Brighton and Sussex Sexualities Network
BSSN
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The Brighton and Sussex Sexualities Network (BSSN) is an inter-university research network aimed at supporting research and researchers who work on issues of human sexuality within the Universities of Brighton and Sussex and the wider Sussex area.Reconsidering the Closet, an evening symposium honouring the life and work of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
Thursday 18 March, 18.00. Old Anatomy Theatre, Strand Campus, King’s College
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the publication of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick’s Epistemology of the Closet (1990), this evening’s panellists will offer their reflections on the legacy of Sedgwick’s groundbreaking work and the situation of queer theory today.
Featuring:
- Sara Ahmed, Professor in Race and Cultural Studies, Department of Media and Communications, Goldsmiths. Author of Queer Phenomenology: Orientations, Objects, Others, Duke University Press, 2006.
- Gavin Butt, Senior Lecturer, Department of Visual Cultures, Goldsmiths. Author of Between You and Me: Queer Disclosures in the New York Art World 1948-1963, Duke University Press, 2005.
- Laura Doan, Professor of Cultural History and Sexuality Studies, English and American Studies, Manchester. Author of Fashioning Sapphism: The Origins of a Modern English Lesbian Culture, Columbia University Press, 2001.
- Jason Edwards, Reader in Art History, University of York. Author of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Routledge, 2008.
Chaired by Lara Shalson, Lecturer in Theatre and Performance Studies, Department of English, King’s College London. Followed by a reception.
All welcome and free entry, but spaces are limited so please email robert.mills@kcl.ac.uk if you wish to attend.
