Upcoming Events
Spring 2012
Virtually Queer:
Brokeback Mountain And Global Affects
Wednesday, April 4th: 6:15PM
Montebello Room, USU
In this path-breaking lecture,
Dr. William Schroeder (Assistant Professor,
University of Manchester, England) accounts for the
ways in which ostensibly “American” items of popular
culture, such as the movie Brokeback Mountain,
travel successfully to places like Beijing, where
they are sewn, in surprising ways, into the
emotional lives of gays and lesbians.
Feminist Endowed Lecture Series: An Afternoon with Dr. Uma Narayan
Who Doesn’t Want to Rescue and Empower Third World Women?
Wednesday, April 18 • 3:15 pm • Los Angeles Room AB
3rd floor • University-Student Union
Several European countries are currently engaged in attempts to "rescue Muslim women from the veil" and several Third World countries are engaged in attempts to "empower women through microcredit." The talk attempts to show what is deeply suspicious about these attempts and tries to argue for a critical perspective on many current agendas that operate "in the name of" poor and marginalized women. Dr. Uma Narayan is a feminist and postcolonial philosopher who teaches at Vassar College. Among her books is Dislocating Cultures: Identities, Traditions and Third World Feminism.
Femicide in the Americas: A Talk by Dr. Rosalinda Fregoso
Wednesday, May 2 • 6 pm • Los Angeles Room AB
3rd floor • University-Student Union
Dr. Rosalinda Fregoso, Professor in Latina/o and Latin American Studies at UC Santa Cruz, has written extensively on the femicides in Cuidad Juarez and is the co-editor of Terrorizing Women: Femicide in the Americas (with Cynthia Bejarano). Her talk will examine the issues of neoliberalism, human rights, and state accountability in the ongoing femicides.
Women’s and Gender Studies Reception
Tuesday, May 15 • 3:15pm • San Gabriel Room
3rd Floor • University-Student Union
In both academics and co-curricular experiences, there are opportunities to explore and expand the conversation and discourse about women’s and gender issues at Cal State L.A. Join us to learn more about Women’s and Gender Studies at CSULA, and to recognize the achievements of those graduating with a Minor or Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies.
CSGS (Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities) Student Research Conference
Thursday, May 17 • 9 am – 4 pm • Los Angeles, San Gabriel, Alhambra Rooms
3rd Floor • University-Student Union
Student scholars explore gender, sexuality, queer/LGBT, and women’s issues in this eighth annual conference presented by the Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities and Cross Cultural Centers. For more information on submitting a presentation proposal or to register for the conference, please call the CSGS at (323) 343-6549 or CCC at (323) 343-5001.
The Vortex of Celebrity: An Evening with Douglas Mao
Thursday, May 17 • 6 pm • Los Angeles Room
3rd Floor • University-Student Union
Dr. Douglas Mao is a specialist in modernist fiction and poetry of Britain, Ireland, and the United States. He is the author of Solid Objects: Modernism and the Test of Production (Princeton, 1998) and Fateful Beauty: Aesthetic Environments, Juvenile Development, and Literature 1860-1960 (Princeton, 2008). He is also the co-editor, with Rebecca Walkowitz, of Bad Modernisms (Duke, 2006) and the editor of the Longman Cultural Edition of E. M. Forster's Howards End (2009). He taught in the English departments at Princeton, Harvard, and Cornell before his current post at Johns Hopkins University.
Presented by the Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities, and co-sponsored by the Cross Cultural Centers, College of Arts and Letters, The Ann Garry and Sharon L. Bishop Feminist Endowed Lecture Series, Department of Chicano Studies, Department of Philosophy, Women’s and Gender Studies Program, University-Student Union and student fees.
For more information, or to request accommodations for a disability, please contact the Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities at 323.343.6549 or the Cross Cultural Centers at 323.343.5001. Nominal parking fee for off-campus guests.
Winter 2012
"Invisible Families: Gay Identities, Relationships, and Motherhood among Black Women"
Monday March 12th at 3:15pm Alhambra Room, 3rd floor, University Student Union
Dr. Mignon R. Moore brings to light the family life of a group that has been largely invisible – gay women of color – in a book that challenges long-standing ideas about racial identity, family formation, and motherhood. Drawing from interviews and surveys of one hundred black gay women in New York City, Invisible Families explores the ways that race and class have influenced how these women understand their sexual orientation, find partners, and form families.
