Women, Gender, and Sexuality Visiting Distinguished Professor: Fred Moten

Description

Every spring, the Program for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality invites a prominent scholar to be a visiting distinguished professor at Johns Hopkins. This year's Women, Gender and Sexuality Visiting Distinguished Professor is Fred Moten.

Moten will do a series of seminars during the first weeks of February. Moten is the author of numerous works that bridge performance studies, black studies, critical theory, and poetics and has emerged as a vital commentator on contemporary arts, politics, and social struggles.

Seminar schedule:

• Feb. 4: "Fast Life (Speed, Weight)"
• Feb. 11: "Black Topographical Existence"
• Feb. 18: "This Unholding's Long Nite Lounge"

Please email< wgs@jhu.edu> to request Moten's pre-circulated paper. Please respect Moten's wishes and avoid circulating this writing, or quoting from it, outside the context of these seminars. A week prior to each seminar, selected PDFs of work relevant to Moten's papers will also be circulated. These seminars are open to all, but access may be limited by the technological medium.