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Autumn Semester 2019 | Events Addition
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Autumn Events
Hello all! I hope you've had a great summer. The semester for OSU has begun, meaning there are lots of events happening in the department and on campus.With the usual beginning-of-semester whirlwind, they can be hard to keep track of. Here is a list of some of the ones we're excited for this autumn:
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The Wexner Center for the Arts is celebrating the 30th anniversary Marlon Riggs' groundbreaking documentary, Tongues Untied. Tongues Untied was produced in 1989 and aired on PBS stations in 1991. It is a documentary about the lives and experiences of gay Black men in the United States, discussing issues of racism, exclusion from the LGBTQ community, homophobia in the Black community, racial and gendered expectations, and more that are still relevant today.
A lecture with WGSS guest Dr. Darius Bost will follow the screening (below). Attendees can RSVP for both events on the Wex’s website. |
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Immediately following the Tongues Untied screening will be a public lecture with WGSS guest Dr. Darius Bost of the University of Utah.
Talk Abstract: Building on his recent book on the 1980s black gay cultural renaissance, this talk will focus on the history of NYC-based organizations Gay Men of African Descent (GMAD) and Other Countries Collective alongside the experimental films of San Francisco-based filmmaker Marlon Riggs. The talk explores Riggs' aesthetic experimentation as an imaginative practice of freedom from the modes of capture that have marked the black male homosexual as a ‘slave’ within the black political imagination.
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Dr. Katherine Marino, Assistant Professor of History at ULCA (former WGSS/History professor at OSU), will be visiting campus to discuss her new book, Feminism for the Americas: The Making of an International Human Rights Movement, and the feminismo americano movement.
Talk Abstract: Dr. Marino’s talk will explore feminismo americano, a movement that thrived over the first half of the twentieth century. Activists from the U.S., Central America, Caribbean, South America, and Mexico collaborated across borders to promote women’s suffrage, equal pay for equal work, and maternity rights, and to pioneer innovations in international law. Their work laid pivotal groundwork for what became known as international human rights. Within this movement, U.S. leaders often presumed feminist superiority, and in response, Latin American activists united more strongly around a feminismo that confronted global imperialism, racism, and fascism. The talk argues that Latin American activists were at the vanguard of global feminism and international human rights.
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At this two-day conference, activists, academics, community members, and professionals in health and social service will come together to share research, discuss health disparities affecting the LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS community, best practices, and practical information such as family planning, wellness activities, and health and safety initiatives.
The conference is annually hosted by The Equitas Health Institute for LGBTQ Health Equity, a nonprofit, community-based healthcare system that has become one of the largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning, HIV/AIDS healthcare organizations. Serving thousands throughout Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia, its mission is to provide diverse and specialized healthcare, advocacy, HIV/STI awareness, and community health initiatives.
This year's theme is Discover Differences. Break Barriers. Reduce Disparities.
For a list of this year's speakers, presenters, and workshops, or for information about registration, please visit the the conference homepage.
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Dr. Joy James is an Ebenezer Fitch Professor of Humanities in the Africana Studies department at Williams College. She specializes in topics such as black feminism, political science, and race and incarceration. Dr. James is the author of the books Shadowboxing: Representations of Black Feminist Politics, Transcending the Talented Tenth: Black Leaders and American Intellectuals, and Resisting State Violence: Radicalism, Gender and Race in U.S. Culture.
Dr. James will be visiting campus to discuss her wide-ranging work that focuses on black feminist studies and prison abolitionism.
Please check the WGSS website for more information closer to the dates.
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The 2019-2020 film series for this school year is rolling! We have some favorites in the lineup, both new and old. First up, we have the animated movie Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind on September 17th!
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Summary: After an apocolyptic conflict has devistated much of the world's ecosystem, the few surviving humans live in scattered, semi-hospitable environments within what has become a "toxic jungle." Young Nausicaä lives in the arid Valley of the Wind and can communicate with the massive insects that populate the dangerous jungle. Under the guidance of the pensive veteran warrior, Lord Yupa, Nausicaä works to bring peace back to the ravaged planet.
Some questions to think about:
- How are women in positions of power portrayed in the film?
- How are violence and war addressed in the film? What about empathy and pacifism?
- What does the film say about change and how it happens?
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