This online event -- "Mainstreaming the Anti-abortion Fringe" -- is free and open to the public and launches the virtual 2022 Take Root: Red State Reproductive Justice Conference at 10 am Saturday October 15. The online event is free but registration is required. This online event will be immediately followed by an online keynote address by Black feminist legal scholar Dorothy Roberts, author of Killing the Black Body; they keynote requires paid registration. 

In this series, we will celebrate feminist authors who recently published a book or article. The author and interviewer will discuss the writing process of recently published work. After a 15 to 20 minute interview, the audience is invited to ask questions that will help their own writing process. 

Dr. Charlie Zhang is an Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies. In Dreadful Desires (Duke University Press 2022), he examines how the Chinese state deploys affective notions of love to regulate the population and secure China’s place in the global economy.

This event is sponsored by the UK Department of Gender & Women's Studies, light refresments to follow. 

Utilizing Nirmal Puwar’s concept of space invaders, I explore the interconnected relationship between space and bodies, wherein specifically minoritized populations are stigmatized and framed as deviant when they are occupying spaces constructed by and for privileged bodies. The concept of digital space invaders refers to the process wherein minority bodies residing in institutionalized spaces are considered to be out of place, becoming ‘space invaders’, disrupting spaces and locations ‘which have not been “reserved” for them’. In the current context, I utilize the metaphor of the space invader to consider Black women’s occupation in digital gaming communities. Employing both Black feminist traditions with ‘post’- colonial feminisms, I draw connections in how these women are perceived, exploring the reproduction of deeply rooted prejudices and colonial legacies expressed in territorial concepts of belonging.

Choose one of these two dates to attend:

Wednesday, Aug 31st or Friday, Sept 2nd

Both meetings will be from 3:00 - 4:00 pm in Room 301 of the Whitehall Classroom Building

Contact Tony Stallins if you have questions.

Choose one of these two dates to attend:

Wednesday, Aug 31st or Friday, Sept 2nd

Both meetings will be from 3:00 - 4:00 pm in Room 301 of the Whitehall Classroom Building

Contact Tony Stallins if you have questions.