TERFism and Feminism Against Cisness with Sophie Lewis

Critical and Visual Studies Symposium
Department of Social Science and Cultural Studies
November 2 (5:00-6:30 PM)

Symposium - SS.225
    The theme of this iteration of the Symposium is “Now Is the Time of Monsters.”
    Observing the rise of 20th-century fascism, Italian philosopher and social theorist Antonio Gramsci wrote that “the old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born; now is the time of monsters.” Some contemporary critical theorists argue that we face a similar situation today; the exigencies of environmental crisis, rapid technological change, and evolving socio-historical dynamics run up against the inertia of existing institutions, producing a volatile situation full of danger as well as emancipatory potential.

    This semester we are exploring both the peril and the promise of living in a "time of monsters"

Still to Come:
    November 9 (6:20-7:50 PM): Imagining a World Without Police with Geo Ciccariello-Maher
    November 30 (5:00-6:30 PM) New York Liberation School with Conor Tomás Reed

All talks will be held in North Hall 110 on Thursday evenings and will consist of a ~1 hour presentation from our speaker followed by ~30 minutes of Q&A.
Everyone is welcome.  It will be recorded and posted if you are interested but unable to attend.

Fall 2023 Symposium Talks:
September 21: Factory Farming and Agricultural Exceptionalism with Jan Dutkiewicz
October 5: Archipelagoes of the Unseen with May Joseph
October 26: Monsters and Human Variety from Pliny the Elder to Linnaeus' "Systema natura" with B. Ricardo Brown
November 2: TERFism and Feminism Against Cisness with Sophie Lewis
November 9: Imagining a World Without Police with Geo Ciccariello-Maher
November 30:  New York Liberation School with Conor Tomás Reed

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