Fall 2014 Calendar of Events
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Thursday, October 2"¢, 6.00-8.00PM | The Graduate Center, CUNY | Skylight Room (9100)
Amin Ghaziani (University of British Columbia), There Goes the Gayborhood? (2014)
Christina Hanhardt (University of Maryland, College Park), Safe Space: Gay Neighborhood History and the Politics of Violence
(2013).
How do we understand the LGBTQ community, urban politics, and space? What are the relationships between them? This
conversation features two prominent scholar-activists whose latest books examine the complex dynamics between these relations.
Together, they will contemplate the dominant and untold histories of the intimacies between LGBT identities and the city. Moderated
by Christopher Adam Mitchell (Rutgers University).
Friday, October 10", 5.00-7.30PM | Stony Brook Manhattan Campus | 387 Park Avenue South, 3rd Floor (27th & Park)
Featuring: Zach Stafford, Noah Michelson, and Nico Lang
The Center for the Study of Men and Masculinities invites you to an evening reception and panel discussion on boyhood, sexuality,
and masculinity with the bestselling anthology BOYS. Moderated by Joseph Nelson (University of Pennsylvania) with introductory
remarks by Michael Kimmel ( Stony Brook University). Co-Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Men and Masculinities and
CLAGS: Center for LGBTQ Studies. For more information, visit www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/csmm/
Thursdays, 6.30-8.30PM | The Graduate Center, CUNY | Room 9205 on 10/23, 10/30, 11/6 and C202 on 11/13
Instructed by Crystal Jackson (John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY)
This seminar series explores the socio-politics of sexual labor and those in the sex trade in New York City. How do LGBTQ voices
inform new ways of understanding class inequality, gender-based discrimination, and sexual rights? In what ways can sexual labor
“queer” our ideas of sex, relationships, intimacy, and economics? Full description available at www.clags.org.
Wednesday, October 29", 6.00-9.00PM | The Graduate Center, CUNY | Rooms C204/C205
Featuring panelists involved in the LGBTQ sports movement, this discussion will surround the socialization practices that exist within
athleticism and how.the Culture of sports both helps and hinders the development of LGBTQ identity. Using personal experiences as
a starting point, panelists will discuss how gender and/or sexual identity allows for bonding and group formations.that have helped
shape their gender and sexual identity as well stimulate change for the LGBTQ culture as a whole. Full description available at
www.clags.org.
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Friday, October 31st, 12.00PM-5:00PM | John Jay College, CUNY
CLAGS is launching a national LGBTQ Scholars of Color Network in conjunction with the Annie E. Casey Foundation to gather
LGBTQ scholars of color involved in research, evaluation and scholarship, building a vibrant network of scholars and fostering a
pipeline for emerging LGBTQ scholars of color. The launching symposium will address issues concerning LGBTQ scholars of color in
the United States, and will be a planning session for the LGBTQ Scholars of Color Conference to be held in Spring 2015 (dates TBA).
For questions, email: clagsevents@gc.cuny.edu.
Tuesday, November 4", 7.00-9.00PM | The Graduate Center, CUNY | Segal Theatre
Legendary downtown performance artist Peggy Shaw performs and discusses her solo repertoire, including her most recent
internationally acclaimed performance piece Ruff, and her collaborative work with performance troupe Split Britches. In conversation
with Benjamin Gillespie (The Graduate Center CUNY), Shaw will discuss how her past inflects her current performance work, both
solo and collaborative, and will share selections from her vast archives of photos, videos, and other ephemera. Performing
Que(e)ries is made possible by a generous grant from the Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation.
Friday, November 14", 6.00— 8.00PM | The Graduate Center, CUNY | Skylight Room (9100)
The interactive queer youth workshop will take seriously the meaning of “work” for LGBTQ youth, and especially LGBTQ youth of
color in the city. Invited guest speakers and advocates (TBA) will share resources about the following: labor rights and access to
healthcare in retail work and in sex work; interactions with the criminal justice system; higher education opportunities; and paid
internship opportunities at LGBTQ media and advocacy organizations.
