‘From Retroactivation to Futurity: The End of the Sexual Contract?’ February 26, 2008

George Wood Theatre, Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross,
London SE14 6NW
Admission: FREE

Professor of Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London, Lisa Adkins, will deliver her Inaugural Lecture titled: ‘From Retroactivation to Futurity: The End of the Sexual Contract?’ The Lecture will be introduced by the Warden of Goldsmiths, Professor Geoffrey Crossick, followed by a reception.

Admission free, all welcome. The Lecture is unticketed, but please e-mail inaugurals@gold.ac.uk or telephone 020 7919 7033 if you plan to attend. Visit www.goldsmiths.ac.uk for map and travel information.

Professor Lisa Adkins is an expert in the sociology of economic life (especially the sociology of post-industrial economies), social and cultural theory, and the sociology of gender and sexuality. She is author of ‘Feminism After Bourdieu’ (with B. Skeggs) (2005, Oxford: Blackwell) and ‘Revisions: Gender and Sexuality in Late Modernity’ (2002, Buckingham: Open University Press).

Official Website: http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/sociology/