The symposium is an inter-college event where students openly discuss the topics explored within each college’s respective theme.
Every RC student will give either a Presentation or a Poster - either as a group or as an individual project. Every RC student will also be an audience member.
At Registration, you will receive a name tag with your schedule on it. The Symposium is organized into two, concurrent, sessions: Session I: 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. & Session II: 3:10 p.m. - 4:40 p.m.
Blue is the Warmest Color investigates the representation of queer sexuality through the passionate yet volatile relationship between the main characters Clementine and Emma. While it is obvious that they love each other, in contrast to an 'out' Emma, Clementine still remains in an uncomfortable semi-closeted situation due to her struggles to comprehend her sexuality which is not helped by the people around her who wish to see her adhere to one label. As such, this project seeks to explore the identity politics that come with the acceptance (and denial) of female sexual subjectivity, and how the binaries that manifest from it might result in the restriction of sexual fluidity.
