Prof. Mireille Miller-Young Talk and Lunch

THE GENDER, SEXUALITY, POLITICS and POWER COLLOQUIUM Series will be hosting a talk by Prof. Mireille Miller-Young on Friday, March 25^th from 1:00 – 3:00pm in 1314 SocSci. Her talk will be centered on her book A Taste for Brown Sugar: Black Women in Pornography. There will also be an opportunity to have lunch with Prof. Miller Young. For lunch RSVP to swift078@umn.edu and for further information on the talk see below.

The Gender, Sexuality, Politics and Power Colloquium Series will be hosting Prof. Mireille Miller-Young (Associate Professor of Feminist Studies, UC-Santa Barbara) on Friday March 25^th, 2016. The author of A Taste for Brown Sugar: Black Women in Pornography and the recipient of Sara A. Whaley book prize - National Women's Studies Association and John Hope Franklin book prize for best published book in American Studies. Dr. Miller-Young research specialties include: Black cultural studies, pornography, sex work/commercial sex, feminist and queer theory, and ethnography

We are putting together a small lunch for graduate students who would be interested in meeting with Prof. Miller-Young. In particular, we’d love to invite grad students whose work speaks to Prof Miller-Young’s research interests. We ask that attendees commit to reading Chapters 1 (can be skimmed), 3, and 5 from A Taste for Brown Sugar.  Scanned copies of the chapters will be made available once attendance has been finalized.  We are looking to cap attendance at 10-12 persons, so please R.S.V.P. early.

Lunch will be held from 11-12pm in 1450 Social Sciences. We are looking to cap attendance at around 10-12 persons. If you’d like to attend, please R.S.V.P. to this email no later than February 26^th. Since attendance is limited, we recommend R.S.V.P. earlier. Please note if you have dietary restrictions with the R.S.V.P.

R.S.V.P. to swift078@umn.edu