From the very beginning of the epidemic, AIDS was linked to punishment. Calls to punish people living with HIV—mostly stigmatized minorities—began before doctors had even settled on a name for the disease. Punishing Disease looks at how HIV was transformed from sickness to badness under the criminal law and investigates the consequences of inflicting penalties … Read more
David M. Halperin (editor), W. H. Auden Distinguished University Professor of the History and Theory of Sexuality, English Department, University of Michigan Trevor Hoppe (editor), Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Sara McClelland, Associate Professor of Psychology & Women’s Studies, University of Michigan J.J. Prescott, Professor of Law, University of Michigan … Read more
Dr. Maylei Blackell, Associate Professor, César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o Studies, Women’s Studies Department, and affiliated faculty in the American Indian Studies and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies, University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA) Dr. María Eugenia Cotera, Associate Professor, American Culture, Latina/o Studies, Women’s Studies, University of Michigan Dr. Elena Gutierrez, Associate Professor, Latin … Read more
Carol Jacobsen (Author and Professor, Stamps School of Art & Design, Women’s Studies, American Culture, Human Rights) Lynn D’Orio (Attorney & Legal Director, MI Women’s Justice & Clemency Project) Interviewer: Ruby Tapia (Women’s Studies & English) “For Dear Life” (U. Michigan Press, 2019) chronicles feminist and artist Carol Jacobsen’s deep commitment to the causes of justice … Read more
Alexandra Minna Stern, Associate Dean for the Humanities – Academic Affairs – Office of the Dean, Professor of American Culture, Professor in History, Women’s Studies, and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Director of the Sterilization and Social Justice Lab Lisa Nakamura, Gwendolyn Calvert Baker Collegiate Professor; Director of the Digital Studies Institute Gayle Rubin, Associate Professor, Anthropology and Women’s Studies … Read more
The right to privacy is a pivotal concept in the culture wars that have galvanized American politics for the past several decades. It has become a rallying point for political issues ranging from abortion to gay liberation to sex education. Yet this notion of privacy originated not only from legal arguments, nor solely from political … Read more
Amy Brainer, Assistant Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and Sociology, UM Dearborn Erik Mueggler, Katherine Verdery Collegiate Professor, Department of Anthropology Yun Zhou, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Interweaving the narratives of multiple family members, including parents and siblings of her queer and trans informants, Amy Brainer analyzes the … Read more
Peggy McCracken, Director, Institute for the Humanities; Mary Fair Croushore Professor of the Humanities; Professor of French, Women’s Studies and Comparative Literature Valerie Traub, Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor of English and Women’s Studies Basil Duffalo, Professor of Classical Studies; Affiliate Faculty, Department of Comparative Literature Yopie Prins, Chair, Department of Comparative Literature; Irene Butter Collegiate … Read more
Amy Brainer, Assistant Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and Sociology, UM Dearborn Erik Mueggler, Katherine Verdery Collegiate Professor of Anthropology Chelle Jones, PhD candidate, Sociology Yun Zhou, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Interweaving the narratives of multiple family members, including parents and siblings of her queer and trans informants, Amy … Read more
Jennifer Hirsch, Professor and Deputy Chair for Doctoral Studies, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health; Co-Director, Columbia Population Research Center; Columbia University Shamus Khan, Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, Columbia University with respondents: Abdul El-Sayed, MD, DPhil, physician, epidemiologist, public health expert, and progressive activist Kamaria B. Porter, Ph.D. Candidate, Center for the Study … Read more
E. Patrick Johnson, Carlos Montezuma Professor of Performance Studies and African American Studies at Northwestern University with reception and book signing by Literati Presented by the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies. Cosponsored with the Women’s Studies Department and the Lesbian-Gay-Queer Research Initiative of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender E. Patrick Johnson has … Read more
William Lopez, Faculty Director of Public Scholarship at the National Center for Institutional Diversity and Assistant Clinical Professor at the School of Public Health Emily Fredericks, Professor of Pediatrics; Director, Division of Pediatric Psychology Matthew Lassiter, Associate Professor of History and Urban and Regional Planning REGISTER HERE On a Thursday in November of 2013, Guadalupe … Read more