Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

For this event, we will be bringing together a range of scholars who in various ways are working within queer studies and trans studies on questions related to race and empire.  The aim of the symposium is to help make connections across what otherwise can be separate fields (both disciplines and interdisciplines) and to generate conversation — among participants as well as faculty and students at UNCG — about the kinds of knowledge that can be produced through queer and trans analytics when engaging questions of race, comparative racialization, imperialism, and colonialism.

Our interest in holding such a symposium at this moment in time also has to do with recent events in the state and, in light of them, our desire to illustrate the vital work performed by queer and trans scholarship; to speak to our students’ expressed interest in developing intersectional frameworks for understanding sexuality and gender identity; and to forge ahead in the face of efforts to undermine such work.

Presenters include: 

• Nayan Shah (University of Southern California)
• Lisa Kahaleole Hall (Wells College)
• Cynthia Wu (State University of New York, Buffalo)
• Aren Aizura (University of Minnesota)
• Shanté Paradigm Smalls (St. Johns University)
• Peter Coviello (University of Illinois, Chicago

The symposium will take place on Friday, February 24 in the Virginia Dare Room of Alumni House.

The symposium is cosponsored by: Communication Studies Department; Department of Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations; Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures; English Department; History Department; Media Studies Department; Office of Intercultural Engagement; Office of the Provost; Office of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences; Religious Studies Department; Philosophy Department.

For more information on this event (including bios and panel times) please visit the symposium page here: https://wgss.uncg.edu/queer-trans-race-empire-symposium-information/

When: Feb 24, 10:00 am - 5:30 pm

Location: Virginia Dare Room, Alumni House