Sexual Orientation, Natural Kinds, and Normative Confusion: A Talk by Dr. Kory Schaff
Wednesday February 15that 6:15pm U-SU Theatre 1st floor, University Student Union
The concept of sexuality is capacious and admits of
many different conceptions. A widely popular
conception is that the concept is socially
constructed and, for that reason, contestable and
revisable. Dr. Kory Schaff, Assistant Professor of
Philosophy at Occidental College, distinguishes the
ordinary concept of sexuality from this popular
conception by isolating sexual orientation as a
natural kind from normative confusion about desire,
intentions, and behaviors associated with human
sexual diversity.
Open House: Center For The Study Of Genders And Sexualities
Wednesday January 25th at 3:15 King Hall D4050
Meet and mingle with the faculty, staff, and students involved with the Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities, a university-wide interdisciplinary center housed in the College of Arts and Letters. The Center’s mission is to promote cutting-edge research and scholarship in gender and sexuality at the intersections of race, class, religion, ability, and nation. This reception also honors the student and faculty recipients of CSGS research stipends.
Fall 2011
Feminism, Postmodernism, Photography, and the Body: Revisiting Contemporary Art History in the 1970s and 1980s in the Work of Francesca Woodman
Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth Adan, Assistant Professor of Art and Design, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
In this paper, I explore the relationships between two critical frameworks and two types of artistic media – feminism and postmodernism, photography and the body – in contemporary art in the 1970s and 1980s. In contrast to dominant accounts of contemporary art history, I consider the ways in which the body is more fully incorporated into feminist and postmodern photographic practices in the work of Francesca Woodman (1958-1981). In particular, in her short but highly productive career, Woodman created hundreds of photographs that bring feminism and postmodernism together with activities that recall body and performance art to investigate the nature and status of representation in corporeal as well as visual and optical terms. Through a critical exposition of the shift from postwar modernism to postmodernism in the visual arts, followed by a close analysis of a number of Woodman’s photographs, I will revisit the divisions and exclusions found in dominant accounts of contemporary art history and demonstrate further connections between feminism, postmodernism, photography, and the body in 1970s and 1980s contemporary art.
When and Where: Tuesday, October 11th, 6:10PM, USU-Theatre, 1st Floor Student Union
I Love Lupe (Q&A with filmmaker/artist, Alma López and Alicia Gaspar de Alba)
Join us for an engaging conversation about art, representations of women, censorship, organized religion, and sexuality, as we screen I Love Lupe, a documentary based on the book, Our Lady of Controversy: Alma López’s Irreverent Apparition, which features conversations with Chicana artists Ester Hernández, Alma López and Yolanda M. López, on their “controversial Guadalupes.” Directed by Alicia Gaspar de Alba and Alma Lopez, 2011, 46 minutes.
When and Where: Thursday, October 27 ∙ 6:15 pm ∙ U-SU Theatre, 1st Floor Student Union
Transgender Life 101 and Day of Remembrance
In honor of Transgender Day of Remembrance, this workshop explores the experiences of people who identify as transgender, as well as remember those who have been harmed or died to anti-transgender violence. Develop skills and language to be a stronger supporter of, or understand more about, the transgender community!
When and Where: Tuesday, November 15 ∙ 3:15 pm ∙ Alhambra Room, 3rd Floor Student Union
Spring 2011
Intersectionality: Origins and Possibilities In anticipation of Professor Crenshaw�s lecture on April 14th, there will be an accessible presentation by Jennifer DeClue on the origins of this metaphor in Black feminist thought, as well as its unrealized implications for social movements.
Tuesday, April 5 at 6:15 pm
Los Angeles Room, 3rd Floor
University Student Union
La Lucha
de la La comunidad "LGBT" en Latino America.
