June 5-9, 2017 at York University, Toronto
About SISS 2017
The Centre for Feminist Research, in collaboration with the Sexuality Studies Program and the Graduate Program in Gender, Feminist and Women’s Studies at York University, is co-organizing the 2017 Summer Institute in Sexuality Studies (SISS).
Over the course of five days, the participants will engage in lectures, master classes, roundtables and creative workshops using a wide variety of approaches to consider the intersections of perversion, psychoanalysis, queer theory, and race. By bringing together internationally renowned lecturers and graduate students from a variety of disciplinary and geographical backgrounds, the Summer Institute provides an international and multidisciplinary platform for learning, sharing and developing research and theory in the area of sexuality studies.
The inaugural Summer Institute's theme is Perversion at the Crossroads of Critical Race Studies, Psychoanalysis, and Queer Theory.
Institute participants will receive a certificate of participation upon completion.
Public Events Schedule
- June 5th: Pedagogy and The Perverse In Toni Morrison’s 'God Help The Child' - Public Lecture by Dr. Aparna Mishra Tarc
- June 6th: Race as Kink: Reading Transracial Fetishism - Public Lecture by Dr. Trish Salah
- June 7th: Roundtable - Performing Perversion - Dr. Amber Jamilla Musser & Dr. Trish Salah in conversation with Dr. John Greyson, Dr. Sheila Cavanagh and Emelie Chhangur
- June 7th: Carrie Mae Weems and the Question of Brown Jouissance - Public Lecture by Dr. Amber Jamilla Musser
- June 8th: Race as Relation - Public Lecture by Dr. David L. Eng
- June 9th: Roundtable - Thinking Perversion Transnationally - Dr. David Eng & Dr. Aparna Mishra Tarc in conversation with Dr. David Murray and Dr. David Seitz
The public event schedule is also available at the following link on the SISS website
Lecturers
The 2017 Summer Institute in Sexualities Studies lecturers will include:
Dr. David Eng, University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Amber Jamilla Musser, Washington University
Dr. Trish Salah, Queen’s University
Dr. Aparna Mishra Tarc, York University
Course Descriptions
Dr. David Eng, University of Pennsylvania
Lecture: Race As Relation (Open to the public)
Master Class: Racial Dissociation
Dr. Amber Jamilla Musser, Washington University
Lecture: Carrie Mae Weems and the Question of Brown Jouissance (Open to the public)
Master Class: Black Aesthetics and Psychoanalysis
Dr. Trish Salah, Queen’s University
Lecture: Race as Kink: Reading Trans-Racial Fetishism (Open to the public)
Workshop: Uses of the Perverse: Perversity as Power/Knowledge
Dr. Aparna Mishra Tarc, York University
Lecture: Pedagogy and the perverse in Toni Morrison’s God Help the Child (Open to the public);
Master Class: Perverse Beginnings: The Queer Child
Institute Structure
The Institute’s Coordinating Committee is comprised of Daria Davydova (PhD, GFWS) and Toby B.D. Wiggins (PhD, GFWS) as the Institute’s co-Coordinators, Institute Director Dr. Amar Wahab, CFR Director Dr. Alison Crosby, CFR Coordinator Julia Pyryeskina, GFWS Director Dr. Enakshi Dua, and Sexuality Studies Coordinator Dr. Allyson Mitchell.
The Institute is generously supported by a Connection Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), as well as by York University, including: the Office of the Vice-President Academic; the Office of the Vice-President for Research and Innovation; the Faculty of Education; the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies; the Faculty of Graduate Studies; the Graduate Program in Gender, Feminist and Women’s Studies; the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies; Glendon Gender and Women’s Studies Program; the Sexuality Studies Program; Institute for Feminist Legal Studies at Osgoode Hall Law School, Graduate Program in Social and Political Thought; Department of Anthropology; Department of History; Department of Political Science; Department of Social Science; and the Centre for Feminist Research.
Learn More About the Institute Here
Learn More About the Coordinating Committee Here
Application Process
Masters and doctoral students in a wide variety of disciplines are invited to apply. An application form is required, and some travel subsidies are available.
Final application deadline: January 9th, 2017
Registration fee upon acceptance: $300 CAD
View the Call for Participants Here
Learn More About the Application Process Here
