I’ll Know It When I Feel It: At the Intersections of Blackness, Asexuality, & Abolition
Intersectional Humanities Research Hub
I’ll Know It When I Feel It: At the Intersections of Blackness, Asexuality, & Abolition
A Conversation with Dr Ianna Hawkins Owen
Intersectional Humanities Event
Tuesday 23 April 2024, 5pm
Online event - registration required for University of Oxford staff and students only
Speaker: Ianna Hawkins Owen (Boston University)
The discussion will be moderated by Yoshiyuki Ishikawa (University of Oxford) and Anitta Thajudheen Jia (University of Oxford)
This talk explores the coalitional and abolitionist possibilities at the intersection of asexuality and blackness through a close reading of poetry written by a former Black Panther Party leader during incarceration. Owen approaches freedom as an asexual desire--something that people can be oriented toward or away from.
Biography:
Ianna Hawkins Owen (he/none) is currently an assistant professor at Boston University; in fall 2024, Owen joins the faculty of Gender and Women’s Studies at UC Berkeley. His current book project, Ordinary Failure: Diaspora’s Limits and Longings, is under contract with Duke University Press. Owen's work is available or forthcoming in Social Text, Feminist Review, Palimpsest, Qui Parle, Cultural Critique, Post45 Contemporaries, Radical Teacher, and more.
Online registration closes 15 minutes before the start of the event. You will be sent the joining link within 48 hours of the event, on the day and once again 10 minutes before the event starts.
