Fall 2018
Dr.Michael Bibler
Michael Bibler, Ph.D.
Friday, October 12th: "RuPaul Before Supermodel: Starrbooty and the Politics of Racial Drag"
In this lecture. Dr. Michael Bibler (English ~ LSU) will discus RuPaul’s early caree and her creaon o the personas Starrbooty and Miss Rachel Tensions, who both inhabited spaces that took white constructions of black respectability literally. e will also discuss early controversy about whether Ru’s drag was “black
enough” to contemporary controversies about trans identity.
Noon, Tupelo Room, Barnard Observatory
Dr.Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman, Ph.D.
Friday, October 12th: “Eventually We are all Queer:” Isherwood, Identities, and Legacies
Dr. Chris Freeman (English & Gender Studies, USC) will use Christopher Isherwood as a case study to consider issues connected to mentorship, queer relationships, “mainstream” and marginal literary success, and queer studies into the twenty-first century.
Noon, Tupelo Room, Barnard Observatory
Previous Sarah talks
Women Chefs of Oxford
The Women of Oxford and the March in D.C.
Alicia Johnston's Queer Liberation Theology
Dr. Elaine Maccio
Out of Bounds with Alex McDaniel