Viviane Namaste Simone de Beauvoir Institute Concordia University 1455, boul. de Maisonneuve ouest Montréal Québec H3G 1M8 (514) 848-2424 x 2371 [email protected] Employment Acting Principal (equivalent of Department Chair), Simone de Beauvoir Institute Concordia University September 2018 – December 2018. Full Professor, Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Concordia University June 2010- present. Research Chair in HIV/AIDS and Sexual Health, Concordia University, June 2008 – May 2018. Associate Professor, Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Concordia University June 2006 - May 2010. Interim Principal, Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Concordia University, August 2006– May 2008. Adjunct Professor, Université de Sherbrooke (Département de psychologie), 2005 – present. Assistant Professor, Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Concordia University July 2002 – May 2006. Project Coordinator, CACTUS (Centre d’Action communautaire auprès des toxicomanes utilisateurs de seringues), April 1999 – June 2002. CACTUS is a needle exchange in downtown Montréal. I was responsible for an HIV prevention project with drug users and sex workers (events planning, distribution of prevention material, facilitation of group, support services, administrative work, grants.) Also responsible for the supervision, training and evaluation of street outreach workers. Researcher, CACTUS, Spring 1997 – 1998. Responsible for a provincial needs assessment of trans peoples’ health needs. Conception and development of the methodology, data collection and analysis, presentation and dissemination of research results 1 Researcher, Project Affirmation, Summer 1995. Project Affirmation examined the challenges in access to health care and social services for sexual minorities. I was responsible for the division of research on trans health. I also organized a provincial conference on trans health in this regard. Education Doctorat en sémiologie, Université du Québec à Montréal, 1996. Master of Arts, Department of Sociology, York University (Toronto), 1990. Bachelor’s of Arts, Department of Sociology, Minor in French Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, 1989. Prizes and Distinctions Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence. Concordia University Faculty of Arts and Science, April 2015. Nomination, Prix du Québec (Prix Marie-Andrée Bertrand pour l’innovation sociale), Spring 2015. Meilleur événement ou exposition en centre d’artistes autogéré. 2014. « Écritures publiques, » du Centre Dare-dare. En collaboration avec Geneviève Amyot, Nicole Brossard, Sylvie Laliberté, Hélène Matte, Jeanne Painchaud et Carl Trahan. http://www.galadesartsvisuels.com/laureats/ Prix Honoris, Conseil Québécois des Gais et des Lesbiennes, October 2013. A prize given to 11 people to underline their exceptional and longstanding contributions to sexual minorities in Québec. Provost’s Circle of Distinction, Concordia University, June 2012. 30 figures qui ont marqué l’histoire. Montréal, 2010. To celebrate its 30th anniversary, the Montréal publication RG organized an evening and photo exhibition of people who contributed to sexual minority communities. I was one of the individuals honoured. Grand prix du Conseil Québécois des Gais et des Lesbiennes, 25 octobre 2010. A prize to honour my work in the field of HIV/AIDS and sexual minorities. Hommage aux Héros 2010. Fondation Farha. Prize for my work in HIV/AIDS, given by one of the most reputable foundations in this field in Québec. 2 Award for Action on HIV/AIDS 2009. Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and Human Rights Watch. June 12 2009. A prize recognizing my expertise and community organizing in relation to HIV/AIDS. Hot Shot 2009. Hour Magazine, 20 August 2009. One of seven Montréalers honoured for my contributions to civic life. Plaque honorifique Christine Jorgensen, Association des Transsexuel(le)s du Québec. Montréal, 3 mai 2005. Mention spécial du jurY, Prix Arc-en-ciel, Chambre de commerce des gais du Québec, juillet 2003. Community prize honouring my community activism. Outstanding Book Award, for Invisible Lives : The Erasure of Transsexual and Transgendered People (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000), Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights in North America, December 2001. Languages French (fluent) English (fluent) German (fluent) Haitian Creole (Advanced) Spanish (Intermediate) Publications Books : 1. Savoirs créoles. Leçons du sida pour l’histoire de Montréal. Montréal, Mémoire d’encrier, 2019. 2. Thinking Differently about HIV/AIDS: Contributions from Critical Social Science. Edited with Eric Mykalovskiy. Vancouver, BC: UBC Press, 2019. 3. Imprimés interdits : La censure des journaux jaunes au Québec, 1955-1975, Québec, Éditions Septentrion, 2017. 