TRANSGENDER STUDIES MATTERS

Friday, April 18th, 2014

132 Boalt Hall, UC Berkeley

What are the objects and inquiries of contemporary Transgender Studies? Explore the state of the field in this one-day symposium featuring the next generation of emerging transgender studies scholars speaking on such topics as experimental method, the place of surgery, environment, and citizenship. The talks will be paired with responses by UC Berkeley faculty.

PANEL ONE 10am to 12pm

Queer Lovers, Hateful Others, and Injured Trans People: Queer Regenerations of Race, Space and the Urban Environment

Jinthana K. Haritaworn, Environmental Studies, York University

w/ Paola Bacchetta as respondent (Gender & Women’s Studies, UCB)

 

Trans- Surgery Matters

Eric Plemons, Anthropology, University of Michigan

Marcia Ochoa as respondent, Feminist Studies UC Santa Cruz

 

PANEL TWO 2pm – 4pm

Jorgensen’s Shadows

C. Riley Snorton, Communication Studies, Northwestern University

w/ Juana Maria Rodriguez as respondent (Gender & Women’s Studies, UCB)

 

Reframing Agnes

Kristen Schilt, Sociology, University of Chicago and Chase Joynt, Visiting Artist, University of Chicago

w/ Raka Ray as respondent (Sociology, UCB)

Sponsored by: the Haas LGBTQ Citizenship Cluster, the Center for the Study of Sexual Cultures, and the Department of Gender & Women’s Studies – Chau Hoi Shuen Program in Gender and Science

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