Jack Halberstam led a GSS Postgraduate Workshop on 5 July 2019.
The workshop reflected upon two readings by Jack Halberstam and J. R Latham (listed below). A broad range of topics were covered, including: Historical representations of trans*, the generative possibilities of archival work, the politics of transitioning and access to treatment in adolescence, Pharmaceutical capitalism, family, and more. The masterclass bought together a diverse group of scholars from across institutions as well as members of the community.
Suggested Readings
- Latham, J.R. 2017, ‘Making and treating trans problems: The ontological politics of clinical practices’ in Studies in Gender and Sexuality 18(1). Available here: jrlatham.com/latham2017
Halberstam, J 2018 Trans*: A Quick and Quirky Account of Gender Variability called “Trans* What’s in a Name?”, University of California Press. Available from the publisher’s site: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520292697/trans#table-of-contents; https://content.ucpress.edu/chapters/13294.ch01.pdf.
About the Speaker
Jack Halberstam is Professor of Gender Studies and English at Columbia University. Halberstam is the author of five books including: Skin Shows: Gothic Horror and the Technology of Monsters(Duke UP, 1995), Female Masculinity (Duke UP, 1998), In A Queer Time and Place (NYU Press, 2005), The Queer Art of Failure (Duke UP, 2011), Gaga Feminism: Sex, Gender, and the End of Normal (Beacon Press, 2012), and Trans*: A Quick and Dirty Account of Gender Variability (Oakland: University of California Press, 2018) and has written articles that have appeared in numerous journals, magazines and collections. Halberstam has also co-edited a number of anthologies including Posthuman Bodies with Ira Livingston (Indiana University Press, 1995) and a special issue of Social Text with Jose Munoz and David Eng titled “What’s Queer About Queer Studies Now?” Halberstam is currently working on several projects including a book titled WILD THINGon queer anarchy, performance and protest culture, the visual representation of anarchy and the intersections between animality, the human and the environment.
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