Received Sylff fellowship in 2020
Current affiliation: Columbia University
Laurie Bashford is a writer and PhD candidate at Columbia University in New York City. Through ongoing ethnographic research in London and the UK, they learn from trans artists and activists, focusing on the constitution of contemporary trans experience through encounters with built infrastructures and the urban sensorium. Their work has been featured by the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), and the International Quarterly of Asian Studies. They also serve as graduate affiliate in the Office of Community Engagement and Inclusion at Barnard College. Their research is supported by a visiting fellowship at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.