Transgender Refugees and the Imagined South Africa: Bodies over Borders and Borders over Bodies
B Camminga (Wits University) will speak on their ground-breaking book Transgender Refugees and the Imagined South Africa: Bodies over Borders and Borders over Bodies (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019). The presentation will be followed by conversation with Matthew Waites (Co-Convenor, Glasgow Human Rights Network) and with the audience.
Glasgow Human Rights Network
Date: Wednesday 08 May 2019
Time: 16:00 - 17:00
Venue: Yudowitz seminar room, Wolfson Medical Building, University of Glasgow
Category: Public lectures
Speaker: B Camminga, Postdoctoral Fellow, Wits University, South Africa
Transgender Refugees and the Imagined South Africa: Bodies over Borders and Borders over Bodies.
Speaker: B Camminga, Postdoctoral Fellow, African Centre for Migration and Society, Wits University, South Africa.
Chair & Discussant: Matthew Waites, Co-Convenor of Glasgow Human Rights Network, University of Glasgow.
B Camminga will speak on their ground-breaking book Transgender Refugees and the Imagined South Africa: Bodies over Borders and Borders over Bodies (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019). The study is the first academic research study using interviews with African transgender refugees to provide critical analysis of their migrations from contexts across the continent to South Africa. The book tracks the conceptual journeying of the term 'transgender' from the Global North - where it originated - along with the physical embodied journeying of transgender asylum seekers from countries within Africa to South Africa and considers the interrelationships between the two.
The book is published in the Global Queer Politics series, co-edited by Jordi Díez, Sonia Corrêa, David Paternotte and Matthew Waites. The event will comprise a presentation by B Camminga, followed by a conversation with Matthew Waites, then time for questions and discussion with the audience.
This is a public event, all welcome. The room is wheelchair accessible. For further access requirements or other information/needs, contact Matthew Waites in advance (Matthew.Waites@glasgow.ac.uk)