Friday, December 12", 7.00-9.30PM | The Graduate Center, CUNY | Elebash Recital Hall
#DoBlackLivesMatter? From Michael Brown to CeCe McDonald
On Black Death and LGBTQ Politics
Cathy J. Cohen, 2014 Kessler Award Winner
This public lecture will explore how Blackness and the spectacle of black death figure into and configure LGBTQ politics today. What
is the relationship between LGBTQ politics and a consolidating radical politics in black communities rooted in the response to death?
Does silence (still) = death in LGBTQ politics? If so, whose death matters?
Testimonial Speakers:
Katherine Acey
Vanessa Agard-Jones
Jafari Allen
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Amin Ghaziani (University of British Columbia), There Goes the Gayborhood? (2014)
Christina Hanhardt (University of Maryland, College Park), Safe Space: Gay Neighborhood History and the Politics of Violence
(2013).
How do we understand the LGBTQ community, urban politics, and space? What are the relationships between them? This
conversation features two prominent scholar-activists whose latest books examine the complex dynamics between these relations.
Together, they will contemplate the dominant and untold histories of the intimacies between LGBT identities and the city. Moderated
by Christopher Adam Mitchell (Rutgers University).
Friday, October 10", 5.00-7.30PM | Stony Brook Manhattan Campus | 387 Park Avenue South, 3rd Floor (27th & Park)
Featuring: Zach Stafford, Noah Michelson, and Nico Lang
The Center for the Study of Men and Masculinities invites you to an evening reception and panel discussion on boyhood, sexuality,
and masculinity with the bestselling anthology BOYS. Moderated by Joseph Nelson (University of Pennsylvania) with introductory
remarks by Michael Kimmel ( Stony Brook University). Co-Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Men and Masculinities and
CLAGS: Center for LGBTQ Studies. For more information, visit www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/csmm/
Thursdays, 6.30-8.30PM | The Graduate Center, CUNY | Room 9205 on 10/23, 10/30, 11/6 and C202 on 11/13
Instructed by Crystal Jackson (John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY)
This seminar series explores the socio-politics of sexual labor and those in the sex trade in New York City. How do LGBTQ voices
inform new ways of understanding class inequality, gender-based discrimination, and sexual rights? In what ways can sexual labor
“queer” our ideas of sex, relationships, intimacy, and economics? Full description available at www.clags.org.
Wednesday, October 29", 6.00-9.00PM | The Graduate Center, CUNY | Rooms C204/C205
Featuring panelists involved in the LGBTQ sports movement, this discussion will surround the socialization practices that exist within
athleticism and how.the Culture of sports both helps and hinders the development of LGBTQ identity. Using personal experiences as
a starting point, panelists will discuss how gender and/or sexual identity allows for bonding and group formations.that have helped
shape their gender and sexual identity as well stimulate change for the LGBTQ culture as a whole. Full description available at
www.clags.org.
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PHONE (219) 17 1955 Additional information and RSVP links 25
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Friday, October 31st, 12.00PM-5:00PM | John Jay College, CUNY
CLAGS is launching a national LGBTQ Scholars of Color Network in conjunction with the Annie E. Casey Foundation to gather
LGBTQ scholars of color involved in research, evaluation and scholarship, building a vibrant network of scholars and fostering a
pipeline for emerging LGBTQ scholars of color. The launching symposium will address issues concerning LGBTQ scholars of color in
the United States, and will be a planning session for the LGBTQ Scholars of Color Conference to be held in Spring 2015 (dates TBA).
For questions, email: clagsevents@gc.cuny.edu.
Tuesday, November 4", 7.00-9.00PM | The Graduate Center, CUNY | Segal Theatre
Legendary downtown performance artist Peggy Shaw performs and discusses her solo repertoire, including her most recent
internationally acclaimed performance piece Ruff, and her collaborative work with performance troupe Split Britches. In conversation
with Benjamin Gillespie (The Graduate Center CUNY), Shaw will discuss how her past inflects her current performance work, both
solo and collaborative, and will share selections from her vast archives of photos, videos, and other ephemera. Performing
Que(e)ries is made possible by a generous grant from the Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation.
