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CALL FOR PAPERS: “QUEER AND NOW” SPECIAL ISSUE
The Writing Instructor is preparing a special issue twenty years after the publication of Sedgwick’s influential essay, “Queer and Now.” The journal “seeks to keep alive the possibilities and tensions of queer by inviting submissions that explore the state of ‘queer and now’….” They are “especially interested in formally queer, experimental, multi-genre, and multimedia submissions.” Further information is here.
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TENDENCIES AT TWENTY PAPERS NOW ONLINE
We are delighted that our website is now hosting the papers that were given at Tendencies at Twenty. The symposium, organized by Jason Edwards, was held at the University of York this past Valentine’s Day to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the publication of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick’s book Tendencies. Each paper at the symposium discussed one (or in a couple of cases two) of the book’s chapters, including such well-known essays of Sedgwick’s as “How to Bring Your Kids Up Gay,” “Jane Austen and the Masturbating Girl,” and “Queer and Now.” The symposium papers, in addition to offering critical readings of the chapters, are often deeply personal, reflecting the impact of Sedgwick’s work on lives of the authors. The symposium papers are available here.
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HONORING EVE: JANET HALLEY DELIVERS THIRD ANNUAL EVE KOSOFSKY SEDGWICK LECTURE
Professor Halley’s lecture on January 31 was introduced by J. Keith Vincent and Erin Murphy of the Boston University Gender + Sexuality Studies Group, which organized the event. Speaking to a large audience, Halley gave a fascinating account of her concept of “governance feminism” and of Sedgwick’s influence on her thinking. A lively discussion followed. A video of the complete event is available here.
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T MEYERHOFF JOINS THE WEBSITE PROJECT
T, a friend and former student of Eve Sedgwick, is now working with H. A. Sedgwick on this website. Last summer T began exploring about how the site is structured, and thinking of ways it could eventually be expanded. “I continue to learn new and surprising things about Eve, which is a lot of fun,” T said, “and it’s gratifying to help make archival material available to people who are interested.” In addition to working on the EKS website, T teaches online courses at CUNY, is a co-chair of the Text Textile Texture Studio, and is writing a doctoral dissertation, tentatively titled Affordances in the Work of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick. If you have questions about the website, please feel free to send them to T at info@evekosofskysedgwick.net.
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FEBRUARY 14, 2013: “TENDENCIES AT TWENTY” SYMPOSIUM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK
The Centre for Modern Studies at the University of York has announced that it will be hosting an inter-disciplinary symposium “to celebrate queer history month, Valentine’s Day, and the 20th anniversary of the publication, in 1993, of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick’s groundbreaking queer-theoretical text Tendencies." Visit Tendencies at Twenty for more information.
Update: Texts of symposium presentations are now available on the website.