A Queer Decade: Taking Stock of Studies in Sex, Culture, and Society (DCQS 2003)
Marking its official coming-out through this lecture series, the program’s goal was to offer students, faculty, and the campus community an opportunity to reflect upon the then current state of studies of sexuality in a range of disciplines and sub-disciplines.
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Tawes Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD
In Spring 2003, in conjunction with its inaugural seminar, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Program sponsored its first annual spring lecture series. The series and the seminar were entitled, “A Queer Decade: Taking Stock of Studies in Sex, Culture, and Society.”
Events included:
- JOSÉ ESTEBAN MUÑOZ | February 17
- A Phenomenology of Brown Feelings: La Lupe in New York
- JUDITH HALBERSTAM | March 10
- Shadows on a Dime: Subcultural Lives and Queer Temporalities
- CHAI R. FELDBLUM | April 7
- Rectifying the Tilt: Equality Lessons from Religion, Disability, Sexual Orientation, and Transgender
- STEVEN SEIDMAN | April 28
- Beyond the Closet: Lesbians and Gays Today
Featured Speakers
José Esteban Muñoz
Monday, February 17 4 p.m.
Tawes 2154
“A Phenomenology of Brown Feelings:La Lupe in New York.” José Muñoz is an associate professor of performance studies at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. He is the author of Disidentifications: Queers of Color and the Performance of Politics (Minnesota, 1998) and numerous essays in queer performance studies.
Judith Halberstam
Monday, March 10, 4p.m.
Tawes 2154
“Shadows on a Dime: Subcultural Lives and Queer Temporalities.”Judith Halberstam is a professor of literature at the University of California, San Diego. She is the author of Female Masculinity (Duke, 1998) and Skin Shows: Gothic Horror and the Technology of Monsters (Duke, 1995) and co-author, with Del La Grace Volcano, of The Drag King Book (Serpent’s Tail, 1999).
Chai R. Feldblum
Monday, April 7, 4 p.m.,
Tawes 2154
“Rectifying the Tilt: Equality Lessons from Religion, Disability, Sexual Orientation, and Transgender.” Chai Feldblum is a professor of law and director of the Federal Legislation Clinic at the Georgetown University Law Center. She is the author of numerous law review articles on same-sex marriage and disability law and played a leading role in the drafting and negotiating of the Americans with Disabilities Act. She does scholarly work and practical advocacy in the areas of disability rights, lesbian and gay rights, and health and social welfare legislation.
Steven Seidman
Monday, April 28, 4p.m.
Tawes 2154
“Beyond the Closet: Lesbians and Gays Today.”Steven Seidman is a professor of sociology at the University at Albany, State University of New York. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books in social theory, sexuality, and comparative sociology, including Beyond the Closet: The Transformation of Lesbian and Gay Life (Routledge, 2002), Difference Troubles: Queering Social Theory and Sexual Politics (Cambridge,1997), and Queer Theory/Sociology (Blackwell, 1995).
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