Job | Assistant Professor of History, UCLA | Deadline November 1
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by admin
3y ago
The UCLA Department of History expects to make an appointment for a tenure track position in the history of gender and sexuality, open to any field. Appointment will be at the rank of assistant professor and begin on July 1, 2018. All candidates should have completed their PhD, in history or related field, no later than June 30, 2018. The deadline for receiving applications and required documents is November 1, 2017. Applications will be reviewed immediately thereafter. The department welcomes candidates whose experience in teaching, research or community service has prepared th ..read more
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Look to the Past: Our Military Grows With Inclusion
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by Eric Gonzaba
3y ago
In this post, historian Beth Wolny explores US military integration in the wake of trans service ban. She is introduced by Eric Gonzaba.  A few weeks ago, President Trump announced his intention to ban transgender people from United States military service. This move reverses the Obama Defense Department’s policy push to allow transgender people to serve openly. Since the sudden announcement, I’ve been happy to read some incredible response pieces on trans military service, including Landon Marchant for the Point Foundation and two great stories from OutHistory. To make even more sense of ..read more
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In the Archives | Running for Office
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by John D'Emilio
3y ago
Since Trump’s election, protest has become a way of life for many in the U.S.  A week doesn’t pass without a flood of emails and posts on social media announcing the next march or rally in cities across the country.  But his election also puts front and center the question of how electoral politics needs to figure among the playlist of strategies and tactics that movement activists for social and economic justice deploy.  As Bayard Rustin argued in a 1965 appeal to activists in the black freedom struggle, ultimate success requires engagement with the electoral system. For identi ..read more
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Call for Papers | Change Over Time
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3y ago
The journal Change Over Time: An International Journal of Conservation and the Built Environment, published by the University of Pennsylvania Press, invites submissions for the Spring 2019 issue. LGBTQ Heritage | Guest Editor: Ken Lustbader In spite of the immense historic and cultural contributions of LGBTQ Americans, the LGBTQ community at large is among the least represented in our national, state, and local designation programs. To date, only eleven of the more than 92,000 sites on the National Register of Historic Places have been listed for their primary association with LGBTQ history. T ..read more
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Job | Virginia Commonwealth University | Deadline 2017.11.01
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by Claire Potter
3y ago
The Department of History at Virginia Commonwealth University invites applications for a tenure-eligible assistant professor position in Modern LGBTQ history, with a preferred specialization in oral history. This position is one of three tenure-eligible searches in LGBTQ Studies taking place in a range of disciplinary settings during the academic year 2017-18 as a major hiring initiative in the College of Humanities and Sciences to strengthen LGBTQ scholarship and course offerings at VCU. These three new hires will work alongside other faculty with expertise in LGBTQ topics across the College ..read more
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Trans Vets on the Trans Ban
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by Anne Balay
3y ago
This post contains the stories of two trans veterans, James MacGregor Halleman and Marilu Fanning, and is introduced by historian Anne Balay.  Since President Trump issued his tweet banning trans Americans from service, countless personal stories have surfaced about who this will effect, and how. Many have pointed out that trans people volunteer disproportionately for military service, and that this has always been true. Long before trans was a category, gender nonconformists and sexual outlaws of all kinds worked as soldiers. What doesn’t get enough attention in these stories i ..read more
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Grappling With Carson McCullers: 100 Years
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by Sarah Schulman
3y ago
This essay, and the short fiction with which it ends, was presented at the Carson McCullers Centenary in Rome on July 16, 2017.  It was a green and crazy summer. Carson McCullers is one of those singular artists who inspires us over time, and yet is impossible to imitate. Much of the worst of American literature has been created by multi-generations of inadequate Hemingway impersonators. But no one tries to imitate McCullers. One of the many things about her that I try to understand is why, unlike Elvis, she is impossible to imitate and how at the same time she is able to influence us ..read more
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In the Archives | A Lesbian Community Center in Chicago
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by John D'Emilio
3y ago
Sometimes an archival collection can be the centerpiece of a research project. The papers of an individual will serve as the heart of a biography. The history of a key activist group can be reconstructed through the records of an organization. Major events or projects, such as a March on Washington or the Names Project Quilt, can be brought to life through the materials in a core set of papers. More often, an archival collection is likely to be but one element in a larger, more ambitious project. Such was my reaction to exploring the materials in the papers of the Lesbian Community Center that ..read more
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CFP | LGBT Themes in African American History | Deadline March 1 2018
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3y ago
The Journal of African American History is planning a Special Issue on the connections between Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transsexual (LGBT) subjects or topics and the history of African American life, culture, and politics. Over the past twenty-five years, the field of LGBT historical studies has grown rapidly, and yet up until quite recently, the scholarship has not addressed questions of race in general, or the African American past in particular. Historiographical debates over the merits of a minoritarian versus a queer methodology stimulated important conversations about modes of researc ..read more
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John D’Emilio LGBTQ History Dissertation Award Announcement
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by Chris Howard-Woods
3y ago
This message comes from the Organization of American Historians.  DEADLINE: APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY OCTOBER 2, 2017 The OAH announces the establishment of the John D’Emilio LGBTQ History Dissertation Award, given annually to the best PhD dissertation in U.S. LGBTQ history. The award is named for John D’Emilio, pioneer in LGBTQ history and co-director of OutHistory.org. A dissertation must be completed during the period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017 to be eligible for the 2018 D’Emilio Award. The award will be presented at the 2018 OAH Annual Meeting in Sacramento, Californi ..read more
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