KFPL and The Witch Institute (an online symposium concerned with contempor ary imaginings of the witch in popular and visual culture) are pleased to present "Queer Witches and Magical Enbies"\, a conversation between Kingst on-based YA fantasy author and academic\, Adan Jerreat-Poole\, and The Wit ch Institute's Tamara de Szegheo Lang. Jerreat-Poole will read from their recently published novel\, \;The Boi of Feather and Steel\, a nd then join de Szegheo Lang for a conversation about the witch's role as a queer\, feminist\, and activist icon\, bodily transformation\, disabilit y\, the environment\, and other topics.
\nAdan Jerreat-Poole lives w ith chronic pain\, depression\, anxiety\, and feminism. When they aren't r eading or writing\, Adan likes to crochet\, play video games\, and do jigs aw puzzles. They have a PhD in cultural studies and work at the intersecti on of disability and digital media. Adan lives in Kingston\, ON\, with the ir forever partner\, Rida. \;
\nTamara de Szegheo Lang (she/her) is an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Film and Media at Queen&rsquo\;s University. She is also the project manager of the Vulnerab le Media Lab at Queen&rsquo\;s\, which works toward the preservation\, mig ration and remediation of audio-visual production in Canada\, especially b y marginalized communities including Indigenous peoples\, women\, and LGBT Q2 people. Her research takes up queer history\, community-based archives\ , visual culture\, and the affective relationships between queer people an d the past in curatorial and media spaces. She is a co-organizer of The Wi tch Institute\, an online symposium\, taking place in August 2021.
\nThe Witch Institute is a one-ti me symposium hosted by the Department of Film and Media at Queen&rsquo\;s University in Katarokwi/Kingston\, Ontario\, Canada\, as the 2021 summer i nstitute of the new \;Screen Cultures and Curatorial Studies \;gra duate program. The Witch Institute will take place August 16-22\, 2021. Cl ick here for more information.\n
This interactive online presentation will be held on Zoom. Registra nts will be emailed the link immediately upon registration. (Please check your Junk and Spam folders right away if you don't see the confirmation em ail and link in your Inbox then adjust your settings to make sure emails f rom KFPL aren't blocked. You can also access event links by scrolling over the calendar icon at the top of our website and signing in to \;My Ev ents). Participants will need to download the latest version of Zoom in ad vance to the device they&rsquo\;ll be using during the presentation.
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