See the Gay Shame Conference Poster
An
international conference on the topic of "Gay Shame"
will take place at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on
March 27-29,
2003. The conference will bring together nearly
fifty scholars, critics,
writers, activists, archivists, students,
journalists,
and artists for two and a half days of public
discussion, documentation, and performance.
The
purpose of the conference is to inquire into various
aspects of lesbian and gay male sexuality, history, and
culture that "gay
pride" has
had the effect of suppressing.
The conference intends to confront the
shame that lesbians,
gay men, and "queers" of all sorts
still experience in society;
to explore the transformative impulses
that spring from such experiences of shame; and to ask what affirmative
uses can
be made of these residual experiences of shame now that
not
all gay people are condemned to live in shame.
The theme of the conference responds to recent celebrations
of "Gay
Shame" in
cities across the US, Canada, and Europe, celebrations that often criticize
contemporary gay politics
and challenge current definitions and practices
of "gay pride."
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Gay
Shame Conference Schedule
No Registration Necessary; All Events Are Free and Open to the
Public.
Thursday,
March 27
All events will be held in Auditorium A of Angell Hall,
435 S. State Street,
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
7:30 Opening
Remarks by Valerie Traub.
Screening:
Andy Warhol, Screen Test #2 (70 minutes, introduced
by Douglas Crimp).
9:00 Performance:
Vaginal Davis, "Intimacy & Tommorow"
Friday,
March 28
All
events will be held
in the Anderson Room, Michigan Union, 530 S.
State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
9:00 onward Breakfast
available
10:00-10:30 Introductory
remarks by David Halperin and Nadine Hubbs:
Why
Gay Shame Now?
10:30-12:00 Discussion of Douglas Crimp, "Mario Montez,
For Shame":
Elisabeth
Ladenson, discussant and facilitator; Douglas
Crimp, respondent
12:00-1:00 Lunch (provided for conference
members only).
1:00-2:00 Gay
Shame Activism: Stephen Kent Jusick, Oakie
Treadwell,
Mattilda (aka Matt Bernstein Sycamore);
Matthew
Johnson, chair
2:00-3:30 Fuck
Activism?: Emily Crandall, Judith
Halberstam, Judith
Roof, Jaime Hovey, Dennis Allen; Emily Crandall,
chair
3:30-4:00 Break
(coffee and tea provided for all).
4:00-5:30 Porn & Publicity, Sex & Shame:
Ellis Hanson, Amalia Ziv,
Samuel
R. Delany; Jennifer Moon, chair
5:30-6:30 Response & Roundtable
Discussion: Leo Bersani, Patrick
Moore,
Jennifer Moon, Michael Warner, Mark Simpson;
Carolyn Dinshaw,
respondent
and chair
Saturday,
March 29
All events will be held in the Pendleton Room, Michigan
Union, 530 S.
State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
9:00 onward Breakfast available
10:00-12:00 Queer/Disabled
Shame: Terry Galloway, Robert McRuer,
Daphne Scholinski,
Abby Wilkerson; McRuer and
Wilkerson,
chairs; Tobin Siebers, respondent
12:00-1:00 Lunch
(provided for conference members only).
1:00-2:00 The Shame
of Queer History/Queer Histories of Shame:
Deborah
Gould, Heather Love; Helmut Puff, chair
2:00-3:30 Response
and Roundtable Discussion: Esther Newton,
Adela Pinch,
Carroll Smith-Rosenberg, Martha Vicinus;
George
Chauncey, respondent and chair
3:30-4:00 Break (coffee and tea
provided for all).
4:00-6:30 Final
Discussion: Barry Adam, Anne Herrmann, Holly
Hughes, Joan Lipkin, Hiram Perez; Gayle Rubin, chair
8:00 Performance:
Holly Hughes, "After a Fashion," Trueblood Theatre,
located on the 2nd floor of the Frieze Building,
105
S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. (Tickets
must
be ordered from University Productions by March
14. To
order call: 734-764-2538)
10:00 Shameless
Dance Party for the Whole Community: DJ
Gayle
Rubin will be spinning shamelessly retro queer
dance
music. Location: The Heidelberg, 215 N. Main,
Ann Arbor, MI 48109. Tel: 734-663-7758.
Visit
them at: http://www.theheidelberg.net/
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"Shamefully
Gay"
A
special exhibition consisting of selected materials from the Labadie
Collection at the University of Michigan Libraries
North Lobby
Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library
March 20 - April 30
Curated by Tim Retzloff and Julie Herrada, with the support of the
Lavender Information and Library Association
Visit
the Labadie Collection Online
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More
Information on the Conference
Lodging,
Hotel, and Transportation Information
University
of Michigan Central Campus Map
Gay-Lesbian-Queer
Organizations in Michigan
Gay
Shame and Gay Shame Conference Related Links
Bibliography
on Gay Shame
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For
further information, contact
David Halperin (halperin@umich.edu)
or Valerie Traub (traubv@umich.edu).
For lodging and hotel information and/or general
conference inquiries, contact
Suraj Patel (patelsr@umich.edu).
Conference Participants
Barry D. Adam
Dennis Allen
Leo Bersani
George Chauncey
Emily Crandall
Douglas Crimp
Vaginal Davis
Samuel R. Delany
Carolyn Dinshaw
Terry Galloway
Deborah Gould
Judith Halberstam
David Halperin
Ellis Hanson
Julie Herrada
Anne Herrmann
Jamie Hovey
Nadine Hubbs
Holly Hughes
Matthew Johnson
Stephen Kent Jusick
Elisabeth Ladenson
Joan Lipkin
Heather Love
Mattilda
Jennifer Moon
Patrick Moore
Robert McRuer
Esther Newton
Oakie Treadwell
Hiram Perez
Adela Pinch
Helmut Puff
Tim Retzloff
Judith Roof
Gayle Rubin
Daphne Scholinski
Tobin Siebers
Mark Simpson
C. Smith-Rosenberg
Valerie Traub
Martha Vicinus
Michael Warner
Abby Wilkerson
Amalia Ziv
More Information on the Participants
Sponsors of the Conference from the
University of Michigan
The
Institute for
the
Humanities
The
Institute for Research on
Women and Gender
The Lesbian-Gay-Queer Research Initiative
The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Office
of the
Vice President
for Research
Associate
Dean
for Interdisciplinary Initiatives at the Rackham
Graduate School
The Department of English Language and Literature