Trans Lives: In conversation with Raewyn Connell
Join us for an evening with eminent scholar Raewyn Connell, who will speak on her newly published book Trans Lives: Social Realities across the Globe.
Raewyn Connell is among the world’s leading theorists of gender, masculinity and power. Reflecting on the last ten year’s surge of anti-trans aggressions, Raewyn reconsiders some basic questions about gender transition, including embodiment, the cis/trans division, and the practical dimension of transitions. She describes close-focus studies of trans groups in different gender orders, then reflects on trans medicine, the social structures that shape trans lives, and the sources of the anti-trans surge. Finally she discusses the creativity of trans organizing around the world, relations with allies, and trajectories towards a different future.
The event includes a reading of a passage from Trans Lives, a conversation with the author, and a conversational Q&A.
Ticket holders will be informed of the location on the day of the event.
Meet our chair and speakers:
Professor Raewyn Connell is a sociologist, currently Professor Emerita, University of Sydney, and Life Member of the National Tertiary Education Union (Australia). She is best known for research about gender as social structure, about masculinities, and about postcolonial perspectives in social science. She has done policy work for United Nations agencies and Australian governments, and has stood on a number of picket lines. Raewyn's books include Gender & Power, Masculinities, Southern Theory, The Good University, Schools & Social Justice, Ruling Class Ruling Culture, and the co-authored Making the Difference and Class Structure in Australian History. Her work has been translated into 24 languages.
Dr SM Rodriguez is scholar-activist and Assistant Professor of Gender, Rights and Human Rights in the Department of Gender Studies. 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. With a monograph and over a dozen journal articles and book chapters, Dr. Rodriguez’s work has had a profound impact on scholarship, legal proceedings, and organizational practices.
Dr Hakan Sandal-Wilson is Assistant Professor of Gender, Peace and Security in the Department of Gender Studies. He is a political sociologist whose teaching and research explore how gender and sexuality intersect with democracy, conflict, and ethnic and religious difference. His work focuses on the Middle East and North Africa and is grounded in a commitment to social justice, inclusive democracy, and critical engagement with power.
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