Friday, November 14", 6.00— 8.00PM | The Graduate Center, CUNY | Skylight Room (9100)
The interactive queer youth workshop will take seriously the meaning of “work” for LGBTQ youth, and especially LGBTQ youth of
color in the city. Invited guest speakers and advocates (TBA) will share resources about the following: labor rights and access to
healthcare in retail work and in sex work; interactions with the criminal justice system; higher education opportunities; and paid
internship opportunities at LGBTQ media and advocacy organizations.
Friday, December 12", 7.00-9.30PM | The Graduate Center, CUNY | Elebash Recital Hall
#DoBlackLivesMatter? From Michael Brown to CeCe McDonald
On Black Death and LGBTQ Politics
Cathy J. Cohen, 2014 Kessler Award Winner
This public lecture will explore how Blackness and the spectacle of black death figure into and configure LGBTQ politics today. What
is the relationship between LGBTQ politics and a consolidating radical politics in black communities rooted in the response to death?
Does silence (still) = death in LGBTQ politics? If so, whose death matters?
Testimonial Speakers:
Katherine Acey
Vanessa Agard-Jones
Jafari Allen
von All events are free and open to the public.
>
PHONE (212) 817 1955 Additional information and RSVP links ws
E-MAIL _info@clags.org =o
yimay be found at www. Clags.org {
FACEBOOK facebook. comiclags. Ps
CENTER FOR LOBTQ STUDIES © qwrrter — twittercomicagsny he aki
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Title
Fall 2014 Calendar of Events
Description
This item features the events sponsored by CLAGS during the Fall 2014 semester. The diversity and range of events throughout the semester, including topics such as a panel on sports culture and queerness, discussions of safe spaces, and the launch of the LGBTQ Scholars of Color Network, demonstrates CLAGS’ commitment to all forms of queer studies and in particular new developments in the field. All of these events, with the exception of “Boys: Reception and Panel Discussion,” were held on CUNY campuses. The most significant of these was the annual Kessler Lecture, awarded each year to a queer scholar believed to have made significant contributions to the field.
Although formally instituted at the CUNY Graduate Center in 1991, CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies was first conceived 5 years earlier by Martin, Duberman, one of the first historians to embrace the, then infantile, field of Queer Studies. Duberman sensed the need for a formal center devoted to queer research. As the first university-based center for LGBTQ research, CLAGS continues to demonstrate its dedication to advancing Queer Studies, by hosting public events showcasing queer research and sponsoring fellowships to support queer scholars. Among its many notable contributions, CLAGS annually puts on at least one major conference and holds the Kessler Award Lecture every fall to celebrate a queer scholar who has made a notable contribution to the field of queer studies.
Although formally instituted at the CUNY Graduate Center in 1991, CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies was first conceived 5 years earlier by Martin, Duberman, one of the first historians to embrace the, then infantile, field of Queer Studies. Duberman sensed the need for a formal center devoted to queer research. As the first university-based center for LGBTQ research, CLAGS continues to demonstrate its dedication to advancing Queer Studies, by hosting public events showcasing queer research and sponsoring fellowships to support queer scholars. Among its many notable contributions, CLAGS annually puts on at least one major conference and holds the Kessler Award Lecture every fall to celebrate a queer scholar who has made a notable contribution to the field of queer studies.
Creator
CLAGS
Date
2014 (Circa)
Language
English
Relation
8272
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Copyrighted
Source
CLAGS Archive
Original Format
Poster / Flier / Leaflet
CLAGS. Letter. 2014. “Fall 2014 Calendar of Events”. 8272, 2014, CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE, accessed March 10, 2026, https://stephenz.tailc22a4b.ts.net/s/cdha/item/1306