Fostering LGBTQ Studies at Colgate: A Curricular Workshop

 

Second Announcement

 

Date: Friday, 8 September 2006

 

Time: 1.30 – 5.30 PM (dinner 6.00 – 8.00 PM)

 

Location: WomenÕs Studies Center

 

This workshop will emphasize discussions focusing on the integration of LGBTQ-related scholarship within the Colgate curriculum.  It will explore the emerging discipline of LGBTQ Studies, particularly its relevance in a liberal arts context, and pedagogical options that are – and might be – employed at Colgate to engage it.  Ultimately, the workshop will provide an opportunity for practical dialogue amongst faculty with experience in incorporating LGBTQ-related scholarship in various courses and those who are committed to and/or interested in doing so.

 

All faculty and staff are invited.

To facilitate further arrangements, please reply to Ken Valente (x.7247 or kvalente@mail.colgate.edu) if you plan to attend the workshop (and dinner).

 

1.30 – 2.00 Welcome

 

2.00 – 3.30 Acknowledging LGBTQ Studies in a liberal arts curriculum

 

Susan Henking, Hobart & William Smith Colleges

Professor of Religious Studies

Director of the Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Studies program

Amy Feinstein and Eliza Kent, Colgate

 

3.30 – 4.00 Coffee Break

 

4.00 – 5.30 Making spaces for LGBTQ-related discourses and explorations

 

Andrew London, Syracuse University

Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Sociology

Co-coordinator of the Queer Studies program

Ken Valente, Colgate 

 

6.00 – 8.00 Dinner

 

The workshop is being organized on behalf of ColgateÕs LGBTQ Supporters Network by its Curricular Working Group: Amy Feinstein (English), Eliza Kent (Religion), Meika Loe (Sociology & WomenÕs Studies), Marilyn Thie (Religion & Director of the Division of University Studies), and Ken Valente (Mathematics & the Liberal Arts CORE Program). 

 

For further information contact Ken Valente or go to http://math.colgate.edu/faculty/valente/lgbtq_workshop_fall2006.html.

 

The workshop is supported by funds from the Office of the Dean of the Faculty, the Faculty Development Council, and the Division of University Studies.