Afterlives of the Antisocial

Afterlives of the Antisocial
September 30, 2022 HIB 135 UC Irvine

10am Bobby Benedicto (McGill U), “Queer of Color Negativity and the Form of
Anti-sociality”; John Paul Ricco (Toronto), “Bersani’s Incongruous Sociality”

11:30am Elizabeth Freeman (UC Davis), “Rhythm Is Gonna Get You: Timing and the
Anti-Social Thesis”; Thomas Roach (Bryant U), “Being Fascinated with Bersani”

1-2 LUNCH

2pm Gila Ashtor (Columbia U), “Shattering Sex, or a Toxic Relationship?:
Bersani Today”; Austin Svedjan (U Penn), “On #MeToo Realism”

3:30pm Mikko Tuhkanen (Texas A&M), “Before”; Grace Lavery (UC Berkeley),
“Prolapse”

5pm Reception

Convened by Austin Svedjan & hosted by Postmodern Culture with support from UCI Critical Theory and Dept. of Comparative Literature