Women, Gender, and Sexuality: Patricia J. Williams Talk Series

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The Johns Hopkins Program for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality is delighted to host Patricia J. Williams, University Distinguished Professor of Law and Humanities at Northeastern University, for a series of talks this semester:

• Feb. 2: "Grounded: On Loss and the Elements of Gravity"
• Feb. 9: "The Risk I Pose: On the Exhaustion of Embodied Probabilities"
• Feb. 16: "Making Happy: On the Aesthetics of Resilience"

Patricia J. Williams is the author and editor of many books, including the The Alchemy of Race and Rights (Harvard 1991), The Rooster's Egg (Harvard 1995), Seeing a Color-Blind Future (FSG 1998), Open House (FSG 2004), and Giving a Damn (TLS Books 2021). For years she wrote a column for The Nation, titled "Diary of a Mad Law Professor," and her essays have appeared in many venues, from daily newspapers to legal reviews. Her pivotal work on critical legal theory, critical race studies, black feminism, the legal construction of personhood, and ethics has been influential in many fields, and she continues to produce groundbreaking scholarship. She is currently working on three books: The Complete Mad Law Professor (compilation of The Nation columns), The Talking Helix (focused on bioethics and genetics), and Gathering the Ghosts (a literary and historical text based on Professor Williams' family archival materials). She has received numerous fellowships, awards, and honors, including a MacArthur Genius Fellowship in 2000.