Between Men at Thirty

‌To celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the publication of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick's paradigm-shifting Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire, the History of Art department at the University of York, in collaboration with the Graduate Centre of the City University of New York, and the State University of New York, will host a one-day, interdisciplinary and international conference looking back at Sedgwick's ground-breaking work, in the context of her broader oeuvre. 

"Universally cited as the text that ignited gay studies", according to Rolling Stone magazine, and as "in many ways the book that turned queer theory from a latent to a manifest discipline", the symposium features a series of short, fifiteen minute position papers reflecting upon the text.

Confirmed speakers include:

• Angus Brown, Oxford University
• Jennifer Crewe, Columbia University Press
• Cathy Davidson, CUNY Graduate Centre
• Jason Edwards, University of York
• William Germano, Cooper Union
• Jonathan Goldberg, Emory University
• Kathryn Kent, Williams College
• Wayne Koestenbaum, CUNY Graduate Centre
• Sharon Marcus, Columbia University
• Sarah McCarry, Guillotine Press
• Nancy K. Miller, CUNY Graduate Centre
• Michael Moon, Emory University
• Ben Nichols, Kings College, London
• Andrew Parker, Rutgers
• Robert Reid-Pharr, CUNY Graduate Centre
• Ben Westwood, Oxford University
• Carolyn Williams, Rutgers University
• Ken Wissoker, CUNY Graduate Centre & Duke University Press

This event will be live streamed.  For further information please see the event website