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John D'Emilio Public Lecture, "Rethinking Queer History, or: Richard Nixon, Gay Liberationist?"

September 9, 2014
4:00PM - 5:30PM
Lazenby Hall 21

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Add to Calendar 2014-09-09 16:00:00 2014-09-09 17:30:00 John D'Emilio Public Lecture, "Rethinking Queer History, or: Richard Nixon, Gay Liberationist?" The History Department Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies Workshop SeriesJohn D'Emilio is professor of History and of Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. D'Emilio was awarded the Stonewall Book Award in 1984 for his most widely cited book, Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities, considered the denitive history of the U.S. homophile movement from 1950 to 1970. His biography of the civil-rights leader Bayard Rustin, Lost Prophet: Bayard Rustin and the Quest for Peace and Justice in America, won the Randy Shilts Award and the Stonewall Book Award for non-ction in 2004. Professor D’Emilio’s talk will provide an overview of the early development and emphasis of LGBT history and then suggest ways of reframing it and the broader history of sexuality. Lazenby Hall 21 Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies wgss@osu.edu America/New_York public

The History Department Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies Workshop Series

John D'Emilio is professor of History and of Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. D'Emilio was awarded the Stonewall Book Award in 1984 for his most widely cited book, Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities, considered the denitive history of the U.S. homophile movement from 1950 to 1970. His biography of the civil-rights leader Bayard Rustin, Lost Prophet: Bayard Rustin and the Quest for Peace and Justice in America, won the Randy Shilts Award and the Stonewall Book Award for non-ction in 2004. Professor D’Emilio’s talk will provide an overview of the early development and emphasis of LGBT history and then suggest ways of reframing it and the broader history of sexuality.