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Symposium 12 March 2026, 15:30 |  University of Amsterdam (UB Library, Chirurgische Zaal, Vendelstraat 2-8, 1012 XX Amsterdam) | Organizer: Diego Semerene.
Event details of Desire for Trans
Date
12 March 2026

Registration: d.semerene@uva.nl (only required for students attending for credits, or those without a UvA ID to enter the building, open to everyone else). Registration deadline: 6 March 2026

Featuring a performance by Lou Lechte 

Asa Seresin, “Running Up That Hill: Trans Heterosexuality and Projective Identification”

Asa Seresin is a writer and researcher based in London. His writing has appeared in CabinetSpikeTank, The New Inquiry, and Transgender Studies Quarterly. His first book, Conflict of Interest, is forthcoming in 2027. He is a final-year PhD candidate in English at the University of Pennsylvania.

Fabrice Bourlez, “Can We Get Rid of Schreber?”

Fabrice Bourlez is a psychoanalyst in Paris. He teaches philosophy at the École Supérieure d’Art et de Design (ESAD) in Reims and is co-holder of the Troubles, Alliances et Esthétiques chair at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (ENSBA) Paris. He wrote Tacts (PUF, 2025) and Queer Psychoanalysis (2018/ Routledge 2026).

Credit and Attendance

Please register if you don't have an UvA ID or if you seek 1 EC before March 6 via email d.semerene@uva.nl [you will receive readings to prepare if you need credit].