Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus

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A Book Talk with Jennifer Hirsch and Shamus Khan

Monday Sept. 27, 2021

12:00pm ET

Join us for a conversation with Jennifer Hirsch and Shamus Khan the authors of Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus (2021).

Sexual Citizens is a groundbreaking study that transforms how we understand and address sexual assault. Through intimate portraits of life and sex among today’s college students, the authors reveal the social ecosystem that makes sexual assault a predictable element of life on a college campus. The powerful concepts of sexual projects, sexual citizenship, and sexual geographies, provide a new language for understanding the forces that shape young people’s sexual relationships. The result transforms our understanding of sexual assault and provides a new roadmap for how to address it.

This program is presented by the Gender⁺ Justice Initiative, Women’s Center, Women’s and Gender Studies Program, Georgetown College, Title IX Office, and Student Health Services.

Featuring

Jennifer Hirsch, professor of socio-medical sciences, Columbia University

Shamus Khan, professor of sociology and American studies, Princeton University

Nadia Brown (moderator), professor of government; director, Women’s and Gender Studies Program, Georgetown University

This event is free and open to all

About the authors:

Jennifer Hirsch is a professor of socio-medical sciences at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. Her research spans five intertwined domains: the anthropology of love; gender, sexuality, and migration; sexual, reproductive, and HIV risk practices; social scientific research on sexual assault and undergraduate well-being, and the intersections between anthropology and public health.

Shamus Khan is a professor of Sociology and American Studies at Princeton University. He is the author of dozens of books and articles on inequality, American Culture, gender, and elites. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, and many other media outlets.

More information about Sexual Citizens:

In ‘Sexual Citizens,’ Students Open Up About Sex, Power And Assault On Campus (new window) – 8min interview of authors on NPR.

Find resources on the book’s website: https://www.sexualcitizens.com/

Purchase Sexual Citizens – Publisher Page