HDDH | Trans-feminisms with Jack Halberstam

Thursday, October 9

3:00pm – 4:45pm

(Tea and cookies will be served)

Hemispheric Dialogues invites key thinkers to lead a discussion about some of the pressing issues of our time. The series envisions informal yet sustaineddialogue among faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, artists, and members of the community.

For the discussion, Jack has suggested the following readings:

• — Beatriz 'Marcos' Preciado's "Transfeminist Marcos"
• — Michelle Goldberg's New Yorker article "What is a Woman? The Dispute Between Radical Feminism and Transgenderism"
• — His own "Charming for the Revolution: A Gaga Manifesto"

Jack Halberstam is Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. Halberstam is the author of five books including: The Queer Art of Failure (Duke UP, 2011) and Gaga Feminism. Halberstam is currently working on several projects including a book titled THE WILD on queer anarchy.

Hemispheric Institute of Performance & Politics
20 Cooper Square, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10003

This event is free and open to the public. A photo ID is required to enter NYU buildings. 20 Cooper Square is wheelchair accessible.