Thursday September 24th - Friday September 25th
*Advancing Feminist Poetics and Activism: A Gathering*
Belladonna celebrates ten years of publishing and supporting the feminist avant-garde with a two-day conference on feminist poetics and activism. The conference launches on Thursday, September 24, with panels focusing on radical language processes and political thought, culminating in keynote performances by Kathleen Fraser, Erica Hunt, and Eileen Myles. On Friday, September 25, we will continue the conversation with a broad spectrum of panels focusing on a variety of topics including: the body as discourse, ecopoetics, multilingualism, exile and language, and writing from marginalized positions. The conference will conclude with a performance/collaboration between Carla Harryman, Catriona Strang & Christine Stewart, Sally Silvers, Lila Zemborain & Cecilia Torino. Other panelists and presenters include: Caroline Bergvall, Dodie Bellamy, Latasha N. Nevada Diggs, Zhang Er, Jeanne Heuving, Ann Lauterbach, Joan Retallack, Anne Waldman, Renaldo Wilson, and many others.
On-site registration required. See http://belladonnaconference.blogspot.com for a complete schedule and registration information, or contact belladonnaseries@gmail.com.
AND Saturday September 26th ...
*Celebrating Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick*
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Elebash Recital Hall
Please join us to honor the extraordinary life and work of Eve Sedgwick, a beloved member of the CUNY faculty, whose groundbreaking work includes Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire (1986); Epistemology of the Closet (1991); Tendencies (1993) and Touching Feeling: Affect, Pedagogy, Performativity (2003), as well as Dialogue on Love (1999) and her book of poems, Fat Art Thin Art (1994). To confirm your attendance, please e-mail abozicevic@gc.cuny.edu.
Further details on these events and others are available on Center for the Humanities website: http://centerforthehumanitiesgc.org/.
