The Push for a Queer Minor at Colgate University
Colgate University Office of LGBTQ Initiatives
Fostering LGBTQ Studies
at Colgate:
A Curricular Workshop
First Announcement
Date: Friday, 8 September 2006
Time: 1.30 – 5.30 PM (dinner 6.00 – 8.00 PM)
Location: Women’s Studies Center (to be confirmed)
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
Colgate co-facilitator TBA
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
Colgate co-facilitator TBA
6.00 – 8.00 Dinner
The workshop is being organized on behalf of Colgate’s LGBTQ Supporters Network by its Curricular Working Group: Amy Feinstein (English), Eliza Kent (Religion) Meika Loe (Sociology & Women’s 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.