Stranger Intimacy: Contesting Race, Sexuality and the Law in the North American West

Event Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Wed, February 8, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM • UT Campus: GAR 1.102
Event is free and open to the public

Dr. Nayan Shah, University of California San Diego, presents his new book which explores intimacies between global migrants and examines the intersections between capitalism, U.S. and Canada’s treatment of immigrants, sexual citizenship and race in the early 20th century.

Nayan Shah teaches history, ethnic studies and lgbt studies at the University of California San Diego. He is the author of Contagious Divides: Epidemics and Race in San Francisco's Chinatown (California: 2001) and Stranger Intimacy: Contesting Race, Sexuality and the Law in the North American West (California: 2011).

Sponsored by: Center for Asian American Studies, Gender and Sexuality Center, Institute for Historical Studies, South Asia Institute. More info at: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/aas/events/20647

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