UK Queer Reading Group

 

This semester we are reading Secret Historian:  The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade, by Justin Spring. Read the book with us to prepare for a symposium inspired by Steward.  “Queer Places, Practices & Lives: A Symposium in Honor of Samuel Steward” will be held at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, May 18-19, 2012.  Whether or not you can join us for the symposium, join us for the book.  It’s a page-turner! Reading schedule is as follows:

 

3:30pm, Wed, Feb 15:  Chapters 1-7

3:30pm, Thurs, March 22:  Chapters 8-14

3:30pm, Wed, April 25:  Chapters 15-21

Meeting Place:  The UK Gaines Center for the Humanities, Commonwealth House, 226 East Maxwell Street.

 

This reading group is sponsored by the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies. Call 859-257-1388 with questions or concerns.

Date:
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Location:
Commonwealth House
A Positive View of LGBTQ - Book Signing jlbeam4

 

Ellen Riggle and Sharon Rostosky, professors at the University of Kentucky, have recently published a book that focuses on the positive themes in LGBTQ lives. The book, A Positive View of LGBTQ: Embracing Identity and Cultivating Well-Being, includes stories that people shared when asked the simple but novel question, “What is positive about having a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer identity?” The answers focus on themes such as personal authenticity and insights, having stronger relationships with family and friends, flexibility in gender expression and roles, increased compassion for others, fighting for social justice, and a sense of community belonging.  The book includes exercises to inspire readers to cultivate their own positive narratives and strengths.

The book signing will be held on Wednesday, February 22 from 6:30p.m. to 8:00p.m. at the Morris Book Shop, located at 882 East High Street, Lexington.

Refreshments provided by the Department of Gender and Women's Studies

Date:
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Location:
Morris Book Shop - 882 E. High Street, Lexington, KY

GWS Queens Lecture Series: Rusty Barrett, "Sickening Queens: Ethnic and Class Difference in Drag"

Gender & Women's Studies Spring 2012 Lecture Series presents Queens:

Rusty Barrett, Assistant Professor of Linguistics at UK, will present "Sickening Queens:  Ethnic and Class Differences in Drag".

Lecture begins at 4:00pm with a reception to follow.

Date:
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Location:
President's Room, Singletary Center

Symposium - Narrating the Caribbean: Food for the Soul or Food for Thought

Symposium - Narrating the Caribbean: Food for the Soul or Food for Thought

Day 2 - February 3, 2012 - Consuming Haiti: Its Haunting Past and Sustainable Future
Time: 4:00p.m. - 6:00p.m.
Place: 103 Main Building

"A Marshall Plan for Haiti?: To End or Continue the Legacy of Revolution by Myriam Chancy, University of Cincinnati

"Haiti Then and Now: The Terror of Equality" by Nick Nesbitt, Princeton University

Sponsors: College of Arts & Sciences, African American and Africana Studies Program, LSA, Department of Modern & Classical Languages, Literatures & Cultures, Division of  French and Italian, Department of English, Department of Gender and Women Studies.

 

Generally speaking, when people think about the Caribbean, they may have the motto Sun, Sea and Sex in mind. They may visualize tropical and hedonistic islands where they could go on vacation to have fun and relax. The Caribbean often remains a tourist destination until tragedy strikes, like 2 years ago with the devastating earthquake in Haiti.

What do we know really about the Caribbean, its people and its cultures? Could this space be anything else but a place to go on vacation and have cheap alcohol and sex or on a rescue mission, if not on community service?

Simplistic and stereotypical views prevent us from seeing histories of survival, of self-determination and resilience against all odds. What really happened to displaced populations from the African continent, put into bondage for centuries and then supposedly liberated and left to fare for themselves under the tight influence of external forces? Was the end of slavery, the end of the plantation system the end of their sorrows and struggles? What about the effects of western imperialism, colonialism or any other -ism one can think of?

To answer some of these questions, Valerie Loichot and Jacqueline Couti will examine the socio-political implication of sexuality, gender and violence in French Caribbean literature. Two years after the earthquake, Myriam Chancy and Nick Nesbitt will explore the controversial representations of Haiti in the media and discuss the future of Haiti's sovereign sustainability.

 

Date:
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Location:
103 Main Building

Symposium - Narrating the Caribbean: Food for the Soul or Food for Thought

Symposium: Narrating the Caribbean: Food for the Soul or Food for Thought

Day 1: February 2, 2012 - "Politics of Food and Sexuality in French Caribbean Literature"
Time: 4:45p.m. - 6:30p.m.
Place: Niles Gallery, Lucille Caudill Little Library

"Savoureux Piment: The Fake Pornography of Gisèle Pineau and Dany Laferrière" by Valerie Loichot, Emory University

"Bon appétit: A Masculine Tale of Desire, Resistance, and Fear in Raphael Confiant's Mamzelle Dragonfly" by Jacqueline Couti, University of Kentucky

Sponsors: College of Arts & Sciences, African American and Africana Studies Program, LSA, Department of Modern & Classical Languages, Literatures & Cultures, Division of  French and Italian, Department of English, Department of Gender and Women Studies.

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Generally speaking, when people think about the Caribbean, they may have the motto Sun, Sea and Sex in mind. They may visualize tropical and hedonistic islands where they could go on vacation to have fun and relax. The Caribbean often remains a tourist destination until tragedy strikes, like 2 years ago with the devastating earthquake in Haiti.

What do we know really about the Caribbean, its people and its cultures? Could this space be anything else but a place to go on vacation and have cheap alcohol and sex or on a rescue mission, if not on community service?

Simplistic and stereotypical views prevent us from seeing histories of survival, of self-determination and resilience against all odds. What really happened to displaced populations from the African continent, put into bondage for centuries and then supposedly liberated and left to fare for themselves under the tight influence of external forces? Was the end of slavery, the end of the plantation system the end of their sorrows and struggles? What about the effects of western imperialism, colonialism or any other -ism one can think of?

To answer some of these questions, Valerie Loichot and Jacqueline Couti will examine the socio-political implication of sexuality, gender and violence in French Caribbean literature. Two years after the earthquake, Myriam Chancy and Nick Nesbitt will explore the controversial representations of Haiti in the media and discuss the future of Haiti's sovereign sustainability.

Date:
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Location:
Niles Gallery, Lucille Caudill Little Library

LGBT Welcome Back Event

Whether you are coming back from winter break or coming back to school- make sure you come to the LGBT Welcome Back event.  The LGBT Task Force and the Office for Institutional Diversity is hosting a social hour for students, staff, faculty, and community members who are supportive of LGBT individuals.  Here you will find resources for LGBT related activities, free food and plenty of socializing! 

Please contact Mel Lesch with any questions about this event at lesch.mel@gmail.com

Date:
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Location:
206 Student Center
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