Please register here: https://buffalo.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvdO2srzMtHdMdKcBpHtP1XapU2p9Gfous. Bénédicte Boisseron is Professor of Afroamerican & African Studies at University of Michigan, specializing in the fields of black diaspora studies, francophone studies, and animal studies. She received an M.A. in English from Université Denis Diderot (Paris, France) and a Ph.D. in French and Francophone Studies from the University of Michigan. She […]

Register at: https://buffalo.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEldOuupjguHtPSal6kgVDFrTW_2CAbnWZi. The presentation revolves around Mario LaMothe’s ethnographic collaboration with queer Haitians and queer Haitian performance scholars who journey with their interlocutors through socio-politically charged endeavors. Teasing out the struggle, discomfort, and benefits that emerge from documenting activist responses to the national policing of same-sex desire, LaMothe previews how embodied and artistic testimonials are […]