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October 10, 2005

Panel: Coming Out as a Scholar

Anyone who is going to be in Burlington from 1:30-3pm on Wednesday the 12th of October is invited to come to a panel discussion moderated by yours truly.

As part of UVM's celebration of National Coming Out Week, "Coming Out as a Scholar" will bring together lesbian, gay, and straight academics researching diverse topics such as queerness in Native American populations, the history of gender and sexuality in the British Empire, LGBTQA issues in nursing, and the ways queerness is "played" or hidden in online communities, to discuss possibilities, pitfalls, and what it's like either being out on campus or studying "out topics."

The panel will include:

Paul Deslandes, Assistant Professor of History
Brian Gilley, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Cheryl Laskowski, Assistant Professor of Nursing

and the discussion will be moderated by Richard Parent, Assistant Professor of English.

Coming Out as a Scholar
1:30-3pm, Wednesday, Oct. 12th
North Lounge of the Billings Student Center, UVM

For more information, feel free to zing me an e-mail at REParent (at) uvm (dot) edu.

I hope to see you there!

(x-posted on 095 and 340)

Posted by reparent at October 10, 2005 2:00 PM

Comments

Happy National Coming Out Day to everyone!

On this date, October 11, every year, we sing NCOD carols and we decorate freshly pressed fairies to add to our coffee table collection.

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Posted by: coeurlion at October 11, 2005 11:27 AM

Wow, first you're in the newspaper, now you're moderating panels. I'm so impressed. (also hope it goes well)

Posted by: SJ at October 11, 2005 11:33 AM

I have it on excellent authority that the panel went smashingly well.

(It's hard to tell when you're moderating.)

In any case, the audience was entertained and informed, the panelists had fun and were quite interested in each others' work, and a good NCOW time was had by all.

Posted by: Richard [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 13, 2005 3:13 PM

So, NCOW has supplanted NCOD.

How evolutionary!

I've heard Vermont referred to as COW COUNTRY, but I hadn't realized the ramifications . . . .

Posted by: coeurlion at October 13, 2005 6:41 PM