The ancient practice of circumcision is a hot-button, global controversy. This event brings together artists, activists, and experts for a wide-ranging conversation on circumcision psychologically, poetically, cinematically, and politically.

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Purchase A.W. Strouse’sForm and Foreskin: Medieval Narratives of Circumcision (Fordham University Press, 2021, paperback, $25) from the Bureau’s online store by clicking on the title or visit our physical store to purchase a copy.

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Aidan Kaye is a New York City-based camera operator, photographer, and experimental filmmaker. Graduating with a BFA in Film from SUNY Purchase in 2020, he has worked on several award-winning documentaries, including Alex Gibney’s Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine, Mr. Dynamite: The Rise Fall of James Brown. In 2019, he won an award for best experimental film at the SUNY Wide Film Festival and best student film at Peekskill Film Festival for his film Read @12:35AM. Instagram: @aidanpkaye

Ron Lowis the inventor of the world’s leading brand of foreskin restoration device with over 50,000 clients since 2003.

Jordan Ossermanis a lecturer in psychosocial and psychoanalytic studies at the University of Essex (UK), a trainee psychoanalyst and author ofCircumcision on the Couch: On the Cultural, Psychological, and Gendered Dimensions of the World’s Oldest Surgery(Bloomsbury, 2022). He is based in London.

A.W. Strouseis the author ofForm and Foreskin: Medieval Narratives of Circumcision(Fordham University Press, 2021).