Sensation Opposes What I Say to be True: Childhood, Reproduction, Queer Kinship

Name: Sensation Opposes What I Say to be True: Childhood, Reproduction, Queer Kinship
Start: 2026-11-03T06:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-11-03T07:20:00-05:00

Children Childhood and Youth Studies, Children and Young People Interdisciplinary Research Network,
and Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies present: The Chamberlain Lecture

Sensation Opposes What I Say to be True: Childhood, Reproduction, Queer Kinship

Tuesday, 3 November 2026 | 11:30am to 12:20pm | Dahdaleh Building 0001, Keele Campus

Dr. Hannah Dyer’s (Brock University) work explores how the expressive cultures of childhood reframe relationships to political crises, historical traumas, and social debates about belonging. While taking the child's material vulnerabilities and pressing need for care into account, she also examines the rhetorical force of childhood.

Please join us for a riveting talk by an innovative scholar in Childhood Studies!

Q&A to follow.
Refreshments will be provided.