Summer Class on Queer and Trans Politics in the Americas (Session 1A)

 Don’t miss this opportunity to engage with representations of queer and trans immigrants in the Americas! Students in this class will learn about the politics of LGBTQ+ representation in documentaries and short stories. You will have the opportunity to engage with guest speakers and scholars from Latin America. No language prerequisite. This is a Global Classrooms course. Please see information about summer funding from OIA below.

This course examines how queer and trans immigrants in the Americas are represented in contemporary literature and documentaries. We will watch documentaries and read novels and short stories written by and about queer and trans immigrants to analyze how stories about queer and trans immigrants are told. In this course, we will examine questions such as: How do the stories of queer and trans migrants in the Americas circulate? What are the structures of power animating their social and geographical displacement? Through texts and documentaries, we will examine the social and power structures that inform the movements of queer and trans immigrants and their narratives in the Americas. Moving Bodies thus focuses on both the body of cultural work produced by and about queer and trans displaced people and communities and to real bodies in movement. 

 

If you have any questions, contact Cecilia Azar mcazar@umd.edu

 

OIA International Education Scholarship
The Office of International Affairs is committed to increasing student access to international education opportunities, both at home and abroad. The OIA International Education Scholarship is a need-based scholarship awarded to students who enroll in one of OIA's Global Classroom's for Summer 2022. Eligible students can receive up to the value of three credits of undergraduate tuition ($1,122) based on financial need and funding availability. 

Scholarship Eligibility Criteria: Degree seeking UMD student in good academic standing who is registered for one of the Summer 2022 Global Classrooms courses

Apply by 11:59pm EST on April 30th, 2022. Funding decisions will be released by May 16.