CLGBTH at the Fifteenth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women

Posted on June 19, 2011 by pordo

Berkshire Conference on the History of Women 2011 Committee members participated in a nearly a dozen sessions on LGBTQ history at the 2011 Big Berks, held at the University of Massachusetts June 9-12. Those unable to attend can now read reports from a number of those sessions on our Conference Reports page. Sessions covered include “Queering the College Campus,” “Tomboys and the Heritage of Gender Nonconformity in the United States, 1850s-1960,” “Utility/Necessity: The Enduring Relevance of Lesbian Identities,” “Race, Sexuality, Gender and the Body in Early-Twentieth-Century American Culture,” and the “Lesbian Generations” roundtable.

Tomboys and the Heritage of Gender Nonconformity in the United States, 1850s-1960

Posted on June 19, 2011 by CLGBTH

Fifteenth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women
Friday, June 10, 2011

Report by Ann Fabian

I commented on the session “Tomboys and the Heritage of Gender Nonconformity in the United States, 1850s-1960.” Anne Scott McLeod chaired the session. Renee Sentilles (Case Western) read a paper on “Tomboys, Girl Sports and Western Pulp Fiction, 1860s-1900”; Kristen Proehl (William and Mary) read hers on “Sympathetic Alliances: Tomboys, ’Sissy Boys,’ and Queer Friendship in Literature of the American South, 1940s-1960”; and Allison Miller (Rutgers) spoke about her work on “American Tomboys in the Age of Penis Envy: Bodies, Gender Affinity, and Childhood, 1920s-1930.” Continue reading →

Queering the College Campus

Posted on June 19, 2011 by CLGBTH

Fifteenth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women
Friday, June 10, 2011

Report by Nick Syrett

I had the distinct pleasure of chairing this session devoted to queer students, professors, and their classes in the twentieth-century United States. Continue reading →