Two deadlines
This site may have been quiet of late, but its writer has been extremely busy. Two of the projects I’m most excited to be working on this semester have deadlines…
Read moreThis site may have been quiet of late, but its writer has been extremely busy. Two of the projects I’m most excited to be working on this semester have deadlines…
Read moreI’m incredibly excited to announce that on October 2 and 3 2015, the University of Maryland Women’s Studies Department will host a gathering for scholars and practitioners doing gender, race,…
Read moreI’ve just come back from WisCon, the world’s leading feminist science fiction convention (now in its 39th year), where I am now co-chairing the academic track. It went fabulously, and…
Read moreDC Queer Studies Conference. 17 April 2015. University of Maryland College Park.
Read moreThis week, Tavia Nyong’o was on campus for the first installment of Queer Speculations, the LGBT Studies lecture series and conference (April 17!) that I have been working on this…
Read moreThis year, along with Lauren Lacey, I have taken over as co-chair of academic programming at WisCon, the feminist science fiction convention for which I have immense and enduring love.…
Read moreCreated to aid citation; only archives my (@alothian)’s tweets as I can’t search back far enough in the timeline for others.
Read moreOne of the first and most exciting tasks I’ve undertaken in my new job has been inviting speakers and developing the theme for the annual DC Queer Studies Symposium – an…
Read moreI don’t write a lot here about being Scottish. I haven’t ever made much of it in my academic work, in my professional life. I haven’t lived in Scotland since…
Read moreAs I gear up for my first semester at the University of Maryland, I’m thinking a lot about academic and social positionings, offline and on. More particularly, about my own…
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