Cuándo: Martes, 5 de Abril ·
Hora: 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Donde:
Saban
Research Auditorium
4661 W. Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA
En la estacion del metro de Vermont y Sunset |Estacionamiento en la calle o puede pagar por estacionamiento privado en el lote
Este
evento va a ser en Espanol y traducido en Ingles
Panelistas: * Vek Lewis * Mariana
Marroquin * Victor Martinez * Suyapa Portillo
Session Moderada por: Bamby Salcedo
Para mas informacion contactar a Bamby Salcedo al
(323) 361-5983 o bsalcedo@chla.usc.edu
patrocinadores del
Evento: * CSULA Center for the Study of Genders &
Sexualitites * Coalicion TransLatin@ * Latino
Equality Alliance * Learning Trans (learningtrans.org)
Part 2: http://www.vimeo.com/22418271; Part 3: http://www.vimeo.com/22420064
Racing to Postracialism: An Evening with Kimberlé Crenshaw Join us for a distinguished lecture and discussion by Kimberlé Crenshaw, Professor at Law at UCLA and Columbia Law School. Crenshaw is a leading authority in the area of Civil Rights; Black feminist legal theory; and race, racism, and the law. Her articles have appeared in the Harvard Law Review, National Black Law Journal, Stanford Law Review, and Southern California Law Review. A specialist on race and gender inequality, she has facilitated workshops for human rights activists around the world.
Thursday April 14 at 6:15 pm
Los Angeles Room ABC, 3rd Floor
University Student Union
Makeshift Reclamation: New Feminist Art and Activism Faced with not only gender-based oppression but also the structured violence of a collapsing capitalism, a climate-change crisis, and more, feminist activists and artists are resisting and creating alternatives to violent systems both intimate and global. And they�re doing it in many ways, spaces, and forms. �Makeshift Reclamation� is a dynamic, multi-media performance that shows what is happening on the ground and in the imaginations of social justice-minded feminists.
Monday, April 25 at 3:15pm
U-SU Theatre, 1st Floor University Student Union
Born this Way: Lady Gaga, Pop Culture, and Representations of Sexualities This panel discussion looks at the connections between the artistry and meteoric rise of pop singer and songwriter Lady Gaga, sexual affirmation and gendered sexual politics, and the role of performance and representation in popular culture.
Wednesday May 4th at 6:15pm
U-SU Theatre, 1st Floor
University Student Union
7th Annual Student Research Conference: Gender, Sexuality, and Power
Student scholars explore gender, sexuality, queer/LGBT, and women�s issues in this seventh annual conference presented by the Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities and Cross Cultural Centers. For more information on submitting a presentation proposal or to register for the conference, please call the CSGS at (323) 343-6549 or CCC at (323) 343-5001
Tuesday May 17th, 9am-4pm
3rd Floor, University Student Union
Past Events
Winter 2011
Open House; Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities
Thursday, January 27, 3:15 pm King Hall D4051
Meet and mingle with the faculty, staff, and students involved with the Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities, a university-wide interdisciplinary center housed in the College of Arts and Letters. The Center’s mission is to promote cutting-edge research and scholarship in gender and sexuality at the intersections of race, class, religion, ability, and nation.
Imagining Black Boyhoods: A Talk by Dr. Michael Dumas
Monday, February 7, 4:30 pm Los Angeles Room AB, 3rd floor, University-Student Union Dr.
Michael Dumas, Assistant Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis of Education at Cal State Long Beach, argues that the absence of Black boys in the public imagination of childhood and in popular and academic discussions of Black males and masculinity have rendered Black boyhood both unimagined and unimaginable.
The “Q” Word: Are We Queer, Gay, or Does it Really Matter?
Tuesday, February 15, 4:30 pm
U-SU Theatre, 1st floor, University-Student Union Students, scholars, activists, and everyday people discuss the merits and challenges of using the various words and social identity markers used to describe the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) community.
A Crushing Love
Thursday, February 17, 6:15 pm
U-SU Theatre, 1st floor, University-Student Union A Crushing Love, Sylvia Morales’ sequel to her groundbreaking history of Chicana women, Chicana (1979), honors the achievements of five activist Latinas – Dolores Huerta, Elizabeth “Betita” Martinez, Cherrie Moraga, Alicia Escalante, and Martha Cotera – and considers how they balanced single motherhood and activism. Directed by Sylvia Morales, 2009, 58 minutes.
Asian American Attitudes toward LGBTIQ Matters: Results of a Pilot Study
Wednesday, March 9, 3:15 pm San Gabriel Room, 3rd floor, University-Student Union Dr.
Gina Masequesmay, professor of Asian American Studies at CSUN, shares her latest research on Asian Pacific American attitudes toward issues related to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer/questioning community.
