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SEX BEYOND THE LAW
October 12, 2023
Kaplan Institute seminar room, Kresge 2351

Brought to you by the Program of Comparative Literary Studies
Organized by Micol Bez, Youssef Boucetta, and Ishan Mehandru

10 AM  Coffee and introductions

10:30 AM On the Vicissitudes of Consent: Hazing, Race, Temporality
Avgi Saketopoulou - New York University
Respondents: Ishan Mehandru (Northwestern University) and Ryan Nhu (Northwestern University) 

11:45 AM Ambivalence, Agency, and Consent
Quill Kukla - Georgetown University
Respondents: Micol Bez (Northwestern University/ Ecole Normale) and Alessia Ricciardi  (Northwestern University) 

Lunch break 

2:15 PM The “Joy" of Consent, Really?
Manon Garcia - Freie Universität
Respondents: Youssef Boucetta (Northwestern University) and Matthieu Dupas (Northwestern University) 

3:30 PM  Sexual Violation Without Law
Deborah Tuerkheimer - Northwestern Law School
Respondents: Laiba Paracha (Northwestern University) and Dominique Codjia (Northwestern University) 

4:45 PM Dialogue: (How) Do Bodies Perform Refusal? 
Lakshmi Padmanabhan (Northwestern University, Radio/Television/Film Studies) and Marquis Bey (Northwestern University, Black Studies)

6:00 PM Catered dinner & screening – Harris Hall-108