To all graduate students with interests in gender, sex, and sexuality,
We are writing to invite you to volunteer to be a commentator for one of the three talks that will be held in conjunction with the annual SPAN Workshop, whose theme this year is “Pandemic Sex: Intimacy | Virality | Separation in the Age of COVID-19.” The Workshop will take place Friday, April 22 on Zoom.
The three talks on Friday, along with the names of the invited speakers, are:
Talk I:
- How To Have Collectivity in a Pandemic – Deborah Gould + 1 commentator
Talk II:
- The Colonial Virus: A Short History from Karrabing – Elizabeth Povinelli + 1 commentator
Talk III:
- TBA – Mel Y. Chen + 1 commentator
We are especially interested in having graduate students play a key role throughout the workshop. Our plan is for each talk to be followed by one graduate student commentator, each of whom will speak for approximately 5 minutes. The goal of these comments is to frame the Q&A that will follow by highlighting key points and raising critical issues for discussion. Commentators will receive the paper two to three weeks in advance so that they can prepare their comments. The workshop is scheduled to run from 10:15 am – 4:30 pm on April 22nd. Commentators will be expected to attend all talks.
We very much hope that you will be interested in participating in this event! If you are, please let us know by Monday, March 28 which talk (or talks) you would be interested in commenting on by emailing Cassilyn Ostrander, sexualities@northwestern.edu. Also, let us know if you have any scheduling constraints for that day.