Passing

as a Man: A Discussion of Gender and Iden5ty in Cuba with Julio Csar Gonzlez Pages
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 * 2:00-4:00pm Mary Graydon Center, Rm 245, American University

With discussion by: Dr. Eileen Findlay, Associate

Professor, Dept. of History, American University

Dr. Salvador Vidal-Or+z,

Associate Professor, Dept. of Sociology, American University

This round table will feature the disGnguished Cuban historian Julio Csar Gonzlez discussing his most recent book, Por andar ves+da de hombre, which chronicles the life of Swiss physician Enriqueta Favez, who pracGced medicine during the early nineteenth century in the Napoleonic Wars and in Cuba. Considered female at birth, Favez self-idenGed and lived as a man, and was among the earliest documented transsexuals. Inspired by the life and works of Favez, this round table will consider the changing signicance and status of gender in contemporary Cuba and LaGn America.

Sponsered by Center for La5n American and La5no Studies, American University
For more informaGon contact Ins Luengo de Krom at luengode@american.edu