Jack Halberstam: "Trans: A Quick and Quirky Account of Gender Variability" 

In partnership with the English Department 

Wednesday, April 11, 2018 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm

LGBT Center

3907 Spruce Street

This location is ADA accessible

Event Description coming soon. 

Jack Halberstam is Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity, Gender Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Southern California. Halberstam is the author of five books and has written articles that have appeared in numerous journals, magazines and collections. Halberstam is currently working on several projects including a book on Fascism and (homo)sexuality. Halberstam has co-edited a number of anthologies including Posthuman Bodies with Ira Livingston (Indiana University Press, 1995) and a special issue of Social Text with Jose Munoz and David Eng titled “What’s Queer About Queer Studies Now?” Jack is a popular speaker and gives lectures around the country and internationally every year. Lecture topics include: queer failure, sex and media, subcultures, visual culture, gender variance, popular film, animation.

Sponsored by
The Department of English