Séminaire « Queering Migration : (Counter-) Examples from the African Continent », animé par Todd Reeser et Chantal Zabus. 6 mai, 14h-15h30, au CEPED (45 rue des Saints-Pères), salle des thèses (5ème étage du bâtiment Jacob).
Présentation
The globalized picture we have of migration today is one of massive displacement, as nearly 300 million people live either as international migrants or internally displaced persons. Most of these migrants are facing displacement because of their being always already categorized in the place of origin as subaltern subjects, on the basis not only of race or ethnicity or class, ability, religion or belief system, but also of gender and sexuality, let alone any combination of the above. Over the past three decades, however, migration and gender-cum-sexuality studies were forced into an arduous dialogue, thereby complexifying the figure of the migrant and the relation between the Global North and the Global South. In this talk, we will draw examples and counter-examples from narrative modes such as novels, autobiographies, testimonies and films, with a focus on Morocco, Nigeria, and South Africa.
Todd Reeser est titulaire de la Chaire Genre 2026 de l’Institut du Genre (un portage du projet entre ECHELLES/UPCité, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord et la Cité du Genre).
Il sera également présent le 12 mai à l’Université Paris Cité, à l’occasion de la table ronde : « Études critiques sur les masculinités » (16h30 – 18h30, Amphi Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, bâtiment Condorcet, 4 Rue Elsa Morante, 75013 Paris). Pour plus d’informations à ce sujet :
https://citedugenre.fr/2026/04/23/table-ronde-etudes-critiques-sur-les-masculinites/