Please join us for a 3-part reading and discussion group on the work of Professor Kareem Khubchandani, who is the 2026 Rainbow Lecture featured scholar. We will read from one of his books and will provide free books to a limited number of participants. Sign up soon if you'd like to secure a copy!

Our first meeting will take place the week of March 16th;  our second meeting will take place the week of April 6th, and our final meeting will take place the week after Professor Khubchandani’s performance and talk on April 15th.

Please complete this form by March 6th if you are interested in participating.
 

2026 Rainbow Lecture details:

Auntologies: Queer Aesthetics and South Asian Aunties

With Kareem Khubchandani

Wednesday, April 15th, at 5:00 PM

Kareem Khubchandani is associate professor of theater, dance, and performance studies at Tufts University and F.O. Matthiessen visiting associate professor of studies of women, gender, and sexuality at Harvard University. He is the author of the award-winning books Decolonize Drag and Ishtyle: Accenting Gay Indian Nightlife. He is also co-editor of the Lambda Literary-nominated Queer Nightlife, guest editor of Text and Performance Quarterly’s “Critical Aunty Studies,” and associate editor for GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies. His new book, Lessons in Drag: A Queer Manual for Academics, Artists, and Aunties is now out from Brandeis University Press.
Event image: 

Aunties with deadly stare #17 (2021) by Tanzila Ahmed