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jack halberstam
symposium participation:
saturday, october 9, 2021
keynote 12:30 - 01:15 pm
panelist 01:20 - 02:00 pm
bio:
Jack Halberstam is Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity, Gender Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Southern California. Halberstam is the author of five books including: Skin Shows: othic Horror and the Technology of Monsters (Duke UP, 1995), Female Masculinity (Duke UP, 1998), In A Queer Time and Place (NYU Press, 2005), The Queer Art of Failure (Duke UP, 2011) and Gaga Feminism: Sex, Gender, and the End of Normal (Beacon Press, 2012) and has written articles that have appeared in numerous journals, magazines and collections. Halberstam is currently working on several projects including a book on Fascism and (homo)sexuality.
Halberstam has co-edited a number of anthologies including Posthuman Bodies with Ira Livingston (Indiana University Press, 1995) and a special issue of Social Text with Jose Munoz and David Eng titled “What’s Queer About Queer Studies Now?” Jack is a popular speaker and gives lectures around the country and internationally every year. Lecture topics include: queer failure, sex and media, subcultures, visual culture, gender variance, popular film, animation.
Sponsored by:
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schedule
friday
10.08.2021
6pm-9:15pm
intro 06:00 - 06:10 intro: dean jonathan massey / laida aguirre
speaker 06:10 - 06:35 michael wang
speaker 06:35 - 07:00 nicholas korody
speaker 07:00 - 07:25 heather davis
break 07:25 - 07:30 break
keynote 07:30 - 08:30 keller easterling
panel 08:30 - 09:15 q&a: presenters + ann lui
speaker 06:10 - 06:35 michael wang
speaker 06:35 - 07:00 nicholas korody
speaker 07:00 - 07:25 heather davis
break 07:25 - 07:30 break
keynote 07:30 - 08:30 keller easterling
panel 08:30 - 09:15 q&a: presenters + ann lui
saturday
10.09.2021
11am-2:30pm
intro 11:00 - 11:10 intro: laida aguirre
speaker 11:10 - 11:35 postnatural studies institute
speaker 11:35 - 12:05 new affiliates
speaker 12:05 - 12:30 seetal solanki
break 12:30 - 12:40 sofia pia belenki
keynote 12:40 - 01:40 jack halberstam
panel 01:40 - 02:30 q&a: presenters + meredith miller
speaker 11:10 - 11:35 postnatural studies institute
speaker 11:35 - 12:05 new affiliates
speaker 12:05 - 12:30 seetal solanki
break 12:30 - 12:40 sofia pia belenki
keynote 12:40 - 01:40 jack halberstam
panel 01:40 - 02:30 q&a: presenters + meredith miller