Current Events
Cancel Culture Context: Gender and Sexuality after the End of History - Ben Trott
Leuphana University of Lüneburg I Central Building, C40.530
Colloquium. Tues. 21. Okt, 6 pm
In this talk, Ben Trott addresses the material context of what has come to be known as “cancel culture”, paying particular attention to the political contestation of speech around gender and sexuality in the years that have followed the 2007 global economic crisis. He provides an alternative to the dominant account of the current culture wars around speech, gender and sexuality as conservative or reactionary “backlash” to liberal or left identity politics. And he explores the role of speech as a vehicle for political organisation in contemporary social and political conflicts.
Language: English
The event is a cooperation between the Center for Critical Studies (CCS) and the research initiative on the Disruptive Condition.
Contact: Nicolas Schneider (nicolas.schneider@leuphana.de)
Is there a Hermaphrodite Logic? - Juliana Gleeson
Tues. 25.11.2025. 6:15pm. C 40.601
This talk will introduce Juliana Gleeson's fresh history of the intersex liberation movement, Hermaphrodite Logic, and especially whether the book is correctly billed as a 35 year movement history... Or is better viewed as a philosophy of sex's expressive character. Gallows humour guaranteed.
Juliana Gleeson is a writer and reader raised in west London, who now lives in east Berlin. Her editing work has been done for pay and passion, including the pioneering anthology Transgender Marxism (2021). Well noted for her love of two word titles, her first book Hermaphrodite Logic was published this summer -- addressing the history and style of the intersex movement. She's currently writing a follow-up titled Dyke Dialectics.
Language: English
Contact: gud@leuphana.de
Hosted by the Center for Critical Studies (CCS), the Gender and Diversity Research Network, and the Kunstraum.