4. Oversight. Critical Reflections on Feminist Research and Politics. Toronto : Women’s Press, 2015. 5. Avec Tamara H.Vukov, Nada Saghie, Joseph Jean-Gilles, M. Lafrenière, Nancy Leclerc, M. Leroux, Andréa Monette, Robin Williamson. HIV Prevention and Bisexual Realities. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2012. 3 6. Sex Change, Social Change : Reflections on Identity, Institutions, and Imperialism. Second Edition, revised and updated. Toronto : Women’s Press/Canadian Scholars’ Press, October 2011. 7. « C’était du spectacle!»: L’histoire des artistes transsexuelles à Montréal, 1955- 1985. Montréal : McGill Queen’s University Press, 2005. 8. Sex Change, Social Change : Reflections on Identity, Institutions, and Imperialism. Toronto : Women’s Press/Canadian Scholars’ Press, 2005. 9. Invisible Lives : The Erasure of Transsexual and Transgendered People. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2000. Forthcoming publications (all types): 1. « Trans Justice and the Law: From Then to Now, From There to Here. » With Dalia Tourki. Canadian Journal of Law and SocietY, Special Issue on Trans Law. Status : in press, forthcoming Winter 2020. 2. “AIDS Histories, Otherwise. The Case of Haitians in Montréal.” In AIDS and the Distribution of Crisis, editors Alexandra Juhasz, Jih-Fei Cheng and Nishant Shahani. Duke University Press. Status: in press, forthcoming Winter 2020. Journal Articles: 1. « Looking Back, Looking Forward : Future Perfect Possibilities of Sexualities Research. » Sexualities, Special 20th Anniversary Issue, June 2018. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363460718779195 2. « Les infirmières haïtiennes comme catalyseurs de changement social : Le cas de l’histoire du sida à Montréal. » Revue Haïti-Perspectives, Vol. 6, no. 3, automne 2017. http://www.haiti-perspectives.com/ 3. “Trans* Political Economy Deconstructed: A Roundtable Discussion. Roundtable on Political Economy. With Raewyn Connell, Dan Irving, Vek Lewis, Qwo Li Driskell, Nael Banji.” TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly (2017) 4(1): 16-27; doi:10.1215/23289252-3711505 4. “Undoing Theory: The Transgender Question and the Epistemic Violence of Anglo-American Feminist Theory.” Hypatia: Journal of Feminist PhilosophY 24.3 (Summer 2009): 11-32. 5. With Tamara H.Vukov, Nada Saghie, Joseph Jean-Gilles, M. Lafrenière, Nancy Leclerc, M. Leroux, Andréa Monette, Robin Williamson, “HIV and STD Prevention Needs of Bisexual Women: Results from Projet Polyvalence in Montréal.” Canadian 4 Journal of Communication 32 (2007): 357-84. 6. « La réglementation des journaux jaunes à Montréal, 1955-1975. Le cadre juridique et la mise en application des lois. » Revue d’histoire de l’amérique française, 61.1 (été 2007) : 67-81. 7. Avec Pascal Jauffret. « Negotiating Partnership and Ownership in Community-Based Research. Lessons from a Needle Exchange in Montréal. » Canadian Journal of Aboriginal CommunitY-Based HIV/AIDS Research Vol 1 (Summer 2006) : 65-74. 8. « HIV/STI Prevention for Individuals Who Have Sex with Men and Women in Montréal : Results from an Action Research Project. » Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology Vol 17, Supplement A (May/June 2006) : 54A- 55A. 9. “Beyond Leisure Studies: An Oral History of Male to Female Transsexual and Transvestite Artists in Montréal, 1955-1985.” Atlantis: A Journal of Women’s Studies 29.1 (Fall 2004): 4-11. 10. « HIV/AIDS and Female to Male Transsexuals and Transvestites : Results from a Needs Assessment in Québec. » International Journal of Transgenderism 3,nos 1-2 (January-June 1999). www.symposion.com/ijt 11. « Francophone discourse analysis : A case study of representing Native People and ‘Contraband’ Cigarettes in Anglophone and Francophone Québec Media, 1993 – 1994. » Social Semiotics 9.1 (April 1999) : 23-38. 12. « The Use and Abuse of Queer Tropes : Metaphor and Catachresis in Queer Theory and Politics. » Social Semiotics 9.2 (August 1999) : 213-234. 13. « Genderbashing : Sexuality, Gender, and the Regulation of Public Space. » Environment and Planning D : Society and Space 14 (1996) : 221-240. 14. « The Politics of Inside/Out : Exploring Queer Theory, Poststructuralism, and a Sociological Approach to Sexuality. » Sociological TheorY 12.2 (July 1994) : 220- 231. 15. « L’idéologème du genre et l’énonciation transsexuelle. » Protée 22.1 (hiver 1994) : 81-8. 16. « Semiotics and/as Social Theory : HIV/Aids Treatment Information and Semantic Intervention. » American Journal of Semiotics 10.2-3 (1993) : 177-200. 17. « Le déplacement et la crise du réel : la socio-sémiotique et la biphobie de Basic Instinct. » Cinémas 3.2-3 (printemps 1993) : 223-238. 5 18. « Deconstruction, Lesbian and Gay Studies, and Interdisciplinary Work : Theoretical, Political and Institutional Strategies. » Journal of HomosexualitY 24.1-2 (1992) : 49-64. Repris dans Henry Minton, ed. Gay and Lesbian