How has the figure of the trans feminine shaped contemporary scholarship in the field of mobility, migration, and transnational politics? In recent years, numerous scholars have turned to trans theory as a source of inspiration to rethink foundational assumptions, concepts, and narratives within international studies. This new trend raises critical questions about the purpose, methods, ethics, and political implications of knowledge production that draws on the lives of transgender people. To discuss the treatment of transgender people within international studies, Leverhulme Trust Doctoral Scholars Alexander Stoffel and Ida Birkvad are joined by Emma Heaney, Assistant Professor in the Department of English at William Paterson University.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nxQAz6iJ3U
Panel on the use – and misuse – of the trans feminine metaphor in international studies
Organised by Ida Birkvad and Alex Stoffel
How has the figure of the trans feminine shaped contemporary scholarship in international politics? What are the methods, ethics, and political implications of knowledge production that draws on the lives of transgender people? Professor Emma Heaney (William Patterson Unviersity), Alex Stoffel (QMUL) and Ida Roland Birkvad (QMUL) will discuss these questions in a public event on March 16 – everyone welcome!
To attend the event, click on the below link: https://qmul-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0qcOivqDovHdMm0As-JkYjBJHgE2LrM24b
Events: Hindutva and the University
The teach-in ‘Hindutva and the University’ was organised on January 15, 2020, in solidarity with on-going assaults on students and faculty at Indian universities. The panel, and ensuing discussion with the audience, shed light on the ways in which questions of knowledge – its production and dissemination – are fundamentally, and violently, imbricated with the project of Indian, and particularly Hindu, nationalism.
Speakers:
• Mehroosh Tak, Kashmir Solidarity Movement
• Akanksha Mehta, Goldsmiths, University of London
• Meena Dhanda, University of Wolverhampton
• Rahul Rao, SOAS, University of London
Chair:
• Akshi Singh, Queen Mary University of London
Listen to the podcast of the event here: https://soundcloud.com/qmulofficial/hindutva-and-the-university