The Queer Studies Network and the African Studies Centre are delighted to welcome to Oxford Dr B Camminga (Wits University) to present on their ground-breaking new book, the first in-depth study of the lives of transgender asylum seekers from the African continent living in South Africa (Palgrave 2018).

Centring the experiences and narratives of people they term ‘gender refugees’, gathered through a series of life story interviews, Dr Camminga tracks the conceptual journeying of the term ‘transgender’ from the Global North— where it originated—along with the physical embodied journeying of transgender asylum seekers from countries within Africa to South Africa, and considers the interrelationships between the two.

After the event, the Pitt Rivers Museum’s major temporary exhibition Lande: The Calais ‘Jungle’ and Beyond will be open until 19:00 for viewing by attendees.

Please note that you will need to use the Robinson Close entrance off South Parks Road to access the Old Library in the Pitt Rivers Museum.

This is a public event and all are very welcome to attend. The venue is fully accessible. If you have any queries, please contact ruth.ramsden-karelse@merton.ox.ac.uk

All are very welcome to attend. Further information can be found here www.torch.ox.ac.uk/event/transgender-refugees-and-the-imagined-south-africa