The Second Annual Bodies of Knowledge Symposium
The Bodies of Knowledge Symposium brings cutting edge theory on gender and sexuality to the upstate of South Carolina.
The Symposium will take place during the spring semester as part of a larger campus commitment to the principle of respecting sexual diversity demonstrated by the highly successful Safe Zone Allies program and the acknowledgement of sexual orientation as a protected category of identity in USC Upstate’s longstanding Diversity Initiative. The symposium serves to maintain and further fuel the energy of the students, faculty, and staff who are galvanized at this time to improve the campus climate for LGBTQ students, faculty, and staff.
The Bodies of Knowledge Symposium is designed to raise awareness on campus about sexual diversity, to cultivate anti-homophobic attitudes among Upstate students, faculty, staff and administration, and to provide LGBTQ students with opportunities to deepen their ties to each other, to the LGBTQ community, and to their straight allies on campus, as well as in the region of the U.S. Southeast.
March 23, 2009: "E. Lynn Talks Life"
A Prelude Event
University of South Carolina Upstate
Health Education Complex, Room 2039
- Event begins at 7:00 p.m.
- Opening Remarks, Dr. Warren Carson, Chief Diversity Officer at USC Upstate, and Professor of English and African American Studies
- Speaker Introduction, Kyia Chandler
- Prelude Event, "E. Lynn Talks Life," with E. Lynn Harris
- Q&A Session, Lachelle Burgess
March 25, 2009: Main Event
University of South Carolina Upstate
Health Education Complex, Room 2001
- 4:00: Opening Remarks, Dr. York Bradshaw (Dean of College of Arts & Sciences)
- 4:15: Kirk Read, How I Learned to Snap (introduced by Jason Funderburk)
- 4:45: Q&A with Kirk Read
- 5:00: Julia Serano, Whipping Girl (introduced by Sarah Wilson)
- 5:30: Q&A with Julia Serano
- 5:45: Break for Booksignings
- 6:00: DINNER (vegetarian, of course)
- 7:00: Welcome Back Remarks, Dr. Lisa Johnson (Director, Center for Women¹s and Gender Studies)
- 7:15: Jennifer Baumgardner, Look Both Ways (introduced by Lindsay Harris)
- 8:00: Q&A with Jennifer Baumgardner
- 8:15: Closing Remarks: TBA
All attendees must register online for the conference, even if you do not plan to attend every presentation.