Pre and early modern trans studies 3

March 23-25, 2025 at Boston University

Welcome to the third installation of the Early Modern Trans Studies Symposium, lovingly known as EmoTrans! This year we are stretching our reach backward to give the premodern some airtime. This iteration of PrEmoTrans includes scholars of Classics, Late Antiquity, and Medieval Studies, in addition to Early Modernity.

Conference schedule

TBA

Presenters

This symposium is generously co-sponsored by Boston University’s Global Medieval Studies Program, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, English Department, History Department, Classics Department, Religion Department, Romance Studies Department, BU Center for the Humanities, and BU LGBTQIA+ Center for Faculty & Staff.

Johanna Alden, PhD Candidate, Boston College

Danielle Allor, Visiting Assistant Professor, Haverford College

Tatiana Avesani, PhD Student, Johns Hopkins University

Caz Batten, Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania

Stephanie Burt, Professor, Harvard University

Jordan Chauncy, PhD Student, Cornell University

Simone Chess, Associate Professor, Wayne State University

Kersti Francis, Postdoctoral Fellow, Boston University

Alice Fulmer, PhD Candidate, University of California Santa Barbara

Micah Goodrich, Assistant Professor, Boston University

Colby Gordon, Assistant Professor, Bryn Mawr University

Blake Gutt, Assistant Professor, University of Utah

Sawyer Kemp, Assistant Professor, Queen’s College CUNY

Sarah LaVoy-Brunette (White Earth Ojibwe), PhD Candidate, Cornell University

Neah Lekan, PhD Student, Johns Hopkins University

C. Libby, Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania State University

Aylin Malcolm, Assistant Professor, University of Guelph

Ky Merkley, Postgraduate, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

James Mulder, Lecturer, Bentley University

Phoebe Pan, PhD Candidate, Northwestern University

Basil Arnold Price, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Los Angeles

Nat Rivkin, PhD Candidate, University of Pennsylvania

Jacob Romm, PhD Candidate, Yale University

Niyanta Sangal, PhD Student, University of Maryland

Jamie Staples, Visiting Assistant Professor, Trinity College

Kris Trujillo, Assistant Professor, University of Chicago

Erik Wade, Assistant Professor, SUNY Oswego

Nick Winter, Assistant Professor, Northwestern University