Join the Brazil Institute on November 2, 2021 at 1:30pm EST for a webcast discussion of Precarious Democracy and what the book can tell us about the present moment in Brazil. 

In Precarious Democracy: Ethnographies of Hope, Despair, and Resistance in Brazil, former Wilson Center fellow Benjamin Junge and his co-authors provide nuanced ethnographic portraits of the lives and concerns of Brazilians “far from the halls of power,” helping us better understand the political and social forces sweeping the country. Join the Brazil Institute on November 2, 2021 at 1:30pm EST for a discussion of Precarious Democracy and what the book can tell us about the present moment in Brazil. Watch live: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/ethnographies-hope-despair-and-resistance-brazil

Register here: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/ethnographies-hope-despair-and-resistance-brazil

American artist Sharon Rudahl sits down to talk about the legacy of Paul Robeson, social movement, radicality and the need for an imagination. Describing her life’s work, Ms. Rudahl will be in conversation with Princeton High School senior Taylor-Faith McKie as they explore the aesthetics of racial progress now, as has been necessary in the past. We will also get a chance to screen and discuss the short film Two Marches and celebrate the artistry of her graphic novel Ballad of an American: A Graphic biography of Paul Robeson, one of her recent works published by Rutgers University Press.This program is being organized in collaboration with the Princeton Public Library and the Paul Robeson House of Princeton Program Committee. Wednesday, November 3, 2021 from 6p - 7p on Zoom.

A burlesque show to celebrate Lynn Sally’s new book Neo-Burlesque: Striptease as Transformation. Two levels of tickets are available: VIP table seating for 2 or 4. General admission with seats available on a first come first basis after doors open. For additional details, please visit: https://shomeetickets.com/naked-geniuses-burlesque-show/

Virtual book launch and presentation moderated by Sarah Lamb from Brandeis University. Join author Jessica Robbins for a conversation about Aging Nationally in Contemporary Poland: Memory, Kinship, and Personhood. 

Register HERE for the event on Zoom. Passcode 181150.

A Roundtable Discussion about how a new generation of girls, drag queens, and burlesque stars are employing excess as a political tool. With authors Jillian Hernandez, Meredith Heller, and Lynn Sally. Moderated by Joe E. Jeffreys.

For more information and to register for the event, please visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/excess-aesthetics-gender-performance-a-roundtable-discussion-tickets-198453197857?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch

In this lecture, Dr. Jessica L. Fripp, Associate Professor of Art History and Undergraduate and Graduate Coordinator at Texas Christian University, will talk about works of art that provide a view into the less studious side of artists’ time in Rome: caricatures. What can these “silly” drawings tell us about life in Rome as a young artist, and the role of friendship and play in academic artistic training? This program will also be livestreamed on the DMA’s YouTube channel.

Dr. Fripp's recent book Portraiture and Friendship in Enlightenment France will be available for purchase at the DMA Store, and a book signing will follow the event on-site.

Free with RSVP
This talk will be livestreamed, and limited seating is available to attend the talk in person. Register here: https://dma.org/programs/event/annual-rosenberg-lecture-french-academy-rome-adventures-bromance

The VORTEX presents Campfire Queer Storytime - LIVE at 7pm CST.

Come gather around the warmth of our Qmmunities greatest strength...our stories! Join your Host World Famous BOB and co-host Josh as they lead you through an hour of connection. Campfire Queer Storytime has two fires burning ~ one in it's birthplace of the Lower East Side in NYC and one here in Austin at The Vortex where we are hoping to return to our event in person but until then grab a marshmallow and cuddle up to your computer.

Virtual event. Please register here: https://austinplayfest21.eventive.org/schedule/6171c053622a5a003ec5c806

The Cinema of Rithy Panh: Everything Has a Soul virtual Asian Cinema Lab launch on Zoom. 10 am ET / 10 pm in Singapore (GMT+8). Register here for the event: https://ntu-sg.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUtdemuqj0oH9Hpz08hut5rNzErFTkF3Qao

This panel will be moderated by researcher, writer, and activist Spencer Sunshine and feature Luca Signorelli (author of L’Estetica Del Metallaro), Shannon Foley Martinez (consultant for American University’s Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab), Kirsten Dyck (author of Reichsrock: The International Web of White-Power and Neo-Nazi Hate Music), and Edward B. Westermann (author of Drunk on Genocide: Alcohol and Mass Murder in Nazi Germany).

Virtual event. Please register here: https://yivo.org/Nazism-and-Music

Bangladesh is a country that has risen fromthe ashes of war, natural disaster, anddecades of resource drain to become adevelopment miracle. This book argues thatgrassroots women’s mobilization programscan empower women to challenge informalinstitutions when such programs are anti-oppression, deliberative, and embedded intheir communities.

Nayma Qayum is an associate professor ofAsian studies and global and internationalstudies at Manhattanville College in Purchase,New York.

To register or request a Zoom link, send your request to dobref@wlsmail.orgindicate title of program, date and your name and email.

An Evening of Narratophilia with Lynn Sally, author of Neo-Burlesque. Ages 21+. Doors open at 7pm CST. Register and purchase tickets ($20 and $80 options) here: https://tickets.holdmyticket.com/tickets/382713

Join us at Blo Back Gallery in Pueblo, Colorado for reading and book signing of Lynn Sally’s "Neo-Burlesque: Striptease as Transformation," published by Rutgers University Press. A "thorough exploration” (Dita Von Teese) of the early neo-burlesque revival in New York City, this “dazzling study” (Linda Mizejewski) is a “smart, feminist tour de force… A must read for anybody interested in dance, art, and sexy fun” (Annie Sprinkle & Beth Stephens).

Admittance and seating is first come first served. Occupancy is limited. Masks and social distancing requested. There is no charge for this event. Copies of the book will be available for purchase for $26.95 plus applicable tax.
www.lynnsally.com

For more information, please see the event details on Facebook.

Daniel Wolff will discuss his new book Fourth of July, Asbury Park at Thunder Road Books in Spring Lake, NJ. Details TBA.