Frank's Fall 2007 Conference Appearances
In between writing my dissertation prospectus, i'll be presenting at a few conferences this fall. Should be "fun" (poor word choice).
Performance Studies International Conference #13
“Happening, Performance, Event”
November 8-11, 2007
New York University
Panel (Thursday, Nov. 8, 11-12:30pm)
The Trauma of Everyday Queer ‘Happenings’:
Race, Violence, and the Neoliberal City
Panel description: The changing political and social landscape of the United States in the age of neoliberalism has helped to facilitate an increasing climate of violence, policing, and surveillance of racialized queer bodies. The recent murders of Michael Sandy, Rashawn Brazell, and Sakia Gunn; the death of Christopher Street and the West Village as “safe spaces” for queer youth of color, and a climate of crisis among queer African American men caught in a pandemic (33% of whom are presumed to be HIV positive in New York) all points to the urgency of conceiving new modes of scholarly engagement which speaks with rather than for communities on “the ground.” What does performance studies have to “say” (or “do”) about contemporary HIV/AIDS activism? About neoliberal violence, state-sanctioned hatred, queer and racialized political disenfranchisement? Bringing together performers, scholars and activists focused on queer black politics in three centers (Chicago, Detroit, and New York City), this panel seeks to set forth a dialogue about how performance studies as a discipline can approach some of the most pressing political and socio-cultural issues facing racialized subjects in the early twenty-first century.
Participants:
Michael Roberson, Executive Director, People of Color in Crisis (P.O.C.C.) [Chair]
“Sitting in The Toilet: American Violence, Race, and the Queer Present”
Jeffrey Q. McCune, Assistant Professor of American Studies and Women’s Studies, University of Maryland, College Park
“Back to the Future: Notes Toward the Reconfiguration of African American Studies and AIDS Cultural Critique”
Frank Leon Roberts, Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Performance Studies, New York University
“Performance as Intervention: Ballroom Culture, HIV/AIDS, and an Urban Crisis”
Marlon M. Bailey, Assistant Professor of Gender Studies and African and African American Studies, Indiana University---Bloomington
American Anthropological Association 106th Annual Meeting
“Difference, (In)equality & Justice”
November 28 – December 2, 2007
Panel
Speculating Black, Speculating Queer: Toward a Black Queer Anthropology
November 28th 2007, 6:00PM - 7:45PM
Participants:
Eileen Hayes, Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology, University of North Texas
“Straight Talk about a Black Queer Ethnomusicology”
Frank Leon Roberts, Ph.D. candidate, Performance Studies, New York University
“Looking for Langstons: Crown Heights, Black Diasporas, and Queer Transnational Counterpublics”
Marlon Bailey, Assistant Professor of Gender Studies and African and African American Studies, Indiana University---Bloomington
“Rethinking the African Diaspora: Ballroom Culture and the Making of a Black Queer World”
Shaka McGlotten, Assistant Professor of Media, Society, and the Arts
SUNY-Purchase College
“Ordinary Intersections: Speculations on difference, justice, and utopia in black queer life”
2007 National HIV Prevention Conference
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
December 2-5, 2007
Atlanta, Georgia
Panel
Opportunities for Effective HIV Prevention Interventions
in ‘Difficult to Reach’ MSM Communities
Monday, December 3, 2007, 3:30 pm-5:00 pm
Participants:
Marlon M. Bailey, Assistant Professor of Gender Studies and African and African American Studies, Indiana University---Bloomington
Kevin E. Bynes, Project Manager, AIDS Project East Bay
Michael Roberson, Executive Director, People of Color in Crisis (P.O.C.C.)
Frank Leon Roberts, PhD Candidate, Performance Studies, New York University
Performance Studies International Conference #13“Happening, Performance, Event”
November 8-11, 2007
New York University
Panel (Thursday, Nov. 8, 11-12:30pm)
The Trauma of Everyday Queer ‘Happenings’:
Race, Violence, and the Neoliberal City
Panel description: The changing political and social landscape of the United States in the age of neoliberalism has helped to facilitate an increasing climate of violence, policing, and surveillance of racialized queer bodies. The recent murders of Michael Sandy, Rashawn Brazell, and Sakia Gunn; the death of Christopher Street and the West Village as “safe spaces” for queer youth of color, and a climate of crisis among queer African American men caught in a pandemic (33% of whom are presumed to be HIV positive in New York) all points to the urgency of conceiving new modes of scholarly engagement which speaks with rather than for communities on “the ground.” What does performance studies have to “say” (or “do”) about contemporary HIV/AIDS activism? About neoliberal violence, state-sanctioned hatred, queer and racialized political disenfranchisement? Bringing together performers, scholars and activists focused on queer black politics in three centers (Chicago, Detroit, and New York City), this panel seeks to set forth a dialogue about how performance studies as a discipline can approach some of the most pressing political and socio-cultural issues facing racialized subjects in the early twenty-first century.
Participants:
Michael Roberson, Executive Director, People of Color in Crisis (P.O.C.C.) [Chair]
“Sitting in The Toilet: American Violence, Race, and the Queer Present”
Jeffrey Q. McCune, Assistant Professor of American Studies and Women’s Studies, University of Maryland, College Park
“Back to the Future: Notes Toward the Reconfiguration of African American Studies and AIDS Cultural Critique”
Frank Leon Roberts, Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Performance Studies, New York University
“Performance as Intervention: Ballroom Culture, HIV/AIDS, and an Urban Crisis”
Marlon M. Bailey, Assistant Professor of Gender Studies and African and African American Studies, Indiana University---Bloomington
American Anthropological Association 106th Annual Meeting
“Difference, (In)equality & Justice”
November 28 – December 2, 2007
Panel
Speculating Black, Speculating Queer: Toward a Black Queer Anthropology
November 28th 2007, 6:00PM - 7:45PM
Participants:
Eileen Hayes, Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology, University of North Texas
“Straight Talk about a Black Queer Ethnomusicology”
Frank Leon Roberts, Ph.D. candidate, Performance Studies, New York University
“Looking for Langstons: Crown Heights, Black Diasporas, and Queer Transnational Counterpublics”
Marlon Bailey, Assistant Professor of Gender Studies and African and African American Studies, Indiana University---Bloomington
“Rethinking the African Diaspora: Ballroom Culture and the Making of a Black Queer World”
Shaka McGlotten, Assistant Professor of Media, Society, and the Arts
SUNY-Purchase College
“Ordinary Intersections: Speculations on difference, justice, and utopia in black queer life”
2007 National HIV Prevention Conference
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
December 2-5, 2007
Atlanta, Georgia
Panel
Opportunities for Effective HIV Prevention Interventions
in ‘Difficult to Reach’ MSM Communities
Monday, December 3, 2007, 3:30 pm-5:00 pm
Participants:
Marlon M. Bailey, Assistant Professor of Gender Studies and African and African American Studies, Indiana University---Bloomington
Kevin E. Bynes, Project Manager, AIDS Project East Bay
Michael Roberson, Executive Director, People of Color in Crisis (P.O.C.C.)
Frank Leon Roberts, PhD Candidate, Performance Studies, New York University
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