Language matters. It mattered 50 years ago at the advent of Cornell University’s Women’s Studies program and in 1995 when its LGBT Studies program was established. How we — both as citizens and academics — articulate the categories on which these programs are built drives what we study and how we advocate.
In this webinar, four generations of trailblazing scholars and students from Cornell’s Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (FGSS) program will tackle how evolving characterizations of gender shape and affect the pursuit of social justice. Our intergenerational panel will consider these crucial questions: What do sexuality and gender mean today, for whom, and under what conditions? How have these meanings shifted over time and space? And what are the implications — for academia as well as activism — of how we define feminism and queer studies?
The event will be hosted on the Ithaca Cornell University campus in room 401, Physical Sciences Building. In-person participation is invited; virtual attendance is also welcome. Registration is required to attend.
