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DESCRIPTION:In these times of media generated conservative backlash\, hard 
 won legal rights of LGB\, and especially trans\, people are being targeted
  for diminution and/or removal. It would appear trans rights\, in particul
 ar\, have come to be perceived as an Achilles Heel of the liberal left and
  as central to the waging of a ‘culture war.’ The situation for trans peop
 le can only be described as an onslaught. While it is necessary to fight b
 ack both through the legal and political institutions of the state as well
  as the theatre of the street\, it is equally necessary to celebrate trans
  lives\, to foreground trans and queer joy\, something that can get lost\,
  especially in social media silos. In this spirit\, this year’s Michelle D
 ouglas lecture will consider hopeful monsters.\n\nThe idea of the monster\
 , as well as at least one of its offspring – the abnormal individual - has
  tracked sexual and gender difference. It is an idea born of anxiety conce
 rning physical or psychological otherness. The lecture will\, drawing on G
 eorge Canguilhem and Michel Foucault\, explain how monsters appear in the 
 world and why they fade away. It will then\, drawing on Jacques Derrida\, 
 explain why we should embrace monsters. David Bowie will serve as a condui
 t\, a lightening rod\, to drive home the importance of the idea of the mon
 ster evident in the work of these three French philosophers. Thus\, the le
 cture will be about three things: monsters\, hope and David Bowie. Monster
 s: because the monster is the legal and social outsider par excellence. Ho
 pe: because monsters are quintessentially hopeful\, they guarantee us a fu
 ture. Bowie: because he is the hopeful monster writ large\, a mama papa co
 ming for you. Through Bowie\, the lecture will journey through the territo
 ry of gender and sexuality and consider distinctions the monster brings to
  crisis.\n\nThe lecture will be 45 minutes in duration and will be followe
 d by a Q&A. It will be an audio-visual feast\, drawing on Bowie images\, t
 ext\, and tracks from his extensive back catalogue.\n\n‘As long as there’s
  fire …’ (‘Where are we Now’ (The Next Day album 2013)).\n\nBio\n\n\n	Alex 
 Sharpe is a Professor of Law at the University of Warwick and an Associate
  barrister at Garden Court\, a human rights Chambers in London. She is the
  author of four monographs: Transgender Jurisprudence (Cavendish\, 2002)\,
  Foucault's Monsters and the Challenge of Law (Routledge\, 2010)\, Sexual 
 Intimacy and Gender Identity 'Fraud' (Routledge\, 2018)\, and David Bowie 
 Outlaw: Essays on Difference\, Authenticity\, Ethics\, Art & Love (Routled
 ge\, 2022). For more on Alex see: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/people
 /alex_sharpe/\n\n\n \n
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LOCATION:Maxwell Cohen Moot Court
SUMMARY:Michelle Douglas Lecture 2023 - Hopeful Monsters: the Queer undecid
 ability of David Bowie
URL:/law/channels/event/michelle-douglas-lecture-2023-
 hopeful-monsters-queer-undecidability-david-bowie-349605
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