Columbia Grad Students from *all* departments are warmly invited to join us for a Graduate Open House on 10/3 at 5-6 p.m. Learn about the ISSG graduate certificate, ISSG grad programming and classes, and enjoy food & drinks with our gender & sexuality studies community!

Join our team! ISSG is searching for an Associate Director, who will be responsible for the oversight of the day-to-day operations of the Institute. Learn more about the position & apply via the Careers at Columbia site here: tinyurl.com/es67eafh

ISSG has announced the recipient of the 2024 Elaine-Combs Schilling Memorial Fellowship! Learn more about the winner, Elya Assayag (History), here: tinyurl.com/ykbxjn28

If you missed last year's symposium, "Sex, Gender, and Everything in Between," recordings of the introduction and presentations by three of the panelists are now available on our Vimeo stream! Learn more here: tinyurl.com/ycyt7abr

ISSG Faculty Director, Professor Jack Halberstam, was announced as a 2024 @GuggFellows in Theatre Arts & Performance Studies! Join us in extending our congratulations to Professor Halberstam on this achievement - learn more here: tinyurl.com/pfb6z7zf

ISSG is thrilled to co-sponsor "Criminalized Again: Culture(s) of LGBTQI+ in Search of Freedom" with our colleagues at @HarrimanInst! The conference starts today and runs through Sat 4/13. More info & RSVP here: tinyurl.com/3zwajb8w

Today is the final day of Trans Disruptions: The Future of Change! Join us starting at 10AM for panels on The Global South, Abolition, Narrative, a reading by Torrey Peters, and a screening of "Orlando: My Political Biography." More info here: tinyurl.com/mvnzyyeu

Day 2 of our Trans Disruptions: The Future of Change conference begins at 12PM! We will have panels on Media & Gaming Cultures, Structures & Systems, Histories, and a keynote by Jules Gill-Peterson (@gp_jls)! Learn more here: tinyurl.com/mvnzyyeu

Today is Day 1 of our conference, Trans Disruptions: The Future of Change! The activities kick off at 4PM with our Trans Poetry panel, followed by the AFFIRMATIONS panel hosted by our colleagues at @ColumbiaGSAPP at 6:30PM. More information here: tinyurl.com/mvnzyyeu

TOMORROW 4/2: Join ISSG, the University Seminar on Cultural Memory & others for "Can We Talk about Nonviolence? Now?" a conversation with Nadia Abu El-Haj, Judith Butler, & Kendall Thomas, moderated by Marianne Hirsch & Jean Howard. RSVP req'd here: tinyurl.com/5c8f94ud

Trans Disruptions: The Future of Change is a week away! See the full schedule & RSVP on our website here: tinyurl.com/4jym63cs CC: @ColumbiaFaculty @ColumbiaHum @ColumbiaEngDept @IRCPL_Columbia @CMesaas @ColumbiaSOA @ColumbiaGSAPP @sofheyman @CUHistoryDept @bcrwtweets

NEXT TUES 4/2: ISSG will join the University Seminar on Cultural Memory & others for "Can We Talk about Nonviolence? Now?" a conversation with Nadia Abu El-Haj, Judith Butler, & Kendall Thomas, moderated by Marianne Hirsch & Jean Howard. RSVP req'd here: tinyurl.com/5c8f94ud

TOMORROW @ 6:15PM: Join ISSG and @sofheyman to celebrate ISSG Core Faculty Member Julia Bryan-Wilson's recent work "Louise Nevelson's Sculpture: Drag, Color, Join, Face"! The event will feature panelists from ISSG & Art History. Registration required here: tinyurl.com/3a6svutn

The closing event of our upcoming conference will be a screening and discussion hosted by our colleagues at @ColumbiaSOA of "Orlando: My Political Biography" (2023, dir. Paul B. Preciado)! Learn more and get a ticket here: tinyurl.com/arsup2nf

NEXT TUES 3/26: Join ISSG and @sofheyman to celebrate ISSG Core Faculty Member Julia Bryan-Wilson's recent work "Louise Nevelson's Sculpture: Drag, Color, Join, Face"! The event will feature panelists from ISSG & Art History. Registration required here: tinyurl.com/3a6svutn

WED 3/20 @ 6:00PM: ISSG is thrilled to co-sponsor "The Gender of Capital: How Families Perpetuate Wealth Inequality" with our colleagues at @Columbia_MF! The event features co-author Prof. Céline Bessière (Paris-Dauphine University). More info & RSVP here: tinyurl.com/5hcskv3n

MON 3/18 @ 6:30PM: Our colleagues at @ColumbiaGSAPP are hosting "AFFIRMATION 8: Ecological Entanglements" which will feature ISSG Core Faculty Member Elizabeth Povinelli (@EPovine) joined in conversation by Filipa Ramos. More details here: tinyurl.com/ysdw6u3c

Tomorrow is the deadline to submit a working group proposal to our colleagues at @socialdiff! Find more information about the process here: tinyurl.com/mry5phnb