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SUMMARY:"Scratching the Itch: American Wound Culture" with Leonie Kratzens
 tein\, 07/02 - GLAM Lecture
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CONTACT:americanstudies@uni-muenster.de
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Kare Mayurathan\, Gulsin Ciftci\n\n"Scratching the I
 tch: American Wound Culture" with Leonie Kratzenstein\, 07/02 - GLAM Lectu
 re\nWe are pleased to welcome guest speaker Leonie Kratzenstein\, M.A. fro
 m Leipzig University for an upcoming GLAM Lecture. Please join us for this
  talk by registering via the form below.\nEvent Details:\n\n\nTitle: Scrat
 ching the Itch: American Wound Culture in Conversion Therapy Narratives\n\
 n\nGuest Speaker: Leonie Kratzenstein\, Leipzig University\n\n\nDate: Thur
 sday\, July 02\, 2026\n\n\nTime: 12-2PM (GMT+2)\n\n\nLocation: ES203 or Z
 oom\n\n\n \n\nAbstract: \n\n\n\n\nSo-called conversion therapy\, a practi
 ce that intends to ‘cure’ queer sexualities\, remains legal in more th
 an fifty percent of the United States in 2026 and continues to be practice
 d by religious and private institutions throughout the nation. Whereas pre
 vious psychological and sociological studies have focused on the consequen
 ces of these harmful practices in the individual\, the cultural dimension 
 of conversion camps is rarely discussed. For my project\, I have identifie
 d a corpus of contemporary texts on conversion practices that consists of 
 cross-medial productions on the subject\, which are just now gaining cultu
 ral visibility\, among them memoirs\, films\, novels\, and documentaries. 
 My qualitative exploration of ritualized affect in these texts will specif
 ically examine how queer conversion stories can be both enablers of kinshi
 p as well as breeding grounds for sensationalism and entertainment\, as th
 ey perhaps consciously tap into an American “wound culture.”\n\n\n\n\n
  \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nhttps://indico.uni-muenster.de/event/4139/
LOCATION:ES203/Zoom (English Department)
URL:https://indico.uni-muenster.de/event/4139/
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