bell hooks (née Gloria Watkins) is among the leading public intellectuals of her generation. Her writings cover a broad range of topics including gender, race, teaching, and contemporary culture. This fall marks the 20th Anniversary of the publication of Teaching to Transgress: Education as a Practice of Freedom, Dr. hooks’ seminal book on educational practices. This weeklong residency is an opportunity for The New School community to directly engage with Dr. hooks and her commitment to education and learning as a place“where paradise can be created”*.

Fall 2014 Residency – Transgression

Open Celebration: I Confess, I Transgress – Friday, October 3, 5:00-7:00 p.m.

Teaching to Transgress Today: Theory and Practice In and Outside the Classroom – Monday, October 6, 12:00-2:00 p.m.

Forever Young: A Public Dialogue between bell hooks & Gloria Steinem – Monday, October 6, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Transgression: Whose Booty Is This? – Tuesday, October 7, 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Open to New School students only; RSVP Required

A Public Dialogue between bell hooks & Laverne Cox – Tuesday, October 7, 7:00-8:00 p.m.

A Public Dialogue between bell hooks & Cornel West – Wednesday, October 8, 4:30-6:00 p.m.

Man Enough: Theory and Practice In and Outside the The Classroom – Wednesday, October 8, 7:00-8:00 p.m.

Transgressive Sexual Practice – Thursday, October 9, 5:00-7:00 p.m.

Transgression at The New School – Friday, October 10, 12:30-2:00 p.m.
Open to New School faculty only; RSVP Required

Visit http://www.newschool.edu/lang/bell-hooks-scholar-in-residence/ for more information.