How Meat Changed Sex

Gabriel Rosenberg ’03, assistant professor of women's studies at Duke University, will give a free, public lecture on the impact of industrial agriculture on human intimacy at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 9, in Joe Rosenfield '25 Center, Room 101.

In "How Meat Changed Sex: Intimacy with Animals after Industrial Reproduction," Rosenberg will explore America’s agricultural past to understand the tangled relationships between agricultural practices and the governance of human gender and sexuality.  

An accomplished scholar, Rosenberg investigates the historical and contemporary linkages among gender, sexuality, and the global food system. In particular, he studies spaces of agricultural production as important sites for the constitution and governance of intimacy – intimacy both between and among humans, animals, and plants.

Rosenberg recently published "The 4-H Harvest: Sexuality and the State in Rural America." He has received numerous honors for his work in agriculture and women's studies, including a postdoctoral fellowship with the Yale University Program in Agrarian Studies in 2012 and the Agricultural History Society Gilbert C. Fite Best Dissertation Prize in 2012.

The history department is sponsoring Rosenberg’s talk.

Grinnell welcomes and encourages the participation of people with disabilities. Rosenfield Center has accessible parking in the lot to the east. Room 101 is equipped with an induction hearing loop system.  You can request accommodations from the event sponsor or Conference Operations and Events.