Sunday, March 10 | 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
2023-2024 Manuscript Workshop Series: Stereotypes & Scripts by Samia Hesni
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Join us for a day of discussing WGS and Philosophy faculty member Samia Hesni’s manuscript, Stereotypes & Scripts. Please note that this event is geared towards Boston-area collegiate and affiliated faculty/staff and graduate students. All attendees must read the manuscript in full in order to attend. The manuscript will be emailed to attendees by February 18th. Lunch will be provided. Space is very limited, so we encourage you to register early.
This book analyzes two linguistic mechanisms for expressing and entrenching stereotypes: generics and social scripts. The first half of this book is primarily about the ways stereotyping language can be used to denigrate, oppress, or otherwise harm. The second half is about how the same linguistic mechanisms that entrench stereotypes can be used to resist and undermine stereotypes.
Invited commentators include Nancy Bauer (she/her), Erin Beeghly (she/her), Leda Berio (she/her), Sally Haslanger (they/she), Em Hernandez (they/them), Eleonore Neufeld (she/her), and Guillermo del Pinal (he/him).
Presented by Boston University’s Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program
Co-sponsored by Boston University Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, CAS Humanities Research Fund, Boston University LGBTQIA+ Center for Faculty and Staff, Boston University Diversity & Inclusion, Boston University Center for the Humanities, Boston University Gender & Sexuality Studies Group, Boston University Philosophy Department.
Location: TBD (Boston University)
For questions about the event, please email Susanne Sreedhar at sreedhar@bu.edu.