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Jasbir Puar Extraordinary Professor at the University of Western Cape
March 26, 2025
It has been a busy few months for GRSJ’s Jasbir Puar. Between January and March 2025, she has spent time as an Extraordinary Professor in the Women’s and Gender Studies Department at the University of the Western Cape. During her stay, Dr. Puar, a leading scholar in gender, race, and debility studies, engaged in a series of thought-provoking seminars, public lectures, and dialogues including:
25 February – Apartheid Remains and The Right to Maim: A Conversation with Jasbir Puar and Sharad Chari
12 March – Queers for Genocide: Public Lecture by Jasbir Puar
19-20 March – Symposium on Debility and the Politics of Living with Jasbir Puar and Kharnita Mohamed
24 March – Transnational Feminist Activism Panel Discussion