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Visiting Clags As A Scholar In Residence, Tuula Juvonen
Visiting Clags As A Scholar In Residence, Tuula Juvonen
Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS)
A year ago I was most excited to receive a letter of invitation from CLAGS' executive director Sarah Chinn to spend the autumn term 2010 as a Scholar in Residence. The idea of returning to CLAGS after 16 years of absence was particularly intriguing for me because I found my last visit there in 1994 most valuable and inspiring for my scholarly work. And I was not to be disappointed this time either.
Bodies And Landscapes Of Control In The Neoliberal City, Kerwin Kaye
Bodies And Landscapes Of Control In The Neoliberal City, Kerwin Kaye
Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS)
With many still feeling the effects of a post-election depression, around forty people attended CLAGS's panel "Bodies and Landscapes of Control in the Neoliberal City" on November 16th. The panel sought to examine the concrete ways in which neoliberal policy re(shapes) the urban landscape and the relationship between these macroeconomic factors and the construction and deployment of erotic identities and experiences.
What's Medieval Got To Do With It?, Carolyn Dinshaw
What's Medieval Got To Do With It?, Carolyn Dinshaw
Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS)
President Bush's response to September 11 — he has called this "war on terrorism" a "crusade" — is terrifying in its own right, framing the future as a reprise of the medieval past: several centuries of battle between Christianity and Islam. It's "going to take a while," Bush said. The White House may have subsequently backed off that rhetoric, but the metaphor (if it is one) draws on entrenched habits of thought.