Interpreting American History

A GRADUATE WORKSHOP AND LECTURE SERIES AT RUTGERS
THEME FOR 2011-2012

GEOGRAPHIES OF IDENTITY

Join us for the second year of Interpreting American History. This year’s series “Geographies of Identity” engages questions around the intersection of race, gender, sexuality, and physical or cultural space in American history.

“Geographies of Identity” will host four visiting scholars in the 2011-2012 academic year. Visiting scholars will give public lectures and lead small graduate workshops. The graduate luncheon workshops work to bring together an interdisciplinary group of graduate students to engage each other on methodologies, theories, and source materials.The luncheons will be held at 1:00 PM. The wider Rutgers community is invited to the afternoon public lectures, which allow the visiting scholars to speak on their own research as connected to the annual theme.

SCHEDULE BERYL SATTER, RUTGERS-NEWARK “RACISM, REAL ESTATE, AND THE ECONOMICS OF BLACK IMPOVERISHMENT AND WHITE FLIGHT” SEPTEMBER 29TH 2011 4:30 PM (RECEPTION TO FOLLOW) LEISA MEYER, COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY “KNOWING SEX: WOMEN’S INTERVENTIONS IN/ON THE TERRAIN OF SEXUAL KNOWLEDGE” NOVEMBER 10TH 2011 4:30 PM (RECEPTION TO FOLLOW) KEVIN MUMFORD, UNIVERSITY OF IOWA "Between the Margin and Edge: Queer Representations and Black Masculinity Before Stonewall" FEBRUARY 23RD 2012 {THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED} KARL JACOBY, BROWN UNIVERSITY “CROSSING THE LINE: THE STRANGE CAREER OF GUILLERMO ELISEO” MARCH 29TH 2012 4:30 PM (RECEPTION TO FOLLOW) All events will be held in the History Department, 301 Van DyckHall, College Ave Campus, Rutgers-New Brunswick

THANK YOU TO OUR CO-SPONSORS: American Studies Department, Center for Race & Ethnicity, Graduate Student Association, History Department, Institute for Research on Women, Office of the Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, Technologies Without Borders Global Initiative.

See last year's Interpreting American History Lecture Series.