November « 2015 « Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Gender

Kevin Daly: “Ancient Eyes, and Dis(abilities): Classical Greek Perspectives on Physical Difference” – February 4, 2014

This presentation reviews recent contributions of disability studies to Classics and Classics to disability studies. Via a few test cases, Daly will argue that to date the two disciplines have to some degree misheard each other. The interaction between the fields is important to scholars of both fields, but the evidence for ancient conceptions of difference has often been conflated with the evidence for the influence of the reception of Classics on modern perceptions. Daly will also consider whether the concept of race in Classical Studies might prove a useful analog to considering matters of disability.

Bastian Heinsohn: “The Language of the Street: On the Use of Graffiti in Post-Unification Berlin Films” – November 21, 2013

The New York Times calls Berlin the “graffiti capital” of the world. Ever since the colorfully painted Berlin Wall fell in 1989, graffiti and street art adopted intriguing new meanings in Germany’s capital. This talk illuminates how recent German films capture graffiti as meaningful forms of expression for minorities living in Berlin.

Lauren Fordyce: “Accounting for Responsibility: Vital Statistics and Prenatal Care among Hatians in South Florida” – January 31, 2013

Vital statistics have become intimately tied to constructions of “risk” in maternal and child health. In this talk, Fordyce will examine how narratives of epidemiological risk, evaluated through vital statistics, contribute to particular assumptions about maternal subjects. Drawing on ethnographic research with Haitian women in south Florida, she explores how these narratives illustrate ways in which Haitian women’s local moral worlds intersect with decisions about accessing bio-medical prenatal care.

Nikki Young: “I am not that Hungry: Creative Resistance, Black Queers, and Family” – February 14, 2013

Capitalism creates and maintains capitalist family values which operate through dominion and inherent inequality within relationships. This value system works to deprive black queers of a recognizable moral subjectivity. Through a process Professor Young calls “creative resistance,” many black queers disrupt the disciplinary power within the capitalist family. This presentation, will describe how black queers practice creative resistance, revision of family dynamics, and imagine relational possibilities.

Vincent Stephens: “Rocking the Closet: Queer Musicians and Limits of the Closet” – April 3, 2013

Was the 1950s as oppressive for gay musicians as we think? Stephens argues that though Americans tend to perceive gay cultural history as a march forward toward acceptance, it is better understood as a tug-of-war. In this talk he discusses the struggles of gay male musicians from the post-WWII era to the present, examining the constant interplay of disclosure & reticence gay men experience in the U.S.

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Archive for November, 2015

Kevin Daly: “Ancient Eyes, and Dis(abilities): Classical Greek Perspectives on Physical Difference” – February 4, 2014

Bastian Heinsohn: “The Language of the Street: On the Use of Graffiti in Post-Unification Berlin Films” – November 21, 2013

Lauren Fordyce: “Accounting for Responsibility: Vital Statistics and Prenatal Care among Hatians in South Florida” – January 31, 2013

Nikki Young: “I am not that Hungry: Creative Resistance, Black Queers, and Family” – February 14, 2013

Vincent Stephens: “Rocking the Closet: Queer Musicians and Limits of the Closet” – April 3, 2013

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