QUEERING THE COUNTRYSIDE
New Directions in Rural Queer Studies
November 6 – 7, 2010
Indiana Memorial Union
Indiana University Bloomington
November 6 -7 Indiana University will host a two-day, interdisciplinary symposium called “Queering the Countryside: New Directions in Rural Queer Studies.” This event, co-organized by Indiana University faculty members Mary L. Gray and Colin R. Johnson, will include a day-long public conference on Saturday, November 6th, and a series of concurrent writing workshops on Sunday morning in which selected participants will be given the opportunity to share their work-in-progress with visiting scholars and other symposium attendees.
Confirmed speakers for Saturday’s conference include:
- Marlon Bailey (AAADS and Gender Studies, Indiana)
- Mary Pat Brady (English and Latino/a Studies, Cornell)
- Mary L. Gray (Communication and Culture, Indiana)
- John Howard (American Studies, King’s College London)
- Colin R. Johnson (Gender Studies, Indiana)
- E. Patrick Johnson (African-American Studies and Performance Studies, Northwestern)
- Scott Herring (English, Indiana)
- Gayle Rubin (Anthropology and Women’s Studies, Michigan)
- Mab Segrest (Women’s and Gender Studies, Connecticut College)
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