IRIS The Newsletter of the Lambda Classical Caucus
September
2005 |
NEW!
Call for Papers:
Queer Icons Panel 2007 Historical figures from ancient Greece and
Rome--such as Sappho, Plato, Alexander, Elagabalus and Hadrian--have
played a vital part in the construction of modern queer identities,
while the politics of sexuality has in turn influenced both the study
of such figures and their representation in creative and scholarly works.
The 2007 panel, organized by Ruby Blondell, will focus on contemporary
appropriations and exploitations of iconically gay, lesbian, bisexual
or transgendered figures from ancient Greek and Roman history. How have
such figures been used to construct, celebrate and/or deny contemporary
queer identities? How have these constructions played back into scholarship
and/or popular "historical" or fictional representations?
...(more) Lambda
Panel 2006: Queering Mythology Organized by Cashman
Kerr Prince. This year's Lambda Panel, to take place at the
Annual Meeting in Montreal, Quebec, seeks to both provide a view of
current queer readings of Greco-Roman mythology and inspire additional
work in the field. ... Women's
Classical Caucus Panel 2006: Women and the Transformation of the Classics,
1600 - 1900 Organized by Laura
McClure and Yopie Prins Paul
Rehak Award 2006: Nominations for the Lambda Classical
Caucus's first annual prize are being accepted until October
31, 2005. Named in memory of Paul Rehak, Classics professor
and former LCC co-chair, the Rehak award honors the excellence of a
publication relating to the LCC's mission. Relevant topics include,
but are not limited to, homosocial and homoerotic relationships and
environments, ancient sexuality and gender roles, and representation
of the gendered body. . ... (more) John
J. Winkler Memorial Prize: This Prize honors the memory of John
J. ("Jack") Winkler, a classical scholar, teacher, and political
activist for radical causes both within and outside the academy, who
died of AIDS in 1990 at the age of 46. Winners of the 2005 Winkler Prize
are: Marianne Hopman, a Ph.D. candidate in Classics at Harvard, for
"From Devouring Monster to Femme Fatale: Scylla in the Greek and
Roman Imagination," and Dana Longton, a Classical Languages major
at Vanderbilt University, for "'Beastly Obscenity' and the Serious
Irrumator."... Women's
Classical Caucus: Seeking Graduate Student Representatives! Shocker: Cross-Dressing at the 2004 Annual APA/AIA Meeting???
... See the revealing
pictures... Iris
Summer (and Fall) Book List: Some new (and not-so-new) books, assembled for
your browsing pleasure. INTERESTED
IN REVIEWING A BOOK FOR THE NEWSLETTER?
Choose any book from the list—or one of your own choosing that
you think other Lambda members would be interested in hearing about.
In future, free review copies may be available: please ask for
particular titles.
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The Iris newsletter is compiled by Jerise
Fogel, Marshall University. |