Current Event and Activity Lineup
QFT Meeting Dates:
Meeting #1: October 4, 2017
Meeting #2: November 6, 2017
Meeting #3: December 4, 2017
Meeting #4: January 8, 2018
Meeting #5: February 5, 2018
Meeting #6: March 5, 2018
Meeting #7: April 9, 2018
Meeting #8: April 30, 2018
Meeting #9: May 14, 2018
Meeting #10: June 4, 2018
Additional meeting dates TBD.
Event Lineup:
Fall 2017
October 4: QFT monthly meeting
October 17: Poetry Reading by Renee Gladman, 12pm, Voorhies 126 [organized by HATCH]
October 18: The Lab – A biweekly meeting focused on feminist pedagogy, 11am-12pm, Hart Hall 3201 [organized by HATCH]
October 30th: Crotchet Jam artist’s talk with Ramekon O’Arwisters, 1-4pm on Hart Hall Lawn (crochet jam) and 4-6pm in Hart 3201 (artist’s talk and HATCH launch reception) [organized by HATCH]
November 6: QFT monthly meeting; Reading Discussion: Sara Ahmed’s “Living a Feminist Life” (2017) and Eli Clare’s “Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure” (2017)
November 15: The Lab – A biweekly meeting focused on feminist pedagogy, 11am-12pm, Hart Hall 3201 [organized by HATCH]
November 29: The Lab – A biweekly meeting focused on feminist pedagogy, 11am-12pm, Hart Hall 3201 [organized by HATCH]
December 4: QFT monthly meeting; Reading Discussion: Jasbir Puar’s “The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability” (2017)
Winter 2018
January 8: QFT monthly meeting; Reading Discussion: Karen Tongson articles
January 11th and 12th: A Talk and Workshop by Dr. Karen Tongson [organized by QFT]
February 1: Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens, “Here Come the Ecosexuals,” 12-2pm, Voorhies 126
February 5: QFT monthly meeting; Reading Discussion: Kyla Schuller’s “The Biopolitics of Feeling: Race, Sex, and Science in the Nineteenth Century” (2017)
February 7-10 and 15-17: Quimera Rosa Transplant project [organized by HATCH]
February 15: Sara Ahmed Public Lecture, “Complaint: Diversity Work, Feminism, Institutions,” 4-5:30pm in Meeting Room D, Student Community Center, with a Reception from 5:30-6pm to follow
March 1: Kyla Schuller, on “The Biopolitics of Feeling,” in conversation with UC Davis faculty Elizabeth Freeman and Kathleen Frederickson, 12pm, Hart Hall 3201
March 5: QFT monthly meeting; Writing-In-Progress Presentations and Workshop
March 16: QFT/HATCH Happy Hour, 4-6pm, De Vere’s Irish Pub
Spring 2018
April 9: QFT monthly meeting
April 12th and 13th: A Talk and Workshop by Dr. Kara Thompson [organized by QFT]
April 18th and 19th: Public Lecture and Classroom Lecture by Dr. Francisco Galarte [organized by Susy Zepeda, Ryan Cartwright, and others]
April 25: Sexological Floorplan One-Day Symposium [organized by the Feminist Arts and Science Shop Mellon]
April 30: QFT meeting (QFT conference preparation meeting)
May 3-4th: “Queering Care and Cure” Conference, with Keynote Dean Spade [organized by QFT]
May 14: QFT monthly meeting
June 4: QFT End of Year Celebration – DeVere’s Irish Pub, 7pm