Sherine Farouk Hamdy is Associate Professor, Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine and coauthor of Lissa (University of Toronto Press, 2017), a graphic novel. 

This talk is a part of the Mahindra Humanities Center BBQ+: Studying Black, Brown, and Queer seminar, which discusses key debates and new approaches at the intersection of critical race theory, postcolonial/decolonial and indigenous theory, and queer theory. BBQ+ interests are rooted in the mixed and hybrid identities of those living in late capitalism and in this age of post/colonialism. The seminar is focused on decentering the monolithic US-European experience, as well as in understanding how this experience influences dynamics around the world. Premised on the interconnectedness of minoritarian identities and experiences of subversion and resistance, the seminar will investigate how an integrated critical approach will allow for a deeper and more concrete investigation of contemporary and historical social and political realities.

For more information and to rsvp, please email xitlalli_alvarez@bbqplus.org.

This seminar series is sponsored by the Mahindra Humanities Center, the Center for Black, Brown, and Queer Studies, and the Committee on Degrees in Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality.