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Judith Halberstam
Professor of English, American Studies and Ethnicity, and Gender Studies
Contact Information
Office: THH 407
Phone: (213)821-1169
E-mail:
halberst@email.usc.edu
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Curriculum Vitae
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Biographical Sketch
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Judith Halberstam is Professor of English and Gender Studies at USC. Halberstam works in the areas of popular, visual and queer culture with an emphasis on subcultures. Halberstam’s first book, Skin Shows: Gothic Horror and the Technology of Monsters (1995), was a study of popular gothic cultures of the 19th and 20th centuries and it stretched from Frankenstein to contemporary horror film. Her 1998 book, Female Masculinity (1998), made a ground breaking argument about non-male masculinity and tracked the impact of female masculinity upon hegemonic genders. Halberstam’s last book, In a Queer Time and Place: Transgender Bodies, Subcultural Lives (2005), described and theorized queer reconfigurations of time and space in relation to subcultural scenes and the emergence of transgender visibility. This book devotes several chapters to the topic of visual representation of gender ambiguity. Halberstam was also the co-author with Del LaGrace Volcano of a photo/essay book, The Drag King Book (1999), and with Ira Livingston of an anthology, Posthuman Bodies (1995). Halberstam regularly speaks on visual culture and publishes journalism in venuse like BITCH Magazine and The Nation; she recently wrote catalogue essays for Austrian artist Inez Doujak, and Australian performance group, The Kingpins.
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Education
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 B.A. English Literature (with highest honors), University of California, Berkeley, 1/1985
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M.A. English Literature, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1/1989
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Ph.D. , University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1/1991
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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History
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Tenure Track Appointments
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Professor of Literature, University of California, San Diego, 07/01/1991-07/01/2003
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Visiting and Temporary Appointments
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Visting Professor of Gender Studies, Harvard, 2005-2006
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Description of Research
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Summary Statement of Research Interests
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Judith Halberstam is a well known gender theorist, specializing in cultural studies, queer theory and visual culture. Her work on female masculinity refutes the notion that butch lesbians are just imitations of "real men" and instead locates gender variance within a lively and dramatic staging of hybrid and minority genders. Halberstam has also written a book on Gothic monstrosity in literature and film and more recently she published In A Queer Time and Place, a study of queer temporality or queer uses of time and space that are developed in opposition to the institutions of family, heterosexuality, and reproduction. She is currently working on a project about "Alternative Political Imaginaries."
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Research Keywords
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queer theory, visual culture, Gothic literature and the horror film, modern novel, postmodern culture, film and video, feminist theory, gender studies
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Research Specialties
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(Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1991) Professor of English and ASE: Critical Theory, Film & Popular Culture, Gender Studies, 19th-Century, Queer Studies.
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Conferences and Other Presentations
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Conference Presentations
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""Losing Hope, Finding Nemo and Searching for Alternatives"", Cultural Studies Now, Plenary, London, England, University of East London, Invited, 07/21/2007-07/24/2007
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""Zwischenzug: The Aesthetic of the Unexpected,"", Closing Night Lecture for Art Show, Ludwig Museum, Köln, Germany, Invited, 11/12/2006
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""Transbiology," ", European Association of Science Studies and Technology, PLENARY ADDRESS, Lausanne, Switzerland, Invited, 08/24/2006
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Publications
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Book
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Halberstam, J. M.
(2005).
In A Queer Time and Place: Transgender Bodies, Subcultural Lives. In A Queer Time and Place: Transgender Bodies, Subcultural Lives/New York University Press.
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Conference Proceeding
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Halberstam, J. M. "Transgender in a Global Frame". Frankfurt, Germany.
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Halberstam, J. M. "Transgender in a Global Frame". Chicago, IL.
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Other
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Halberstam, J. M. Skin Shows: Gothic Horror and The Technology of Monsters. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1995.
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Halberstam, J. M. Posthuman Bodies. Co-Edited with Ira Livingston, Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1995.
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Halberstam, J. M. Female Masculinity, Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1998.
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Proceedings
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Halberstam, J. M., Eng, D., Munoz, J. E.
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Special Issue of Social Text:. pp. 1-250. Special Issue of Social Text:/Duke University Press.
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Honors and Awards
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Honorary Visiting Professor at Roehampton University, London, 2006-2007
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Distinguished Visiting Professor, Carleton College, MN, 4/25/2007-4/29/2007
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Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Alberta, CA, 1/22/2007-1/29/2007
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Compton-Noll Award for Best LGBT essay, 2001
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UCSD Humanities Center Fellowship, 2001
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Nominee for two Lambda Book Awards for "Female Masculinity", 1998
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Service to the Profession
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Editorships and Editorial Boards
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Perverse Modernities, Duke University Press Book Series, 09/2003-
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Board of Editors, Member, GLQ, 09/01/2005-09/01/2008
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Editorial Board Member, Thirdspace:A Journal of Feminist Theory and Culture, 2006-2007
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Professional Memberships
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American Studies Association, 2006-2007
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MLA, 01/01/2005-06/01/2006
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American Association of Geographers, 01/01/2005-01/01/2006
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