Winter & Spring 2015 Events At IRWG

Event Title and Date Event Summary
photo of Sarah Heinz speaking at lectern in Lane Hall "What's It Like to Be White?" Representations of Whiteness in Irish and Transnational Literature and Film
February 12, 2015 - 12:00pm

Lunchtime talk by IRWG Visiting Scholar Sarah Heinz (Department of English, University of Mannheim, Germany).

book cover "Rednecks, Queers, and Country Music" Rednecks, Queers, and Country Music
February 9, 2015 - 4:00pm

Gender: New Works, New Questions panel discussion on new book by Nadine Hubbs.

color photo of Kim TallBear Beyond life/not life: A feminist-indigenous reading of cryopreservation practice and ethics, interspecies thinking, and the new materialisms.
February 6, 2015 - 3:00pm

Feminist Science Studies lecture by Kim TallBear (University of Texas-Austin)

Photo from the event with presenters at a speakers' table and audience members. The Data of Life Writing: Gender, Race, and the Digital
January 30, 2015 - 9:00am

One-day conference on ife writing in and through digital environments. Gender and race serve as critical frames for the day's discussion.

color photo of Patrick Singy Danger and Difference: The Stakes of Hebephilia
January 27, 2015 - 4:00pm

LGQRI lecture by Professor Patrick Singy (Union College).

cartoon drawing of Alison Bechdel Drawing Lessons: The Comics of Everyday Life
January 22, 2015 - 5:00pm

Penny Stamps lecture by graphic novelist Alison Bechdel, presented with cosponsorship support from IRWG.

color photo of Ta-Nehisi Coates speaking at U-M A Deeper Black: Race in America
January 21, 2015 - 5:00pm

Ta-Nehisi Coates delivers the 2015 Motorola Lecture.

image with text "Re-Imaging Gender" with image of person in baseball hat covering their eyes, and a female coal miner Re-Imaging Gender: A Juried Exhibition
January 15, 2015 - 4:00pm

Exhibit opening and reception for Lane Hall Gallery's juried art show. Re-Imaging Gender features the work of 15 graduate student artists from around the country.