Bodies at the Borders, Day 1

9–9:30 a.m. | Coffee and bagels

9:30–9:45 a.m. | Introduction

Rachel Nelson, interim director, Institute of the Arts and Sciences, UCSC

9:45–10:15 a.m. | Keynote

Carlos Motta, artist

10:15–11:45 a.m. | Panel 1

Sexuality and Borders: Pasts and Presents
Moderated by Anjali Arondekar, associate professor of feminist studies, UCSC

Panelists:
J. Kēhaulani Kauanui, Kanaka Maoli, professor of American studies, Wesleyan University
Pete Sigal, professor of history and gender, sexuality, and feminist studies, Duke University
Neferti Tadiar, professor of women’s studies, Barnard College, Columbia University

11:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | Film Screening

Deseos by Carlos Motta

12:30–1:30 p.m. | Break

1:30–2 p.m. | Performance/Reading

Demian DinéYazhi´, Diné, artist

2–2:30 p.m. | Demian DinéYazhi´ and Joseph M. Pierce in conversation

Demian DinéYazhi´, Diné, artist
Joseph M. Pierce, citizen of the Cherokee Nation, associate professor of Latin American studies, Stony Brook University

2:30–4 p.m. | Panel 2

Borders and Containment
Moderated by Gina Dent, associate professor of feminist studies, UCSC

Panelists:
Che Gossett, writer, archivist, and Ph.D. candidate, trans/gender studies, Rutgers
Silky Shah, executive director, Detention Watch Network
Dean Spade, lawyer, writer, trans activist, and associate professor of law, Seattle University

4–4:30 p.m. | Break

4:30–5 p.m. | Film Screening

4 Waters: Deep Implicancy by Arjuna Neuman and Denise Ferreira da Silva

5–6 p.m. | Keynote

Denise Ferreira da Silva, professor and director of the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice at the University of British Columbia