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John D’Emilio’s Scholarship and its Impact on LGBTQ Life

The UIC Gender & Women’s Studies is proud to invite our community to a two day symposium honoring Professor John D’Emilio’s influential work.

Thursday, September 11, 2014

Student Center West – University of Illinois at Chicago
828 South Wolcott Avenue – Chicago, Illinois

6 PM – Reception

7 PM – Keynote Lecture by Estelle Freedman, Stanford University
“Sexual Violence and Citizenship: Rape Reform in American History”

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*Copies of recent books by Estelle Freedman and John D’Emilio will be available for purchase courtesy of Women and Children First bookstore.

 

 Friday, September 12, 2014

Jane Addams Hull House – University of Illinois at Chicago
800 South Halsted Street – Chicago, Illinois

9 AM – Breakfast

10 AM – Panel 1: John D’Emilio’s Influence
featuring
Doug Mitchell, University of Chicago Press
Cathy Cohen, University of Chicago
Amber Hollibaugh, Independent Scholar
Pippa Holloway, Middle Tennessee State Univerity
Kwame Holmes, University of Colorado

12 PM – Lunch

2 PM – Panel 2: The State of the Fields: LGBT History and History of Sexuality
featuring
Finn Enke, University of Wisconsin
Marcie Gallo, University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Ramon Gutierrez, University of Chicago
Kevin Mumford, University of Illinois
Joanne Meyerowitz, Yale University

4 PM – Panel 3: The Future of the Fields: LGBT History and Queer Studies
featuring
Siohban Somerville, University of Illinois
Julio Capo, University of Massachusetts
Katie Batza, University of Kansas
John D’Emilio, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Chicago

Dinner Reception to Follow

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Presented with the support of these UIC units: