OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
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CORVALLIS, Ore. – Author and professor Susan Stryker will talk about her work on transgender history in a presentation at 5 p.m. Jan. 17 at Oregon State University in Corvallis.
Stryker is a filmmaker and theorist as well as an associate professor of gender and women’s studies at the University of Arizona. Her work focuses on gender and human sexuality. Her current work-in-progress, “What Transpires Now,” explores the relationship between the transgender past and present, and how history can help reimagine the future
The talk will focus on the story of Frances Thompson, a black trans disabled sex-worker in Memphis who played a role in the 1876 presidential election and whose life became the focus of a national scandal in the 1870s.
The lecture takes place in the Construction and Engineering Auditorium in The LaSells Stewart Center, 875 SW 26th St.
The lecture is sponsored by the Horning Lecture Series in the College of Liberal Arts’ School of History, Philosophy, and Religion.
About the OSU College of Liberal Arts: The College of Liberal Arts encompasses seven distinct schools, as well as several interdisciplinary initiatives, that focus on humanities, social sciences, and fine and performing arts. Curriculum developed by the college’s nationally and internationally-renowned faculty prepares students to approach the complex problems of the world ethically and thoughtfully, contributing to a student's academic foundation and helping to build real-world skills for a 21st century career and a purposeful life.
Michelle Klampe, 541-737-0784, [email protected]
Natalia Bueno; [email protected], 541-737-8560
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