The Witch Work: Altars, Archives, and Affects with Kay Turner & Ann Cvetkovick

Join the Center for Women in the Arts at Douglass for a special talk with Kay Turner (folklorist and performer) and Ann Cvetkovick (WGSS, The University of Texas at Austin). This event is part of the Institute for Research on Women’s 2024-25 Distinguished Lecture Series– Knowing Otherwise: Haunting, Conjuring and Spectral Encounters. This experience counts towards the Douglass Discovery curriculum requirement. R3: Career/Discovery/Professional Development/Research. Co-sponsored by Rutgers University Libraries, Center for Women in the Arts at Douglass, and Douglass Residential College. 

About the speakers:

Kay Turner is a folklorist who is noted for her feminist writings and performances on subjects such as women’s home altars, fairy tale witches, and historical goddess figures. She co-founded “Girls in the Nose,” a lesbian feminist rock punk band that anticipated riot grrl.  

Ann Cvetkovich’s scholarship engages with feminist and queer theory, affect and feeling, theories of the archive, and oral history. Her interdisciplinary work explores a wide range of cultural and artistic forms, including documentary film, memoirs, music and dance performances, literature, and visual art.