The late Eve Sedgwick, pictured here at an exhibit of her art in 2003, leaves behind a sizable archive of her pioneering work in queer theory and gender studies. Eve Sedgwick’s “Queer and Now,” a synthesis of excerpts from several other pieces, was first published in 1993 and reprinted in the 2013 Queer Studies Reader.
The advent of queer theory “caused a shock wave which has affected all intellectual disciplines,” as Didier Eribon, a leading French intellectual, once said. Interview with Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, English professor at Duke University, on 'queer theory,' academic field she has helped create; queer theory, which Sedgwick … her most powerful explorations of emotion and expression.. The late Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, a leader in queer theory, will be sorely missed -- her insights, her wit, her leadership, and her courage. She was 58. A pioneer in queer theory and literary studies, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick brings together for the first time in Touching Feeling.
The US academic and writer Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, who has died aged 58 of breast cancer, was one of the sharpest and most committed exponents of queer theory, the … Template:Infobox Writer Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (born May 2 1950) is an American theorist in the fields of gender studies, queer theory (queer studies), and critical theory. Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, whose critical writings on the ambiguities of sexual identity in fiction helped create the discipline known as queer studies, died on Sunday in Manhattan. A look back at the undergraduate years of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, ‘71, a founder of queer theory, reveals a …