Historian and author Leah DeVun (Rutgers) will focus on ideas and individuals who allegedly combined or crossed sex or gender categories in Europe from 200–1400 C.E. Ranging widely across premodern European thought and culture, DeVun will look at how and why efforts to define “the human” so often hinged on ideas about nonbinary sex and gender. In a moment when questions about sex, gender, and identity have become incredibly urgent, this talk will cast new light on a complex and often contradictory past. DeVun will discuss how premodern European thinkers created a system of sex and embodiment that both anticipates and challenges modern beliefs about what it means to be male, female — and human. FOR CREDIT: Take a picture of yourself at the event and send a 2-3 sentence reflection to apo.leadership.ai@gmail.com talking about what you learned/took away from the event.