Dr. Gabrielle (Brie) Owen, University of Nebraska, will speak on "From Developmentalism to Queer Time: Rethinking the History of Adolescence."

Owen is author of "A Queer History of Adolescence: Developmental Pasts, Relational Futures" (University of Georgia Press, 2020), which develops a critical, historical, and theoretical framework for social conceptions of adolescence, bringing together questions of queer theory and categories of age. Owen has also published on The Hate U Give, I Am Jazz, queer theory, and trans identity.

Registration is free but required: https://tinyurl.com/brieowenkstate

For more information about Owen's work, visit https://www.unl.edu/english/gabrielle-owen

Sponsored by the Department of English. Part of the 30th Annual Cultural Studies Symposium.