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Sexual Modernities Conference

Benjamin Kahan, Heather Love, and Marcia Ochoa
Thursday, March 14, 2019
12:00-5:00 PM
3222 Angell Hall Map
This three-day interdisciplinary conference, featuring invited scholars and graduate student panels, aims to generate collegial scholarly conversation around the intersections of sexuality and modernity. The conference is being organized by the U-M Modernist Studies Workshop. Attendance is free and open to the public.

Invited speakers will include: Benjamin Kahan (Lousiana State University) and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz).

Please note the following change from the original conference schedule: Heather Love is no longer able to attend the event, and her keynote on Thursday has been cancelled.


Thursday, March 14 featured events:

2:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: Roundtable on "Queer Temporalities, Histories, and Futures" with Ingrid Diran (U-M), Sarah Ensor (U-M), and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz)


Friday, March 15 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: roundtable on "Foucault's Impact on Sexuality Studies" with David Halperin (U-M), Benjamin Kahan (Louisiana State University), and Helmut Puff (U-M)

4:30 p.m., Angell Hall 3154: keynote by Benjamin Kahan: "The Sexuality of Philosophy"


Saturday, March 16 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: keynote by Marcia Ochoa: "Ungrateful Citizenship: On Translatinas, Participation, and Belonging in the Absence of Recognition"
Building: Angell Hall
Event Type: Conference / Symposium
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