Hybrid Lecture – Trans* Lives, Histories and Activism
Thursday 13 February 2025, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm GMT, online and London, UK
Speakers:
Professor Susan Stryker
Dr Onni Gust
Join us for an evening with Susan Stryker, a pioneering historian and theorist in trans* studies whose work has profoundly reshaped the fields of gender and sexuality scholarship.
Stryker stands as both an intellectual cornerstone and a leader in activism, shedding light on the historical and contemporary realities of trans lives and challenging the rigid structures that enforce binary notions of gender and power. In an era where anti-gender and right-wing populist ideologies dominate global agendas, Stryker’s scholarship urges us to critically interrogate the roots of oppressive ideologies that have long subjugated knowledge and enforced exclusionary worldviews, especially against marginalized communities. This public lecture celebrates Stryker’s profound contributions seeking to inspire continued activism and scholarly inquiry. It is a call to action for scholars, activists, and the broader public to challenge and dismantle oppressive systems while expanding the horizons of critical thought and action in the ever-evolving field of gender studies.
Meet our speakers and chair
Susan Stryker (@susanstryker) is the Professor Emerita of Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Arizona. She is the author of Transgender History, co-editor of The Transgender Studies Reader, co-founder of TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly, as well as co-director of the Emmy-winning documentary film Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria. She currently holds a Distinguished Visiting Professor appointment at Stanford University’s Michelle Clayman Institute for Gender Research.
Onni Gust (@onni_gust) is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Nottingham. Onni is a cultural and intellectual historian of the British Empire in the ‘long’ eighteenth century (c. 1730-1830). Their research asks what it means to be human and how the boundaries of the human and non-human animal were constructed in the 18th century. In particular, they look at the relationship between European colonial expansion, ideas of a male/female sex binary, and the meaning of the human.
S.M. Rodriguez (@SM_Rodriguez77) is scholar-activist and Assistant Professor of Gender, Rights and Human Rights at LSE. Their research advances the understanding of the impact of racialisation, criminalisation, ableism, and the imposition of gendered and sexual control on people of African descent.
Emrah Karakuş is an LSE fellow in gender and human rights and a sociocultural anthropologist whose work explores affective politics, queer intimacy, and political violence in the Middle East. He is currently working on his book project, Feeling Debt: Affective Politics of Security and Intimacy in Kurdish Turkey, and his work appeared in peer-reviewed journals including American Ethnologist, Anthropology Today, and Kurdish Studies.
More about this event
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Find more information and book your free place here: https://www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2025/02/202502131830/Trans-lives-histories-and-activism.
This event will be held online and at London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London, UK.