Calendar  /  Forum on Sex


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Past Events

Desiree Akhavan in front of a Blue Background
September 16, 2015 / 5:00 pm
What Is Appropriate Behavior?
Desiree Akhavan
Patricia White
Video
Photo of Najmabadi Afsaneh
October 1, 2015 / 5:00 pm
The Kin Who Count, and Those in the Shadows...
Afsaneh Najmabadi
Video
Photo of a woman
October 11, 2015 / 2:00 pm
A Place in the Middle AND Heart of the Sea
Steven Epstein in front of a Bookshelf
October 14, 2015 / 5:00 pm
Living in the Era of Sexual Health
Steven Epstein
Lance Wahlert
Video
Lakota Pipe Bag
October 17, 2015—July 31, 2016
Sex: A History in 30 Objects
Paintings
October 20, 2015—February 15, 2016
Victorious Secret
Angela Lorenz
Prizes and Hoop: woman receiving a victory palm and a crown for winning the hoop race (trochus)
October 21, 2015 / 5:30 pm
Entertaining Notions of Elite Ideals for Women, 300 A.D.
Angela Lorenz
Sarah Richardson
October 28, 2015 / 5:00 pm
Sex, Gender, and the Human Genome
Sarah S. Richardson
Video
Teresa de Lauretis
November 5, 2015 / 6:00 pm
The Queerness of the Drive
Teresa de Lauretis
Woman in a hospital
November 8, 2015 / 2:00 pm
A Quiet Inquisition
Dyan H. Elliott
November 11, 2015 / 5:00 pm
The Corrupter of Boys
Dyan H. Elliott
Film Screening event
December 1, 2015 / 5:00 pm
Film Screening: Love Between the Covers
Simon Goldhill in front of a Black Background
December 9, 2015 / 5:00 pm
A Very Queer Family Indeed
Simon Goldhill
Video
Four men riding a bike
December 13, 2015 / 2:00 pm
Mardistan
Woman looking through a window
January 20, 2016 / 7:00 pm
Syndromes and a Century
Regina Kunzel
January 27, 2016 / 5:00 pm
In Treatment: Psychiatry and the Archives of Modern Sexuality
Regina Kunzel
Terry Castle
February 2, 2016 / 5:00 pm
“No, I’m Not a Woman—I’m a Not-A-Woman”
Terry Castle
A woman in a bath
February 3, 2016 / 7:00 pm
9 Songs
Screenshot of a film
February 10, 2016 / 7:00 pm
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Women getting ready for an event
February 14, 2016 / 2:00 pm
Muxes
Dorothy E. Roberts in front of foliage
February 17, 2016 / 5:00 pm
What’s So Dangerous About Black Women’s Sexuality?
Dorothy E. Roberts
Video
Leah DeVun and Riitta Ikonen, Heavy Petting, c-prints
February 19, 2016 / 1:00 pm
Geographies of Intimacy
Dorothy E. Roberts in front of a brown background
February 24, 2016 / 5:00 pm
Liberating Sexuality: Starting with Black Women
Dorothy E. Roberts
Video
Poster for the Talking Back poster
February 26, 2016 / 6:00 pm
Talking Back: A Sex Positive Conversation about Black Female Sexuality
Feminista Jones
Jamilah Lemieux
Three women in a kitchen
March 13, 2016 / 2:00 pm
Soul Food Stories
Woman kissing woman
March 16, 2016 / 7:00 pm
Blue is the Warmest Color
Wendy Doniger
March 23, 2016 / 5:00 pm
Sex and Jewelry in Cross-Cultural Mythology
Wendy Doniger
Points of Contact Poster
March 25, 2016 / 9:00 am
Points of Contact
Photo of Lillian Faderman
April 6, 2016 / 7:00 pm
A 70-Year Struggle: The History of the Battle for LGBT Civil Rights
Lillian Faderman
MATMOS on stage
April 13, 2016 / 7:00 pm
Matmos: Performance and Conversation on Queer Noise
Video