Around the Nation: November 4, 2009

Freeman's talk will be drawn from this forthcoming project and frame the project of erotohistoriography— a project of encountering the past in which the body is an instrument—in terms of its place in a revised history of sexuality. It offers a revised history of sexuality by centering queer pleasures and proposing the body as site of historical encounter, in and across time. Through these encounters across time, we might get a glimpse of historically specific pleasures and ways of organizing a life that exceed the current cramped politics of same-sex marriage as end game of sexual liberation. Barnard Center for Research on Women, 212-854-2067. This event will take place at New York University, 19 University Place, 1st floor.

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New School President Bob Kerrey welcomes filmmaker Mark Vasina and Native American activist Frank LaMere, who invite you to a screening and discussion of their documentary, The Battle for Whiteclay. The film provides an in-depth look at a century-old problem: the State of Nebraska’s refusal to halt alcohol sales to the dry Pine Ridge Indian Reservation from the neighboring town of Whiteclay. President Kerrey will offer opening remarks. After the screening, Vasina and LaMere will discuss the film with audience members. Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street. Free admission. Open to all New School community members with valid New School ID. All guests outside of the New School are asked to register online.

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Inaugurated by Hortense Spillers, the Lorde/Hemphill lecture is meant to commemorate the lives of the American poets Audre Lorde (1934-92) and Essex Hemphill (1957-95). Both Lorde and Hemphill were particularly important for the development of distinctive forms of writing among American poets, particularly people of color and members of the LGBT community. Hortense Spillers is the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor in English at Vanderbilt University. The Skylight Room (9100), Cuny Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave. This event is free and open to the public. 212-817-2005

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A talk by Daniel Ankarloo of Malmo University, at TRS Inc. Professional Suite, eleventh floor, 44 East 32nd Street (between Madison and Park avenues). By contribution. For sponsors/ information, contact the Marxist-Humanist Initiative: visit the website, e-mail or call 888-579-2245. Or contact the New SPACE (School for Pluralistic Anti-Capitalist Education) by e-mail or 1-800-377-6183.

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Andy Worthington will talk about his book Torture and Lies: The Story of Guantánamo. Followed by Q&A. At Revolution Books, 146 W. 26th Street, New York. 212-691-3345. This event is sponsored by Revolution Books, NYC.

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