Date: Wed, 19 Jan 1994 15:53 ET From: "Kevin.Guzman" Subject: Queer Conference For those of you that live in the central NY area, Syracuse is hosting the Ray Smith Symposium Series this Spring Semester. The series is entitled "Out in the Academy" & is dedicated to Thomas E. Yingling, an SU English Prof. who died of AIDS related complications in 1992. January 20th Lesbian and Gay Studies: History, Theory, Politics Martin Duberman - Founder and Executive Director, The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS). Distinguish- ed Professor of History, CUNY 4 PM, Kilian Room; Hall of Languages February 19th Coming Out: Scholarship Across the Disciplines A One-Day Conference Workshops include: Sexing the Postmodern: Lesbians, Commodities and Critical Contexts - Robyn Wiegman (English, Indiana U.) Use of Public Force: AIDS Activism, News Media, and the Academy - Allen Larson (Rhetoric, Communication, Media; Pittsburgh) Invisible Lives: Black Gay Men in the Epic of "Black Biography" - Charles I. Nero (Theater and Rhetoric, Bates; CLAGS) What Does It Mean If They Find A Gene? - Harriet Whitehead (Anthropology, Duke) Sexual Orientation and the law and Politics of Biology - Janet Halley (Law, Stanford) 9:00 - 4:00; Kilian Room; Hall of Languages April 7th Querying/Queering the Academy: Bodies and Pleasures in Queer Theory Elizabeth Grosz - Professor of Philosophy, Monash Univ. Melbourne, Australia 4:00 PM; Kilian Room; Hall of Languages If any one needs further information, please feel free to contact me or the English Dept., 401 Hall of Languages, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244-1170 Telephone: 315-443-2173. BTW, I saw Philadelphia this weekend and thought it was excellent FIRST attemptby Holiday to address the issue of AIDS. Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington did a wonderful job! Just my $.02!! Kevin