Cathy J. Cohen, David and Mary Winton Green Professor of Political Science, The University of Chicago
Aliyyah Abdur-Rahman, Associate Professor of African and Afro-American Studies, English & Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Brandeis University
Jafari S. Allen, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Miami
Marlon M. Bailey, Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies, Arizona State University
Christina Hanhardt, Associate Professor in the Department of American Studies, University of Maryland
LGQRI presents a symposium in tribute to and reconsideration of Cathy Cohen’s generative article “Punks, Bulldaggers, and Welfare Queens: The Radical Potential of Queer Politics?” Published in GLQ in 1997, Cohen’s piece articulated a queer of color critique that transformed the field.
(Full text available here: http://glq.dukejournals.org/content/3/4/437.full.pdf+html)
Schedule:
2:10 pm: Welcome and Introductions by Dean Hubbs, LGQRI Director
Panel Presentations:
Aliyyah Abdur-Rahman
Jafari S. Allen
Marlon M. Bailey
Christina Hanhardt
4:00 pm: Roundtable Discussion with Guest of Honor, Cathy J. Cohen
Moderated by David Hutchinson, History PhD Student
Refreshments will be served.
Read the original article: “Punks, Bulldaggers, and Welfare Queens: The Radical Potential of Queer Politics?” by Cathy J. Cohen (PDF).
Presented by IRWG’s Lesbian-Gay-Queer Research Initative (LGQRI). Cosponsored by the Colonialism, Race, and Sexualities Initiative, Stamps School of Art & Design, Departments of English Language and Literature, Comparative Literature, Afroamerican and African Studies, Anthropology, and the Spectrum Center.
For more accessibility information or accommodations, please contact Heidi Bennett at heidiab@umich.edu or 734.647.6394.
