Unnatural Motherhood and Reproduction
When and Where
Friday, March 28, 2025 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
3rd Floor
Isabel Bader Theatre
93 Charles St. W., Toronto, ON M5S 2C7
Speakers
Jillian Vasko (University of Toronto)
Patrick Marshall
Meghan Sutherland (University of Toronto)
Description
Part of a new speaker series on Women and Contemporary Italian Theory. The theme for 2025 will be Forms of Power and (Im)Potentiality. This series aims to establish a dynamic platform for scholars, faculty, and students both in Toronto and beyond to share their research, ideas, and foster academic collaboration.
More Smiles, More Money: ASMR and the Digitization of Reproductive Labour
Jillian Vasko, University of Toronto
Social Reproduction, Surplus-Value, and Service Work in Lizzie Borden’s Working Girls (1986)
Dr. Patrick Alexander Marshall
Unnatural Mothers: Gyllenhaal, Ferrante, Cavarero
Prof. Meghan Sutherland, University of Toronto
Sponsors
- Department of Italian Studies
- Centre for Comparative Literature
- Emilio Goggio Chair in Italian Studies at the University of Toronto
- Cinema Studies Institute
- and many more
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