Presented by the Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities, and co-sponsored by Cross Cultural Centers, College of Arts and Letters, Gender & Sexuality Resource Center, Chicano Studies, English, Liberal Studies, Pan African Studies, Philosophy, Sharon L. Bishop and Ann Garry Feminist Endowed Lecture Fund, Women’s and Gender Studies, Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social, University-Student Union and student fees.
For more information, or to request accommodations for a disability, please contact the Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities at 323.343.6549 or the Cross Cultural Centers at 323.343.5001.
Fall 2010
Why Race and Gender (Still) Matter Tuesday, September 28, 6:15 pm, Los Angeles Room, 3rd floor, University-Student Union Please join faculty, staff, and students from Asian/Asian American Studies, Chicano Studies, Latin American Studies, Pan-African Studies, and Women's and Gender Studies and related co-curricular areas for a dialogue on why race and gender continue to matter in the U.S. Learn about the exciting research, courses, programs, and campus organizations that address the enduring relevance of Area, Ethnic, and Gender Studies. Opportunities to enroll in Fall classes will be available on site.Perfect Peace: An Afternoon with Dr. Daniel Black
Monday, October 18, 3:15 pm, Alhambra Room Daniel Black, professor of English and African Women's Studies at Clark Atlanta University, discusses his latest novel, Perfect Peace, a family story centered on questions of gender presentation, sexuality, family dynamics, unconditional love, and fulfillment, when a mother decides to raise her seventh son as the daughter she always wanted.A Talk by Dr. Ben Bateman
Tuesday, October 26, 6:15 pm, Alhambra Room Drawing from E.M. Forster's hotly contested novel of 1910, Howards End, Dr. Ben Bateman, CSULA Department of English, argues for a social world saturated with queer invitations, that is, with opportunities for individuals of all sexual orientations to rethink their affective priorities and to participate in the design of ethically challenging but personally rewarding relationships. Selenidad: Selena, Latinos, and the Performance of Memory Monday, November 1, 6:15 pm, U-SU Theatre, 1st floor, University-Student Union An outpouring of memorial tributes and public expressions of grief followed the 1995 death of the Tejana recording artist Selena. The Latina superstar was remembered and mourned in documentaries, magazines, web sites, monuments, biographies, murals, look-alike contests, musicals, drag shows, and more. Calling these and other acts of mourning the slain star "Selenidad," Dr. Deborah Paredez, professor of Theatre Arts and Dance at University of Texas at Austin, explores their significance and the broader meanings of remembering Selena.Spring 2010
Sex and the Sandinistas (followed by talk by Dr. Emily Hobson, UC Santa Barbara Women’s Studies) Thursday, April 1 at 6:15 PMU-SU Theatre
Without assuming any prior knowledge of Nicaraguan history, this documentary film brings to life the extraordinary and valuable experience of lesbians and gays coming out in the whirlwind of a Latin American revolution. Film will be followed by a talk by Dr. Emily Hobson, UC Santa Barbara Women’s Studies. Directed by Lucinda Broadbent, 1991, 25 minutes.
Only Love for Him Caused Me to Lay Aside All Morals:" Black College Students Theorize Sexual Pleasure in the 1930s Monday, May 10 at 6:00 PMU-SU Theatre, 1st floor, University-Student Union
Dr. LaKisha Simmons, faculty, History and Women’s Studies at Davidson College, explores sexuality in the lives of African American adolescent girls living in New Orleans during legalized racial segregation, interracial sexual violence, which many black girls experienced and most feared, and the ways in which girls were trained to be "proper" and "nice" by their schools, parents and church.
6th Annual Gender & Sexuality Student Research Conference Tuesday, May 11 from 8:00 AM – 5:00 PMUniversity-Student Union, 3rd floor
Student scholars explore gender, sexuality, queer/LGBT, and women’s issues in this sixth annual conference presented by the Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities and Cross Cultural Centers. For more information on submitting a presentation proposal or to register for the conference, please call the CSGS at (323) 343-6549 or CCC at (323) 343-5001.
Winter 2010
CSGS OPEN HOUSE
Thursday, January 21 at 3:15 PM
King Hall D4051
Meet the faculty, staff, and students involved with the Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities and learn how you can get involved. Light refreshments served.
