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“An Open Mesh of Possibilities”: Thinking Queerness with Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick’s Archive
Please join us for a symposium celebrating the opening of an exhibit exploring the work and legacy of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick.
Program Details
11:00-12:15 Opening session with welcomes by library leadership
- Opening remarks by Jennifer Nash, Jean Fox O'Barr Professor of Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies, Duke University
- Opening address by Adam Frank, Professor of English Languages and Literatures, University of British Columbia
- Remarks by Katherine Carithers, exhibit curator, and Ph.D. candidate, Department of English, Duke University
12:15-1:45 Lunch (provided) and exhibit exploration
1:45-2:45 Lecture by Jane Hu, Assistant Professor of English at University of Southern California
2:45-3:00 Coffee break
3:00-4:30 Exhibit roundtable moderated by Robyn Wiegman, Professor of the Programs in Literature and Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies, Duke University
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Cole Adams, Ph.D. candidate, Program in Literature, Duke University
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Julien Fischer, Candidate Psychoanalyst; Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford Humanities Center and Lecturer, Program in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Stanford University.
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Christina Olivares, Ph.D. candidate, Department of English Education, Teachers College at Columbia University
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Annie Sansonetti, Ph.D. candidate, Performance Studies, NYU Tisch School of the Arts
4:30-5:15 Closing address by Cindy Patton, Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Simon Fraser University
5:15 Reception
Note: This program is in-person. The talks will be recorded and videos will be shared online after the event, but will not be streamed live. The exhibit will be on display February - August 2025.
Sponsored by the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture; Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick Foundation; Duke Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies; Duke Program in Literature; Duke Department of English; Franklin Humanities Institute; and the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation.
Image: Sedgwick's "Polyp" shibori fabric sculpture, imprinted with text from Proust, knotted to resemble a sea anemone or coral polyp. Photographed by Kevin Ryan.
- Date:
- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
- Time:
- 11:00am - 6:00pm
- Location:
- Rubenstein Library 153 (Holsti-Anderson Family Assembly Room)
- Campus:
- West Campus
- Categories:
- Exhibits Public Event Rubenstein