[Iris] Reminder: Trans*formations: Talk by Alyosxa Tudor (SOAS London) - 16.5., 12:00

Dear all, this is a reminder for the Trans*formations talk by Dr. Alyosxa Tudor (SOAS London) which will take place tomorrow :) Title: Decolonising Trans/Gender Studies? Abstract: In this talk, I would like to discuss with you what it means to think of trans/gender studies as a field that engages with geopolitics, with transnational knowledge production, with histories of entangled oppressions and resistance movements. With this I try to go beyond what our attackers think trans/gender studies is towards defining what the broader field of trans/gender studies can be. Can it be a field of knowledge generation that aims for decolonisation? How can we make sure that decolonisation is not a metaphor, as Eve Tuck and Wayne Yang remind us? How can we mobilise histories and the theories and epistemologies generated from them in ways that are not reductive, simplistic and incapable of sitting with the complex contradictions that still need responsible and decisive actions in face of present-day injustices? How can we be accountable for our very different structural positions in this quest, in terms of location, postcolonial position, migratisation, queer- and transness, class and racialisation? Often this is contradictory and painful. But it must also be clear that taking a stance is necessary. When/Where: 16.5.2024, HS 3A, Neues Institutsgebäude (Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien) Thanks to the Vienna Doctoral School of Philosophy and the Institute of Philosophy for co-financing this talk series! Looking forward to seeing many of you there! All the best, Flora Löffelmann P.S.: Please also invite others that could be interested, you find the poster attached! -- Flora Löffelmann, MA MA University assistant & doctoral candidate Department of Philosophy at University of Vienna Pronouns: they/them (for more info see: https://www.mypronouns.org/what-and-why/) Happy about a gender neutral "hello"!