THE CASTER SEMENYA CASE: ATHLETICS, BIOLOGY, CULTURE, ETHICS, AND GENDER
Thursday, February 4 at 4:30 PM
U-SU Theatre, 1st floor, University-Student Union
Scholars from Kinesiology, Biology, Pan African Studies, Philosophy, and Gender Studies discuss the Caster Semenya case, the South African runner whose gender was questioned following her victory at the 2009 World Championships.
SCREAMING QUEENS: RIOT AT COMPTON’S CAFETERIA
Thursday, February 11 at 6:15 PM
U-SU Theatre, 1st floor, University-Student Union
Little-known story of the first known act of collective, violent resistance to the social oppression of queer people in the United States. Directed by Victor Silverman and Susan Stryker, 2005, 57 minutes.
WOMEN FIGHT FOR EQUALITY: BUT DO THEY PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE ON DATES?
Tuesday, March 2 at 3:15 PM
King Hall, Lecture Hall TBA
Dr. Janet Lever, faculty, CSULA Department of Sociology, discusses findings from her recent Elle Magazine/MSNBC poll on women, men, perceptions of equality, and dating practices in the U.S.
ECONOMIES OF DESIRE: SEX AND TOURISM IN CUBA AND DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Wednesday, March 3 at 4:30 PM
Los Angeles BC
Dr. Amalia Cabezas, UC Riverside Women’s Studies Program, re-conceptualizes our understandings of informal economies, sex workers, and sexual tourism. Sponsored by Latin American Studies.
Fall 2009
Michael Revisited: A Critical Look at the Phenomenon of Michael Jackson
Monday, October 12 at 6:30 pm
Los Angeles Room, 3rd floor, University-Student Union
This discussion will explore the cultural representation and perceptions of pop icon Michael Jackson. The panel will feature writers, artists, and scholars who will discuss the media frenzy surrounding Jackson, issues including sexuality, the body, race, color, and the narrative arc and essential tragedy of Michael Jackson’s life and career.
Trans Town Hall III: How to Survive Gender in a Dangerous World: Celebrating Connections between Womanism, Feminism and Trans Politics.
Monday, October 19 at 6:30 pm
L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center, 1125 N. McCadden Place, Los Angeles 90038
This on-going forum addresses opportunities, challenges, and critical issues facing the transgender community in Los Angeles. This fall’s event focuses on the intersection between transgender and feminist politics.
Next of Kin: The Family in Chicano/a Cultural Politics
A Conversation with Dr. Richard T. Rodríguez
Monday, November 23 at 3:30 pm
Los Angeles Room, 3rd floor, University-Student Union
In Next of Kin, Richard T. Rodríguez explores the competing notions of la familia found in movement-inspired literature, film, video, music, painting, and other forms of cultural expression created by Chicano men.
Spring 2009
Posthuman Pornographies: On the Animal in Woman
Wednesday, April 1 at 3:15, Alhambra Room
Dr. Margret Grebowicz presents on an encounter between Catharine MacKinnon's critique of the use of animals in commercial porn, Donna Haraway's penchant for "queering" animal sexuality, and Jacques Derrida's posthumous work on the animal as the site of real sexual difference(s).
Palabras Dulces, Palabras AmArgas
Tuesday, April 14 at 1:30 pm, U-SU Theatre
This documentary features performances by Dulce Palabras, the spoken word ensemble that developed as a collaboration between Amigas Latinas and En Las Tablas Performing Arts Group. Fillmmaker will be present. Directed by Linda Garcia-Merchant, 2008, 45 minutes.
Mujeres de la Caucus Chicana
Tuesday, April 14 at 6 pm, U-SU Theatre
This film follows six women who answered the call to action during the 1977 National Women’s Conference in Houston, and who went on to shape national policy for women as founding members of recognized organizations such as the Raza Unida Party, the Women’s Action Program, the National Women’s Political Caucus and International Women’s Year. Filmmaker and civil rights activist, Lupe Anguiano, will be present. Directed by Linda Garcia-Merchant, 2007, 95 minutes.
Ann Garry and Sharon Bishop Feminist Endowed Lecture: What Do Feminists Need to Know about Human Nature? A Presentation by Dr. Louise Antony
Thursday, April 23 at 3:15 pm, Los Angeles A or San Gabriel Room (TBA)
Feminists are of two minds about "human nature" -- both suspicious of conservative appeals to human nature and in need the notion to explain what's wrong with sexism, racism, and other "dehumanizing" systems. While feminists can't have it both ways, "human nature" can offer practical, empirical support for liberatory politics even if it can't provide a foundation for normative theory.
