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“An Open Mesh of Possibilities”: Thinking Queerness with Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick’s Archive

“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

  • Cole Adams, Ph.D. candidate, Program in Literature, Duke University

  • Julien Fischer, Candidate Psychoanalyst; Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford Humanities Center and Lecturer, Program in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Stanford University.

  • Christina Olivares, Ph.D. candidate, Department of English Education, Teachers College at Columbia University

  • 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  

Registration is required. There are 25 seats available.

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