
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