Craig Owens Memorial Lecture | A New Hypothetical: Serializing and Sexualizing the Black FE/Male-Other

About the Craig Owens Memorial Lecture: 

Craig Owens, who died of AIDS in 1990 at the age of 39, was a critic, teacher, and one of the founders of VCS, shaping it with his commitments to postmodern theory, contemporary art, feminism, queer studies, and gay activism. He was an associate editor for October and senior editor for Art in America. We honor his memory each year with a lecture given by a distinguished scholar engaging issues related to Owens's interests.

This year's keynote speaker is Michelle Stephens, Professor of English and Caribbean Studies and Founding and Executive Director of The Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice.