Thursday, June 05, 2008

Queer Feminism as History Making - Keynote Address

As part of the Queer Feminisms Symposium, we invite you to attend our keynote address by Professor M. Jacqui Alexander

Friday 6 June 2008
5pm
Thomson House Ballroom, 3650 McTavish (2nd floor)

Queer Feminism as History Making
Professor M. Jacqui Alexander's keynote address explores contemporary politics and what it means to have a transnational feminist and queer politics at this moment in history.

M. Jacqui Alexander is Professor of Women's Studies and Gender Studies at the University of Toronto, and is one of the most important theorists of transnational feminism working today. She is the author of Pedagogies of Crossing: Feminism, Sexual Politics and The Sacred, The Third Wave: Feminist Perspectives on Racism, and a coeditor of Sing, Whisper, Shout, Pray! Feminist Visions for a Just World and Feminist Genealogies, Colonial Legacies, Democratic Futures.

Note: This event is open to the public and free of charge.