Utility/Necessity: The Enduring Relevance of Lesbian Identities

Berkshire Conference on the History of Women 2011Fifteenth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women
Thursday, June 9, 2011

Report by Marc Stein

Approximately sixty people attended this session, which focused on the ongoing relevance and usefulness of the category “lesbian” in historical scholarship on women. Continue reading

2014 Zwickler grants at Cornell Human Sexuality Collection

Cornell University Library
Ithaca, NY
Deadline: March 31, 2014

Since 2002, Cornell University Library has been able to offer select scholars financial assistance for expenses incurred when they come to conduct research on sexuality with sources in the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections (RMC). The Phil Zwickler Memorial Research Grants, made possible through the generosity of the Phil Zwickler Charitable and Memorial Foundation, have assisted numerous exciting projects. Applications are due annually by March 31.

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