Transgender Refugees and the Imagined South Africa
The Queer Studies Network and the African Studies Centre are delighted to welcome to Oxford Dr B Camminga (Wits University) to present on their ground-breaking new book, the first in-depth study of the lives of transgender asylum seekers from the African continent living in South Africa (Palgrave 2018).

Centring the experiences and narratives of people they term ‘gender refugees’, gathered through a series of life story interviews, Dr Camminga tracks the conceptual journeying of the term ‘transgender’ from the Global North— where it originated—along with the physical embodied journeying of transgender asylum seekers from countries within Africa to South Africa, and considers the interrelationships between the two.

After the event, the Pitt Rivers Museum’s major temporary exhibition Lande: The Calais ‘Jungle’ and Beyond will be open until 19:00 for viewing by attendees.

Please note that you will need to use the Robinson Close entrance off South Parks Road to access the Old Library in the Pitt Rivers Museum.

This is a public event and all are very welcome to attend. The venue is fully accessible. If you have any queries, please contact ruth.ramsden-karelse@merton.ox.ac.uk

All are very welcome to attend. Further information can be found here www.torch.ox.ac.uk/event/transgender-refugees-and-the-imagined-south-africa
Date: 6 June 2019, 17:15 (Thursday, 6th week, Trinity 2019)
Venue: Pitt Rivers Museum, South Parks Road OX1 3PP
Venue Details: The Old Library
Speaker: Dr B Camminga (Wits University)
Organiser: Queer Studies Network (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: ruth.ramsden-karelse@merton.ox.ac.uk
Part of: Queer Studies Network
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Public
Editor: Laura Spence