The Biopolitics of Childhood

April 23, 2026

The Biopolitics of Childhood

Thursday, April 23, 5pm, HQ 134

A roundtable discussion exploring how attention to children as both subjects and signifiers might reshape our understanding of the history of biopolitics and the history of gender and sexuality.

Sandra Eder, University of California, Berkeley

Lauren Gutterman, University of Texas, Austin

Judith Surkis, Rutgers University

Moderator: Sophia DeLeonibus, Yale University

Sponsored by the Yale Research Initiative on the History of Sexualities

yrihs.yale.edu