Sustainable Freedom Lecture Series ft. Sari van Anders

Sustainable Freedom Lecture Series

Queen's Global Summer

Topic: Sustainable Freedom Lecture Series: Dr. Sari van Anders

Time: Jul 8, 2022 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting: https://queensu.zoom.us/j/93630530595?pwd=eThreFRGZDFZOUE3akl2STBGYmVVZz09

Meeting ID: 936 3053 0595

Passcode: 828305

Title: Gender/Sex and Sexual Diversity: New Frameworks for Equitable Futures

Speaker: Sari van Anders (Queen's University)

Dr. Sari van Anders is the Canada 150 Research Chair in Social Neuroendocrinology, Sexuality, and Gender/Sex, and Professor of Psychology, Gender Studies, and Neuroscience, at Queen’s University. Dr. van Anders’ research sets out new ways to conceptualize, understand, measure, and map gender/sex, sexual diversity, and sexuality, and also provides unique tools and theories for feminist and queer bioscience. Dr. van Anders has been honoured with over 25 awards for psychological science, feminist scholarship, theory development, EDI (equity, diversity, and inclusion), and leadership, including being named one of 50 Distinguished Sexual and Gender Health Revolutionaries and a Member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists. In this talk, Dr. van Anders discusses new theory and models of gender/sex and sexual diversity that can help provide knowledge frameworks that promote gender equality and equitable futures for all of us, including those who are marginalized on the basis of gender/sex/uality. Moving beyond gender binaries, Dr. van Anders describes work that reflects the empirical reality of gender/sex/ual diversity as fluid, dynamic, and expansive, and that is built with insights from, reflects, and makes meaningful space for lived experiences from gender/sex/ual minorities as well as majorities. And, Dr. van Anders highlights the relevance of scientific theories about gender/sex and sexuality to “epistemic justice” (the justice of what we know, who knows it or is seen as an expert, and whom knowledge serves), and the significance of the science of gender/sex/uality for human rights and gender/sex/ual equity.

This interactive and participatory event involves presentation, workshop, and Q&A elements with the following objectives:

1. For people to understand gender/sex/uality as fluid and dynamic, and beyond the binary;

2. To demonstrate how theories and models of gender/sex/uality can be built with insights from, reflect, and make meaningful space for lived experiences, especially those whose existences are marginalized on the basis of gender/sex/uality;

3. To help people consider the impacts and significance of scientific theories about gender/sex/uality for human rights and gender/sex/uality equity.