Conference will celebrate ten years of LBG studies at Cornell

The Lesbian, Bisexual and Gay (LBG) Studies Program at Cornell will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a two-day conference Nov. 19 and 20.

Titled "The Queer's English," the conference features a slate of Cornell graduate alumni in the field of queer studies. The two-day event opens with remarks from Provost Biddy Martin on Friday, Nov. 19, at 4:45 p.m. in the Cornell English Department Lounge, 258 Goldwin Smith Hall. Martin's comments will be followed by two talks and a reception.

The conference reconvenes Saturday at 10 a.m. in the lounge and concludes with a roundtable discussion at 4 p.m. All events are free and open to the public. For a complete list of speakers and the titles of the talks, see http://www.arts.cornell.edu/english/queers-english.html.

Cornell's Lesbian, Bisexual and Gay Studies program is devoted to the study of sexuality and its importance to the organization of social relations. Scholars in the field also are primarily concerned with the lives, the politics and the creative work of sexual minorities.

LBG Studies is founded on the premise that the social organization of sexuality is best studied from interdisciplinary perspectives offered by people who are traditionally excluded from established social and cultural norms. The program currently includes courses that study sexuality and sexual minorities from a variety of perspectives: anthropological, psychological, sociological, biological, political, historical, literary and artistic.

The conference is sponsored by the Cornell English department, the Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program, the Office of the Provost and the Society for the Humanities. For more information, contact LBG Studies at lgbstudies-mailbox@cornell.edu.