The Bullough Endowment Committee Presents
Sex in the Library
Join us at the Oviatt Library in the Jack & Florence Ferman Presentation Room for this dynamic two-day event series on gender and sexuality.
Queer Studies Student Research Symposium
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Keynote Presentation:
Jennifer Tyburczy, Associate Professor of Feminist Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara and author of Sex Museums: The Politics and Performance of Display. 1:00 p.m., followed by Queer Studies Student Research Project presentations.
Jennifer’s research focuses on the display of visual, popular, and material culture in museums and the global flow of sexual objects across mapped and symbolic borders, particularly throughout North America, Latin America, and Western Europe. More information about Jennifer’s book can be found at University of Chicago Press Books.
14th Annual Gender and Women’s Studies Student Conference
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
GWS students present their research to the CSUN community. Topics include: EO1100 and the Crisis of the University, Feminism in High School, Asian American Female Leaders, Racial Discrimination in Healthcare, Policing the LGBTQ Community, Mass Incarceration, Female Masculinity, Instagram as a Tool of Resistance, Mental Health Issues in Migrant Communities, and Child Marriage in the US.
“Dialogues Across The Colonial Divide: An Evening with Indigenous and Mestiza Feminists From Abya Yala and Turtle Island” at 4:00 p.m. with international panel members:
Aura Cumes, Ph. D., Maya Kaqchikel anthropologist from Guatemala
Karina Ochoa, Ph.D., Autonomous Metropolitan University-Azcapotzalco, Mexico
Kimberly Robertson, Ph.D., California State University, Los Angeles
Moderator: Breny Mendoza, Mestiza, Honduras
Bullough Scholarships will be awarded during Rainbow Graduation on May 18, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. at the CSUN Northridge Center, University Student Union
Persons needing disability assistance, and deaf and hard of hearing persons needing interpreters, please call (818) 677-2638 or email library.event@csun.edu in advance for arrangements.
Sponsored by: Gender and Women Studies, Oviatt Library, Queer Studies, and the Pride Center
Assistive Services
Requests for accommodation services (e.g., sign language interpreters or transcribers) must be made at least five (5) business days in advance. Please e-mail library.event@csun.edu in advance of the event.