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# josé esteban muñoz
- URL: https://atelier.qxavier.com/living-inspirations/inspiration-jose-esteban-munoz/
- Published: 2026-10-06T11:55:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T11:55:00.000Z
- Description: 1967 to 2013 • professor of performance studies • new york university
- Author: quincéy xavier
- Tags: living inspirations, #Import 2026-10-16 06:39

*1967 to 2013 • professor of performance studies • new york university*

a cuban american scholar of performance, queer theory, and visual culture, author of *disidentifications* and *cruising utopia*. he taught in, and chaired, the department of performance studies at new york university until his passing in 2013\. the work is still very much alive.

bio from [new york university, special collections](https://findingaids.library.nyu.edu/fales/mss%5F429/?ref=atelier.qxavier.com)

### read

- [Queer Theorist José Esteban Muñoz Dead at 46](https://hyperallergic.com/queer-theorist-jose-esteban-munoz-dead-at-46/?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — hyperallergic, 2013
- [Vacating The Here And Now For a There and Then: Remembering José Esteban Muñoz](https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/vacating-now-remembering-jose-esteban-munoz/?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — los angeles review of books, 2014
- [José Esteban Muñoz (1967-2013): A Collage](https://www.boundary2.org/2014/03/jose-esteban-munoz-1967-2013-a-collage/?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — boundary 2 online, 2014
- [My Decade of Falling in Love with the Writing of José Esteban Muñoz](https://lithub.com/my-decade-of-falling-in-love-with-the-writing-of-jose-esteban-munoz/?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — literary hub, 2019
- [José Muñoz, Then and There](https://thebaffler.com/latest/jose-munoz-then-and-there-nyongo?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — the baffler, 2021

### watch

- [Feminist Theory Workshop Keynote: José Esteban Muñoz](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huGN866GnZE&ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — duke university, 2013
- [Dr. Vaginal Davis and Professor José Muñoz on Art and Beauty](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nagZnr6yTQ&ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — jim fouratt's reel deal, 2012
- [José Muñoz: Queer Utopianism and Cruel Optimism](https://bcrw.barnard.edu/video/jose-munoz-queer-utopianism-and-cruel-optimism/?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — barnard center for research on women, 2011
- [Interview with José Muñoz: What is Performance Studies?](https://hemisphericinstitute.org/en/hidvl/hidvl-int-wips/item/1341-wips-jmunoz.html?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — hemispheric institute, 2002
- [The Blur and Breathe Books: A Lecture by Fred Moten (the first muñoz memorial lecture)](https://vimeo.com/159219381?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — nyu-tv, vimeo, 2016

### hear

- [Public Feelings Salon with Lauren Berlant](https://bcrw.barnard.edu/podcast/public-feelings-salon-with-lauren-berlant/?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — barnard center for research on women, 2011
- [LGBTQ History Part 4: No Future, and Cruising Utopia](https://breaking-down-patriarchy.captivate.fm/episode/lgbtq-history-part-4-no-future-by-lee-edelman-and-cruising-utopia-by-jose-estaban-munoz?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — breaking down patriarchy, 2021