gender and Sexuality Studies colleague, AE Stevenson, has organized this exciting and important gathering with graduate students Adrienne Adams (American Studies & Ethnicity) and Alex Hack (USC School of Cinematic Arts) and me as part of their supporting cast.
Join us for this two-day program at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures and California African American Museum on Friday, January 27th and Saturday, January 28th, 2023.
*Sign language interpreters are present at both events.
For event details & registration, check out tinyurl.com/losinggroundat40