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 a new 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 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
w/ 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)
Event Contact: gilliane@berkeley.edu
