Nefandus: Colonial Sexual Alterity and Histories for the Future” brings together scholars Anjali Arondekar, Pablo Bedoya, Joseph Massad, Fernanda Molina, Pete Sigal and artist Carlos Motta. They will present their work on colonial sexualities, the production of identity categories and the ways in which these processes of “modernization” informed the experience of sex and gender in post-colonial societies in the Middle East, South Asia and the Americas. Through a transnational approach, this symposium focused on diverse colonial histories and counter-narratives.