Transgiving Performance (Student Research Conference Kickoff)
Monday, May 11 at 7 pm, U-SU Theatre
Join us for an evening of performances by members and allies of the transgender community, in this kickoff for the annual CSGS Student Research Conference.
5th Annual Gender & Sexuality Student Research Conference
Tuesday, May 12 from 9 am – 4 pm
Los Angeles ABC, San Gabriel, and Montebello Rooms, U-SU, 3rd floor
Student scholars explore gender, sexuality, queer/LGBT, and women’s issues in this annual conference. For information on submitting a presentation proposal or to register for the conference, please call the CSGS at (323) 343-6549.
WINTER 2009
WHY GENDER AND SEXUALITY (STILL) MATTER:
Wednesday, January 14 at 6 pm
U-SU Theater, 1st floor, University-Student Union, Room 106
Please join faculty, staff, and students from Women’s and Gender Studies and related academic and co-curricular areas for a dialogue on why gender, sexuality, and gender presentation continue to matter. Learn about the exciting research, courses, programs and organizations on campus that address the enduring relevance of gender and sexuality. Opportunities to enroll in Winter classes will be available on site. Come lend your voice to the discussion.
OPEN HOUSE: CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF GENDERS AND SEXUALITIES
Thursday, January 22 at 3:15 pm
Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities
4th floor, King Hall, Room D4051
Learn about the Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities, a university-wide interdisciplinary center housed in the College of Arts and Letters. The Center’s mission is to provide support for scholars, teachers, students, and community partners who investigate gender and sexuality, in particular work that bridges the diverse communities represented at Cal State L.A. and its surrounding area.
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ‘SOCIAL PROBLEM’ OF TRAVESTIS IN TECATE, BAJA CALIFORNIA
Monday, February 26 at 3:15-4:30 pm, Alhambra Room
3rd floor, University-Student Union, Room 305
Vek Lewis, professor of Latin American Studies at the University of Sydney, Australia, presents initial findings from a field work project about media, sexual minorities and the law in Mexico. This project looks at the way the ‘social problem’ of gender variant travestis was constructed in the public domain in the Mexican border town of Tecate, Baja California.
STORIES FROM THE URBAN CAMPFIRE: TWO DAYS WITH PEARL CLEAGE
Tuesday and Wednesday, March 3 and 4
In celebration of International Women's Day and Women's History Month, acclaimed author Pearl Cleage joins us for a series of readings, workshops, and classroom visits. She is an African American poet, essayist, and journalist living in Atlanta, Georgia. An activist on issues including AIDS, women's rights, and black life, her first novel, What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day (1997), was an Oprah Book Club selection. Pearl Cleage wrote and performed the "We Speak Your Names" poem for Oprah Winfrey Legend's Ball in 2005, a three-day celebration paying tribute to the long, glorious tradition of African American women’s accomplishments.
Tuesday, 3rd, 4:20 pm
3rd floor, King Hall, B3017
Pearl Cleage visits Dr. Mel Donalson’s Black Literature class to discuss her novel, Seen It All and Done The Rest, important elements of fiction writing, and the social and political themes that influence her work.
Tuesday, 3rd, 6:30 pm, U-SU Theater
1st floor, University-Student Union, Room 106
Continuing her legacy of inspiring new generations of leaders for social change, Pearl Cleage facilitates a workshop for students interested in using their art, performances, writing, and activism to remake the world.
Wednesday, 4th, 7 pm, Los Angeles Room
3rd floor, University-Student Union, Room 308
In this keynote address for Women’s History Month, Pearl Cleage offers a fresh perspective on the universal themes of cultural enrichment, social identity, and the power of love. With the rhythms of Black life as her muse, she focuses on the experiences of love, sex, and female empowerment that she sees as vital to the world community.
Presented by the Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities, College of Arts and Letters, Cross Cultural Centers, Gender and Sexuality Resource Center, English, Pan African Studies, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, University-Student Union and student fees.
For more information, or to request accommodations for a disability, please contact the Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities at 323.343.6549 or the Cross Cultural Centers at 323.343.5001.
