Reading Group: Distinguished Lecturer Lauren Berlant

In preparation for the Institute for Humanities Research's 2017 Distinguished Lecturer, Lauren Berlant, the institute is hosting a reading/discussion group and brownbag in three parts. The reading groups will read and discuss selected pieces from Berlant's impressive body of work and are free and open to the public.

The theme of this meeting is "Sex in Public: National Heterosexuality and the Private Parts of Politics" — readings include “The Queen of America Goes to Washington City” and “Sex in Public” (with Michael Warner).

Please RSVP for each meeting you wish to attend and email ihr@asu.edu to be added to our Blackboard site and gain access to reading materials.

All reading groups available for attendance:

noon, Tuesday, Jan. 24, Social Sciences 109
"Keywords for Reading Berlant: Women's Culture, Intimate Publics, and the Tradition of Political Sentimentality"
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noon, Tuesday, Feb 21, Social Sciences 109
"Sex in Public: National Heterosecuality and the Private Parts of Politics"
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noon, Thursday, March 16, Social Sciences 109
"Cruel Optimism; or, the Age of Trump"
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Institute for Humanities Research
480-965-3000
ihr@asu.edu
http://ihr.asu.edu
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Social Sciences 109, Tempe campus
Free