THURSDAY, MARCH 1ST
2:00pm Welcome by Dennis Mitchell, Vice Provost for Faculty Diversity and Inclusion, Columbia University and Sarah Cole, Dean of Humanities, Columbia University (Jerome Greene Hall Case Lounge)
2:15 Frances Negrón-Muntaner, Columbia University — opening keynote address on the Columbia Library Queer Archives
(Jerome Greene Hall Case Lounge)
3:00 PANEL 1: Local and Global Perspectives on Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer Women’s Health (Jerome Greene Hall Case Lounge)
Tonda Hughes, moderator (Columbia School of Nursing); Phoenix Matthews (University of Illinois at Chicago); Ruth McNair (University of Melbourne); Ellen Riggle (University of Kentucky); Elizabeth Saewyc (University of British Columbia)
5:00 Dinner (Jerome Greene Hall Case Lounge)
7:00 Screening of #Direnayol (#Resistayol), documentary by Rüzgâr Buşki and Kanka Productions, Turkey, 2016, 60 min.
Followed with a discussion between Rüzgâr Buşki and Evren Savci (Yale University) (Jerome Greene Hall 105)
FRIDAY, MARCH 2ND
10:30am PANEL 2: The Politics of Faith-Based Publics — a roundtable discussion (Jerome Greene Hall 107)
Katherine Franke, moderator/participant (Columbia Law School); Josef Sorett (Columbia University); Janet Jakobsen (Barnard College)
12:00pm Break for lunch and workshops (Jerome Greene Annex)
2:00 PANEL 3: Trans*: Bodies, Environments, Change (Jerome Greene Hall 107)
Jack Halberstam, moderator (Columbia University); Frank Galarte (University of Arizona); Che Gossett (Rutgers University); Andrea Long Chu (New York University); Emmett Harsin Drager (University of Southern California)
3:30 Coffee break (Jerome Greene Annex)
4:00 PANEL 4: Queer Risk (Jerome Greene Hall 107)
Tey Meadow, moderator (Columbia University); Joe Fischel (University of Minnesota); Christina Crosby (Wesleyan University); Riley Snorton (University of Southern California); Jasbir Puar (Rutgers University)
5:30 Short break (Jerome Greene Hall Case Lounge)
5:45 Keynote presentation by Zackary Drucker (author of Relationship and producer for Transparent)
Chase Joynt, moderator (international award-winning filmmaker and writer) (Jerome Greene Hall 107)
7:30 Reception (Jerome Greene Hall Case Lounge)