QUEER PEOPLE: negotiations and expressions of homosexuality 1600-1800
At Christ's College, Cambridge
12-13 July, 2002
Plenary Speakers: George Haggerty, Emma Donoghue Susan Lanser
CALL FOR PAPERS
St. Catharine's College in the University of Cambridge and King Alfred's
College, Winchester are hosting an international conference on Friday and
Saturday 12 and 13 July 2002, on the experience, representation and theory
of female and male homosexuality in the cultural and political life of
early modern Britain. It is hoped that a collection of essays will follow
from the conference.
Topics will include:
particular experiences of individuals; the representation of homosexuals in
high and low literature; the treatment and punishment of homosexuals; the
place of the homosexual in society; the position of homosexuality in
cultural history; interactions between gender and sexuality; the family;
scandal; issues of homosexuality with respect to nationhood, colonialism
and empire; and all aspects of queer theory.
Christ's College was founded in 1439 by William Byngham, when it was called
God's House. It was later adopted by Henry VI, then refounded by Margaret
Beaufort, mother of Henry VII, when it was renamed Christ's. Happily for
the topic of the conference, Christ's Chapel boasts a fine
seventeenth-century monument to the
relationship between John Finch and Thomas Baines, which has been discussed
by Alan Bray
.
Conference organizers: Dr. Caroline Gonda (St Catharine's College,
Cambridge) and Dr. Chris Mounsey (King Alfred's College, Winchester)
Please send proposals for 30-minute papers, by 1 October 2001 to either:
Dr. Chris Mounsey
King Alfred's College
Sparkford Road
Winchester SO22 4NR
Email: Cmouns@aol.com
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