PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Friday April 4
11:00 – 4:30 Registration in Hipp Hall
11:30 – 1:00 Lunch in Student Dining Hall
1:00 – 2:30 Session 1, Panels A to E
3:00 – 4:30 Session 2: Panels A to F
4:30 – 5:45 Refreshment Break
6:00 – 7:45 Keynote Address
6:00 – 6:15 Dean John Beckford, Furman University, Watkins Conference
Room, Trone Center
6:15 – 7:45 Keynote Address: Dr. Michael Kimmel (Stony Brook University),
Watkins Conference Room, Trone Center
7:45 – 9:30 Conference Dinner, Hartness Pavilion, Dining Hall
Saturday April 5
8:30 – 9:00 Coffee, Tea, Muffins, Fruit
8:30 – 10:30 Registration
9:00 – 10:30 Session 3: Panels A to F
10:45 – 12:15 Session 4: Panels A to F
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch at the Hartness Pavilion, Dining Hall
1:45 – 3:15 Session 5: Panels A to F
3:30 – 5:00 McEachern Auditorium, Furman Hall
Bodies, Borders, Citizenships
Plenary addresses marking the formal inauguration of Furman University’s
LGBTIQ Resource Room
Dr. Sujata Moorti (Middlebury College), “Mothers Inc.: Transnational
Surrogacy and Questions of Citizenship”
Dr. William Spurlin (Brunel University, London), “Borders, Nations,
Genders, and Sexualities”
5:00 – 6:00 Haynesworth Room, Furman Hall
Conference Closing and Reception