Unnatural Motherhood and Reproduction
When and Where
Friday, March 28, 2025 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
3rd Floor
Isabel Bader Theatre
93 Charles St. W., Toronto, ON M5S 2C7
Speakers
Jillian Vasko (University of Toronto)
Patrick Marshall
Meghan Sutherland (University of Toronto)
Description
Part of a new speaker series on Women and Contemporary Italian Theory. The theme for 2025 will be Forms of Power and (Im)Potentiality. This series aims to establish a dynamic platform for scholars, faculty, and students both in Toronto and beyond to share their research, ideas, and foster academic collaboration.
More Smiles, More Money: ASMR and the Digitization of Reproductive Labour
Jillian Vasko, University of Toronto
Social Reproduction, Surplus-Value, and Service Work in Lizzie Borden’s Working Girls (1986)
Dr. Patrick Alexander Marshall
Unnatural Mothers: Gyllenhaal, Ferrante, Cavarero
Prof. Meghan Sutherland, University of Toronto
Sponsors
Department of Italian Studies, Centre for Comparative Literature, Emilio Goggio Chair in Italian Studies at the University of Toronto, Cinema Studies Institute, and many more
Map
93 Charles St. W., Toronto, ON M5S 2C7