Sami Schalk (Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies, University of Wisconsin) will present “Studying Pleasure Spaces for Multiply Marginalized People” on Thursday, April 2nd, from 1-3 pm in White Hall 208. Sponsored by GEAC (Graduate English Advisory Committee), the Kemp Malone Lecture Series brings in renowned scholars to discuss their advanced research and engage with graduate students and their work.
Following the lecture, Prof. Schalk will be holding a workshop for graduate students. And in anticipation of the lecture, Dr. Paul Kelleher will lead a reading group on selections from Prof. Schalk’s work including Black Disability Politics and “Pleasure is the Point.” For more information, please contact Mara McDaniel (mara [dot] mcdaniel [at] emory [dot] edu).
Cosponsors for the event include Hightower Fund; Disability Studies Initiative; Writing Program; Studies in Sexuality; Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department; Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry; Institute for the Liberal Arts; and Emory Arts.