Tuesday, January 23rdUC Press Books, 2430 Bancroft Way
5:30 - 7:30pm
Michael Lucey
Director of CSSC, Chair of the Dept. of French, UCB
Michael Lucey, author of
Never Say I: Sexuality and the First Person in Colette, Gide, and Proust
with Nicholas Paige, translator of Zayde
and Debrati Sanyal, author of The Violence of Modernity
CSSC
Wednesday, January 31stGender Equity Resource Center (202 Cesar Chavez)
5-7pm
GenEq's Semester KickOff
Bring a friend who doesn’t know about GenEq!! Everyone welcome!
*DECORATE CLOTHES! Bring bags, clothes, etc you want to personalize – we’ll provide the fabric paint and stencils. *Meet new folks and/or see old friends. *What is GenEq? Learn more about us and how to get involved. *Student group orientation on how to use GenEq’s space. *Snacks provided.
GENEQ
Sunday, February 4thStern Hall (in the Foothill Dorms at Hearst and Gayley)
9:30am-5:30pm - FREE!
Defining Her-izons: Issues. Identity. Our World.
Includes keynote speaker Aya de Leon, workshops, resource fair and networking opportunities, and a social event.
The mission of the Defining Her-izons conference is to create a welcoming environment for women* to engage in and explore current issues, their identity and the way they shape the world. Participants will network and learn about resources and opportunities on campus and beyond. This conference will empower, inspire and energize. *We define women as anyone who has, ever will, or currently does identify as a woman.
GENEQ
Tuesday, February 13th3401 Dwinelle Hall
5pm
CSSC Queer of Color Reading Group #1
Selections from E. Patrick Johnson Appropiriation Blackness and
the Introduction to Black Queer Studies ed. E.Patrick Johnson & Mae G. Henderson
reading material on: CSSC b-space -- https://bspace.berkeley.edu/portal
CSSC
Thursday, February 15th370 Dwinelle Hall
4 to 5:30
Caroline Streeter
Asst. Prof, English & African American Studies, UCLA
From Tragic Mulatta to Race Woman: Dorothy Dandridge, Halle Berry & the Politics of Hollywood Film
GWS
Friday, February 16thWurster Auditorium
Friday afternoon thru Saturday evening
What's Left of Life Conference
In the wake of recent public debates that question the efficacy and relevance of university scholarship to social life, this conference addresses problems that are literally a matter of life and death:
ongoing wars, genocides, epidemics, genomics, life extension technologies, assisted reproduction, pharmaceuticals and potential stem-cell therapeutics.
Event cosponsored by the
Center for the Study of Sexual Culture
CSSC
Saturday, February 17thFirst Congregational Church of Oakland
1 p.m.
Memorial Celebration
Author, Feminist, Activist
Memorial Celebration of Tillie Olsen's Life
GWS
Monday, March 5th370 Dwinellw Hall
5pm
E. Patrick Johnson
Northwestern University
Lecture
Pouring Tea: Black Gay Men of the South Tell Their Tales
cosponsored by:
Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies
Note: the CSSC Queer of Color Reading Group #1
(see Feb. 13 entry above)
will read selections of Professor Johnson's work
material is found on the CSSC b-space
https://bspace.berkeley.edu/portal
cssc
Tuesday, March 6th3401 Dwinellw Hall
noon
E. Patrick Johnson
Northwestern University
"brown bag" lunch discussion
cssc
Wednesday, March 7th370 Dwinelle Hall
6 pm
Queering Adolescence Film Festival
GWS Undergraduate Association
ADA Accessible, Free Popcorn, Join Us!
GWS
Tuesday, March 20th3401 Dwinelle Hall
5pm
CSSC Queer of Color Reading Group #2
Selections from Black Queer Studies: A Critical Anthology
reading material on: CSSC b-space -- https://bspace.berkeley.edu/portal
CSSC
Thursday, March 22nd208 Barrows Hall
4 to 5:30
Sonya Michel
Sociologist
City Center: San Francisco and the Struggle for GLBT Social Citizenship
GWS
Wednesday, April 4th370 Dwinelle Hall
6 p.m.
Queering Adolescence Film Festival
GWS Undergraduate Association
"The Iron Ladies" (drama/comedy)
ADA Accessible, Free Popcorn, Join Us!
GWS
Wednesday, April 4thMulticultural Center at Heller Loung, 1st Floor MLK Student Union
6pm
Black Men Portraying Black Women
Norbit, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Norbit, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Big Mama's House and more... "What are we sacrificing for the humor of these movies?" "Are black men playing minstrels of black women?" "Are these images creating an "us" vs. "us" mentality between thin black women and large black women?" Join us to watch clips of these movies and others. A discussion of the representation of black women in film, the use of black women stereotypes as comedy and other surrounding issues will follow. A student panel will start our discussion.
For more information, contact Marisa at tallgirl@berkeley.edu
GENEQ
Wednesday, April 4thMulticultural Center at Heller Lounge, 1st Floor MLK Student Union
6pm
Black Men Portraying Black Women
Norbit, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Big Mama's House and more...
GENEQ
Thursday, April 5th691 Barrows Hall
4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Vielka C. Hoy & Asia Leeds
African Diaspora Studies
UC Berkeley Afro-Latino Working Group
Thursday, April 12th370 Dwinelle
4 - 6:30pm
Corporeal Intimacies of Power:
Race, Gender, Sexuality & the Politics of Place
a panel discussion hosted by
the
Center for the Study of Sexual Culture
Presentations by
Marlon Bailey, Chris Roebuck, Gayle Rubin, Susan Stryker
CSSC
Friday, April 13thDate Change!
CSSC Lecture by Rebekah Edwards
Lecture has been rescheduled to Fall 2007
Please check back for details next Fall
CSSC
Tuesday, April 17th3401 Dwinelle Hall
5pm
CSSC Queer of Color Reading Group #3
David Eng,
RACIAL CASTRATION: Managing Masculinity in Asian America
reading material on: CSSC b-space -- https://bspace.berkeley.edu/portal
CSSC
Wednesday, May 2nd370 Dwinelle Hall
6 p.m.
Queering Adolescence Film Festival
GWS Undergraduate Association
"My Life in Pink" (drama)
ADA Accessible, Free Popcorn, Join Us!
GWS
Monday, May 7th3335 Dwinelle Hall
noon
Leslie Walton Monstavicius
2006-07 CSSC Fellow Lecture, >Department of English, UCB
CSSC
Tuesday, May 8th3401 Dwinelle Hall
5pm
CSSC Queer of Color Reading Group #4
David Eng's, Introduction & Chapter 1 of
RACIAL CASTRATION: Managing Masculinity in Asian America
and a slection from Freud's
General Psychological Theory
reading material on: CSSC b-space -- https://bspace.berkeley.edu/portal
CSSC