BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:15263-c470626e290fe3f45c6cfef491d0d71b@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260517T090931Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250507T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250507T130000 SUMMARY:“Unprecedented: Memory as Resistance—Queer Archives in a Hostile Present ” DESCRIPTION:\nThe Center for American Literary Studies “Unprecedented” w ebinar series grew out of the online-only days of the COVID-19 pandemic\ , a time that was often referred to as unprecedented. It once again feel s as if we are in unprecedented times. Queer and trans lives face renewe d political assault\, from book bans and anti-trans legislation to the d efunding of LGBTQ+ research. Because of these attacks\, archival work ha s never been more urgent. This webinar will explore how queer archives f unction not just as sites of preservation but as battlegrounds for cultu ral memory and political resistance. In an era when histories are being silenced and scholarship defunded\, we ask: “What does it mean to keep q ueer stories alive? What forms of knowledge\, intimacy\, and defiance su rvive through the archive? And how do we build archives that not only re member the past but imagine more just futures?”\n\nMichael Bronski is pr ofessor of the practice in media and activism in studies of women\, gend er\, and sexuality at Harvard University. He has been involved with LGBT politics since 1969 as an activist\, organizer\, writer\, publisher\, e ditor\, and independent scholar.\n\nRachael Dreyer is head of research s ervices and associate librarian at Penn State. She recently curated the exhibition\, “Give us also the right to our existence: Collecting and Su rfacing Queer Narratives"\, which is currently on display at Penn State University Libraries’ Eberly Family Special Collections Library through Wednesday\, September 17.\n\nKate Ozment is associate professor of Engli sh at Cal Poly Pomona where she teaches Anglo-American book cultures\, w omen’s writing\, and digital humanities. She is also co-editor of the Wo men in Book History Bibliography and contributes to the Women’s Print Hi story Project.\n\nModerated by Claire Bourne\, associate professor of En glish at the Penn State.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/ event/queer-archives-in-a-hostile-present/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Center for American Literary Studies “Unprecedented” webinar series grew out of the online-only days of the COVID-19 pandemic, a time that was often referr ed to as unprecedented. It once again feels as if we are in unprecedente d times. Queer and trans lives face renewed political assault, from book bans and anti-trans legislation to the defunding of LGBTQ+ research. Be cause of these attacks, archival work has never been more urgent. This w ebinar will explore how queer archives function not just as sites of pre servation but as battlegrounds for cultural memory and political resista nce. In an era when histories are being silenced and scholarship defunde d, we ask: “What does it mean to keep queer stories alive? What forms of knowledge, intimacy, and defiance survive through the archive? And how do we build archives that not only remember the past but imagine more ju st futures?”

Michael Bronski is professor of the practice in media and activism in studies of women, gender, and sexualit y at Harvard University. He has been involved with LGBT politics since 1 969 as an activist, organizer, writer, publisher, editor, and independen t scholar.

Rachael Dreyer is head of research ser vices and associate librarian at Penn State. She recently curated the ex hibition, “Give us also the right to our existence: Collecting and Surfa cing Queer Narratives", which is currently on display at Penn State Univ ersity Libraries’ Eberly Family Special Collections Library through Wedn esday, September 17.

Kate Ozment is associate pro fessor of English at Cal Poly Pomona where she teaches Anglo-American bo ok cultures, women’s writing, and digital humanities. She is also co-edi tor of the Women in Book History Bibliography and contributes t o the Women’s Print History Project.

Moderated by Claire Bourne, a ssociate professor of English at the Penn State.

For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/queer-archives-in-a-hostile-pres ent/

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