I’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 moreTiptree Fellowships 2015: call for applications
I’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 moreQueer Speculations: Twitter archive
DC Queer Studies Conference. 17 April 2015. University of Maryland College Park.
Read moreQueer Speculations: the first event
This 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 moreWisCon Academic Track: call for proposals
This 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 moreEmbodied digital humanities: a few links
Created to aid citation; only archives my (@alothian)’s tweets as I can’t search back far enough in the timeline for others.
Read moreDC Queer Studies Symposium: Queer Speculations (April 17 2015)
One 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 moreYes is No: speculative thoughts on the Scottish referendum
I 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 moreOn social media, digital politics, and personal change
As 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…
Read moreCollaborations
My summer has thus far been spent moving, with little time for web updates. But I have had two collaborative pieces come out in the past few months, and not…
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