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Rehak Award

The Rehak Award, named in memory of former LCC co-chair Paul Rehak, honors the excellence of a publication relating to the LCC's mission, including, but not limited to, homosocial and homoerotic relationships and environments, ancient sexuality and gender roles, and representation of the gendered body.

Paul Rehak, 1954-2004
An ardent support of the Lambda Classical Caucus, Paul Rehak died on June5, 2004 due to complications from a heart attack and his HIV-status. At the time of his death, Paul was an Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Kansas. Paul's research covered a broad range of subjects, from prehistoric Greek painting to Roman sculpture, including several works on gender and sexuality. He served as co-chair of the Lambda Classical Caucus with his partner John Younger from 1994-1998.

To honor Paul's memory, the LCC has established a fund that supports the continued existence of these awards. Please send donations to:

Ruby Blondell (LCC Rehak Fund)
Classics, Box 353110
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195

For more on Paul's career accomplishments, please see his homepage.

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Previous Winners of the Rehak Award

2008 Konstantinos P. Nikoloutsos, "Beyond Sex: The Poetics and Politics of Pederasty in Tibullus 1.4," Phoenix 61 (2007): 1-20

2007 Mark Masterson, "Impossible Translation: Antony and Paul the Simple in the Historia Monachorum," in The Boswell Thesis: Essays on Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality.  Mathew Kuefler, ed., University of Chicago Press, 2005.

2006 Thomas E. Jenkins,"An American 'Classic': Hillman and Cullen's
Mimes Of The Courtesans," Arethusa 38 (2005) 387-414