Duke’s annual Queer Theory Lecture in Honor of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick was given on Thursday, October 14, 2021 by Dr. Jules Gill-Peterson. Dr. Peterson’s talk was titled “Queer Theory Killed Venus Xtravaganza: What’s Trans About Queer Studies Now?” The talk can be viewed online here.
Jules Gill-Peterson is Associate Professor of English and Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. Jules is the author of Histories of the Transgender Child (University of Minnesota Press, 2018) and is currently at work on a book project entitled Gender Underground: A History of Trans DIY.