The Centre for Feminist Research at York University Presents:
SISS 2017: Perversion at the Crossroads of Critical Race Studies, Psychoanalysis, and Queer Theory
June 5-9, 2017
All events are free, but please RVSP to confirm your attendance via EventBrite: https://goo.gl/5nxGWg.
For more information, please visit siss.info.yorku.ca.
Inquiries? Contact us at siss2017@yorku.ca.
Public Events Schedule
Pedagogy and the perverse in Toni Morrison’s God Help the Child
Lecture by Dr. Aparna Mishra Tarc
Introduced by Toby Wiggins
Monday, June 5, 2017 | 12-1.30pm
Location: 519 Kaneff, YorkU
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Race as Kink: Reading Trans-Racial Fetishism
Lecture by Dr. Trish Salah
Introduced by Dr. John Greyson
Tuesday, June 6, 2017 | 10am-11.30am
Location: TBD, YorkU
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Art Exhibition & Reception – FAG Feminist Art Gallery
With Emelie Chhangur, Jennifer Chan, and Jesika Joy
Co-sponsored by the Graduate Program in Gender, Feminist and Women’s Studies
Tuesday, June 6, 2017 | 5pm-7pm
Location: 25 Seaforth Ave
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Roundtable: Performing Perversion
Dr. Amber Jamilla Musser & Dr. Trish Salah in conversation with Dr. John Greyson, Dr. Sheila Cavanagh and Emelie Chhangur
Chaired by Dr. Allyson Mitchell
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 | 10am-11.30am
Location: 519 Kaneff, YorkU
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Carrie Mae Weems and the Question of Brown Jouissance
Lecture by Dr. Amber Jamilla Musser
Introduced by Dr. Sheila Cavanagh
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 | 12.30-2.30pm
Location: 519 Kaneff, YorkU
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Race as Relation
Lecture by Dr. David Eng
Introduced by Dr. David Murray
Thursday, June 8, 2017 | 10am-11.30am
Location: 519 Kaneff, YorkU
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Roundtable: Thinking Perversion Transnationally
Dr. David Eng & Dr. Aparna Mishra Tarc in conversation with Dr. David Murray and Dr. David Seitz
Chaired by Dr. Dai Kojima
Friday, June 9, 2017 | 10am-11.30am
Location: 519 Kaneff, YorkU
With support from a SSHRC Connection Grant and York University:
Office of the Vice President Academic & Provost; Office of the Vice President Research and Innovation; the Faculty of Education; the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies; the Faculty of Graduate Studies; the Graduate Program in Gender, Feminist and Women’s Studies; the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies; Glendon Gender and Women’s Studies Program; the Sexuality Studies Program; Institute for Feminist Legal Studies at Osgoode Hall Law School; Graduate Program in Social and Political Thought; Department of Anthropology; Department of History; Department of Political Science; Department of Social Science; and the Centre for Feminist Research.