Fall 2008
LOVE, WEST HOLLYWOOD
Monday, October 6 at 7 pm
Alhambra Room, 3rd floor, University-Student Union, Room 305
Love, West Hollywood: Reflections of Los Angeles is a passionate and groundbreaking collection of literary love letters honoring one of America’s most magical and magnetic metropolises. The editors and several contributors, including Dr. Terry Allison, Dean of the College of Arts and Letters at Cal State L.A., share their contributions to the anthology.
STATE OF MARRIAGE IN THE STATE: A ROUNDTABLE ON THE INITIATIVE TO BAN SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IN CALIFORNIA
Wednesday, October 8 at 6 pm
Los Angeles Room, 3rd floor, University-Student Union, Room 308
This panel explores the academic, spiritual, and political issues associated with the upcoming California state ballot initiative to ban same-sex marriage.
2ND ANNUAL NACCS JOTO CAUCUS CONFERENCE
SACRED SPACE MAKING: MAPPING QUEER SCHOLARSHIP, ACTIVISM, AND PERFORMANCE
Thursday, October 9 – Saturday, October 11
Location TBA
This conference envisions praxis of sacred space making, where queer scholarship, activism, and performance is discussed and shared. This conference will bring together various queer scholars, activists, artists, students, and members of the community to create sacred spaces that celebrate and honor the legacy of survival, resilience, and resistance among queer communities.
For more information see www.myspace.com/naccsjotos
TRANS TOWN HALL: ACTIVISM, EMPIRICAL RESEARCH AND THEORY
FEATURING DR. VIVIANE NAMASTE
Monday, October 13 at 6 pm
The Village at Ed Gould Plaza, 1125 N McCadden Place, Los Angeles, CA 90038
Dr. Viviane Namaste is a leading trans academic and activist. She is the author of Sex Change, Social Change: Reflections on Identity, Institutions, and Imperialism, Invisible Lives: The Erasure of Transsexual and Transgendered People, and “C'était du spectacle": L'histoire des artistes travesties et transsexuelles à Montréal, 1955-1985. Event followed by a reception.
Click here for flyer!
AN EVENING OF POETRY WITH DIMA HILAL
Monday, November 10 at 6 pm
Los Angeles Room, 3rd floor, University-Student Union, Room 308
Dima Hilal is a poet and writer, born in Beirut and raised in California, whose work has appeared in numerous publications and anthologies that focus on the experiences of Arab American women in the U.S. and abroad.
For more information, or to request accommodations for a disability, please call the Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities at (323) 343-6549 or visit the CSGS in King Hall D4051. Nominal parking fee for off-campus guests
Other Past Events
The Watermellon Woman: Featuring Q & A With Director, Cheryl Dunye
Desire in the Dust: Ethical Problems in Doing Transsexual Historical Archival Research
A Conversation with Jacob Hale
Monday, February 25 at 1:30pm
Physical Sciences 158
Jacob Hale has written several articles that are important pioneering work in Transgender Studies, including "Are Lesbians Women?", "Consuming the Living, Dis(re)Membering the Dead in the Butch/FTM Borderlands", and "Tracing a Ghostly Memory in My Throat: Reflections on FTM Feminist Voice and Agency." In this talk, he explores the ethical and political issues concerning the historical research of trans subjects.
Coming Out Under Fire
Thursday, February 7 at 6:15pm
Cross Cultural Centers, King Hall D140
This documentary shoots to the heart of today's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" controversy over gays in the military, and explores the World War II origins of military regulations that labeled gays and lesbians as mentally ill and sought their discharge as "sex perverts." Directed by Arthur Dong, 2003, 71 minutes.
Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities: An Open House
Wednesday, January 23 at 3pm
Integrated Humanities Center, King Hall D4051
Learn about the Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities, meet others interested in research on genders and sexualities, and find out about involvement opportunities with the center.
Savage Perils: Racial Frontiers and Nuclear Apocalypse in American Culture
A Conversation with Dr. Patrick B. Sharp
Tuesday, January 15 at 6pm
University Bookstore, 1st floor, Golden Eagle Building
In Savage Perils, Dr. Patrick B. Sharp, CSULA Liberal Studies Department and CSGS Board Member, examines the racial underpinnings of American culture, from the early industrial age to the Cold War, via an exploration of the influence of Darwinism, frontier nostalgia, and myths around nuclear weaponry.