Please join us for the launch of a new book, Remembering Air India: The Art of Public Mourning edited by Chandrima Chakraborty, Amber Dean and Angela Failler (University of Alberta Press, 2017). The launch will include commentary by the editors and presentations by contributors including Renee Sarojini Saklikar, Surrey Poet Laureate. The book will be available for purchase. […]

Please join us to celebrate the publication of Michelle Murphy’s book, The Economization of Life (Duke University Press 2017).  This is Michelle’s third single-authored book but only her first launch! To kick-off the TRU’s 2017-18 events, many of her peers and collaborators want to celebrate her latest achievement, and to honor her as a colleague, […]

Queer Orientation is an annual tri-campus week-long series of events that provides opportunities for new and returning students, staff and faculty to make connections, engage in activities and have discussions related to LGBTQ+ communities. For more information, go to the Sexual & Gender Diversity Office (SGDO) website.  

Talk title: Decentering Citizenship: Gender, Labor, and Migrant Rights in South Korea Talk Abstract: Decentering Citizenship follows three groups of Filipina migrants' struggles to belong in South Korea: factory workers claiming rights as workers, wives of South Korean men claiming rights as mothers, and hostesses at American military clubs who are excluded from claims—unless they claim to be victims of trafficking. Moving beyond […]

Title: Fear and Loathing in Gringo Gulch: Gender, sexuality, and lifestyle migration Description: This talk begins with a discussion of the key political, theoretical, and methodological ideas that inform my book, Gringo Gulch: Sex, tourism, and social mobility in Costa Rica. Focusing on the experiences of sex tourists, sex workers, and state employees, the book considers how the […]