The narrative of the queer history of the 20th century usually puts the gay men in the position of victims of political oppression who had to fight back for their civil rights. However, during authoritarian regimes during both WWII and the following Eastern part of the Cold War, there were gay men (and women) who […]

UB Gender Institute Spring Lecture 2018 Dr. Musser is an Associate Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. Her research is at the intersection of race, gender, and sexuality studies. Her monograph, Sensational Flesh: Race, Power, and Masochism (NYU Press, 2014) uses masochism as a lens to theorize different […]

Rescheduled from April 5. Free and open to the public. "On Being a Public Artist with AIDS in 1980s America :Scott Burton, Sculpture, and Conformational Masking" One of the most prominent sculptors of the 1980s, Scott Burton’s (1939-1989) functional, participatory works were welcomed into public spaces and museum collections during the decade. These sculptures were […]

A master class/seminar will be held with David Getsy. There is a set of readings to be read in advance of the workshop (all short). Please use the following links to access the readings or download a PDF of the David Getsy Seminar Readings (warning: this is a 10.5 MB file): Required Readings Excerpts Preface […]

Sheila L. Cavanagh is an associate professor at York University, Toronto, Canada and co-editor of Somatechnics journal at EUP. She is former coordinator of the Sexuality Studies Program at York (2010-2014) and outgoing chair of the Canadian Sexuality Studies Association (2014-2016). Her research is in the area of gender and sexuality with a concentration on […]