About Queer Academics and Activism (QAA)
Queer Academics and Activism (QAA) will offer first-year students a thought-provoking examination of the many dimensions of queer lives and experiences in the United States: the history of struggles around LGBTQIA+ rights, the development of queer activism, the intersections of queerness with questions of race, class, gender, and other vectors of oppression, and how scholars have theorized these realities.
Students will have the opportunity to learn from renowned faculty members in the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Brandeis as well as to hear about queer life and resources on campus. Through lectures, workshops, panel discussions, and seminar-style discussions, students will be introduced to an intersectional approach to queer theory and queer studies, and the relationship between queer studies and queer activism. In the process, students will learn about opportunities to contribute to queer community progress and forge memorable, lasting friendships in a safe space for personal growth through a well-rounded understanding of their place in history.
Past Lectures and Workshops
Movement Workshop: "Queer Movement"“Why Queer Studies? Why Now?”
“Queer View from the Margins: Modern Historical Timeline of Queer Lives and the Policing of Queerness.”
"Looking Queerly": Analyzing Challenging Objects, Performances, and Texts"
“Global AIDS Activism.”