Current Events

Spring 2008 Events

Queer Visual Culture

A year-long series of events LGBT Studies Program at Syracuse University.
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~The Watermelon Woman

Film Screening
THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 7PM
WATSON THEATER, WATSON HALL
Introduced by Kelly Rawson (Composition and Cultural Rhetoric Program)
Cheryl Dunye’s award-winning debut feature is a sharp and witty exploration of black lesbian in/visibility and the archive of popular culture.

~Abigail Child

Screening and Discussion with Filmmaker
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 7PM
WATSON THEATER, WATSON HALL
Preeminent experimental filmmaker Abigail Child presents On the Downlow (2007), a new documentary about male same-sex desire in African American communities, plus several experimental films.

~The Historicity of Camp

Lecture by Steven Cohan
Professor of English, Syracuse University
THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 3PM
500 HALL OF LANGUAGES
Prof. Cohan discusses camp as a queer practice in its historical contexts, focusing on Hollywood musicals produced during the 1940s.

~William E. Jones

Screening and Discussion with Filmmaker
THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 7PM
WATSON THEATER, WATSON HALL
(co-hosted by the Reel Queer Film Festival)
Acclaimed experimental filmmaker William E. Jones presents a selection of his recent videos, which address issues of power, visuality and queer desire through the recontextualization of found images ranging from gay porn to police surveillance films.

The series is supported by funds from the College of Arts and Sciences, the departments of English, Transmedia, African American Studies, and Communication & Rhetorical Studies, the Visual Arts and Cultures Cluster of the CNY Humanities Corridor (funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation), and the Experimental Television Center¹s Presentation Funds Program (supported by the New York State Council on the Arts).

Also on the Calendar:

New course in the LGBT Studies minor:

ETS 360: Documenting Sexualities, taught by
Prof. Roger Hallas,
Tuesdays, Thursdays 5:00 - 6:20PM
with film screenings on
Tuesday 7:00 - 9:50PM.

For the Bible Tells Me So

Screening and Panel Discussion with Filmmaker Daniel Karslake
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2008, 7PM
GIFFORD AUDITORIUM, HBC
Can the love between two people ever be an abomination? Is the chasm separating homosexuals and Christianity too wide to cross? How can the Bible be used to justify hate? These are the questions at the heart of Daniel Karslake’s new documentary film.

Reel Queer Film Festival

APRIL 4-5, 10-12
WATSON THEATER, WATSON HALL
Now in its ninth year, the Reel Queer Film Festival highlights a diverse array of recent LGBT feature films, documentaries and short films.

Click Here to view past events.

If you have questions or comments, please contact Margaret Himley mrhimley@syr.edu or Andrew London aslondon@maxwell.syr.edu