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<font face="Verdana" size=2><i>Announcing a CMRS Ahmanson Conference<br>
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<font face="Verdana" size=2><b>“Medieval Sexuality: 2009” <br>
Friday, March 6 and Saturday, March 7, 2009<br>
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<font face="Verdana" size=2>Considering that the history of sexuality as
a more or less coherent intellectual project is only a few decades old,
what we have learned about medieval sexuality so far is remarkable.
Precisely because the investigations have only just begun, however, whole
areas have yet to be explored. To further this exploration, this
conference will bring together scholars from various disciplines and
nationalities to take stock of what is being done now and to investigate
new areas in the history of medieval sexuality. Attention will be focused
on two primary issues: FirstWhat is this thing we call “medieval
sexuality”? Does it have any medieval coherence, or, despite what
scholars claim to have learned from Foucault, is it just modern sexuality
in medieval drag? SecondWhat can be learned by studying points of
exchange, the movement of sexual knowledges or representations across
various boundaries? How does sexuality figure in the relationship of
medieval text and image? What are the tensions and exchanges between
sacred and secular sexualities? And how has the 19th-century science of
sexuality defined our ways of understanding medieval sexuality?<br>
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<font face="Verdana" size=2>This conference, organized by Professors
Zrinka Stahuljak (French & Francophone Studies, UCLA) and James
Schultz (Germanic Languages, UCLA) is supported by a grant from the
Ahmanson Foundation, with additional funding from CMRS, the UCLA Vice
Chancellor for Research, the Humanities Division of the UCLA College of
Letters and Science, the UCLA Center for the Study of Women, the UCLA
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Studies Program, and the UCLA
Departments of Art History, Comparative Literature, English, French &
Francophone Studies, Germanic Languages, and History.<br>
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<font face="Verdana" size=2>Place: UCLA Royce Hall 314<br>
Time: Download the complete program at
<a href="http://www.cmrs.ucla.edu/programs/medieval_sexuality_conference.pdf">
http://www.cmrs.ucla.edu/programs/medieval_sexuality_conference.pdf</a>.
(PDF 1.2 MB)<br>
Advance Registration: Not required; please sign the attendance sheet at
the door.<br>
Fee: None<br>
Seating: Seating is limited. Seats available on a first-come,
first-served basis.<br>
Parking: Parking permits are $9 from any UCLA Parking Services kiosk.
Tell them you are here to attend “the Medieval Sexuality Conference in
Royce Hall.” You will be directed to park in the nearest available
lot.<br>
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</font><font face="Verdana" size=1>Note: You have received this
announcement because you are affiliated with the UCLA Center for Medieval
and Renaissance Studies (faculty member, associate/affiliate, staff, or
council), or because you requested to be on our email announcement
list. If you wish to be removed from the list, please contact us at
<a href="mailto:cmrs@humnet.ucla.edu">cmrs@humnet.ucla.edu</a>.</font>
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