Women’s and Gender Studies Colloquium Series begins Sept. 4
Please add to your calendar this academic year a list of enriching talks related to intersectional feminism taking place in the Women’s Center (154 Bridges) the following Fridays from 11:45am-1:00pm. The talks are a great way to think about new issues in feminist research by members of our MSUM community and scholars from other campuses and communities. Please also encourage students to attend.
September 4 “Dangerous Possibilities : Femme of Color Histories and the Erotics of Home” – Natassja Gunasena, M.A. (MSUM WGS Alum, Doctoral Student in African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas Austin)
September 18 “Re-fashioning the Virgin: Ekphrasis, Mirror Images, and Subversion in some villancicos by Sor Juana” – Kátia Sherman, Ph.D. (MSUM Assistant Professor of Languages and Culture)
October 16 “Parenting Transgender and Gender Expansive Kids” – Kristen Benson, Ph.D., LMFT (MN) Associate Professor of Human Development and
Family Science, NDSU
November 20 “Disrupting Disruption: Gender, Reproduction, and Compulsory Able-bodiedness in American Environmentalism” – Emily Lind Johnston, Ph.D. MSUM Assistant Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies
December 4 “A Smell of Vinegar, A Swallow of Gold: Preservational Ethics in the Home Video Market for Vintage Pornographic Cinema.” – David Church, Ph.D. MSUM School of Media Arts & Design
January 22 “LGBT Authorship in Film/Video” – Raymond Rea, MSUM Associate Professor, Film, School of Media Arts & Design
February 19 “‘Does My Face Look Familiar?’ “Real Family,” Adoptee Birth Search and Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing” – Kim Park Nelson, MSUM Associate Professor, American Multicultural Studies
April 8 “Using a Feminist Ethic of Care to Design and Tell Stories Online: Some Problems and Possibilities” – Sara Puotinen, Ph.D., Independent Scholar
Follow MSUM WGS on FaceBook, Twitter, and Instagram for updates on our programmatic events.