Subject: South African Colloquium
From: dmiller@beattie.uct.ac.za (Duncan Miller)

SOUTHERN AFRICAN COLLOQUIUM ON GAY AND LESBIAN STUDIES
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FIRST CIRCULAR/CALL FOR PAPERS

An international colloquium mapping Gay and Lesbian Studies
in Southern Africa will be held at the University of Cape
Town, South Africa on 20 and 21 October 1995. Keynote
addresses will be delivered by internationally acclaimed Gay
and Lesbian Studies critics. Papers are invited under the
following proposed topics:

1. A white man's disease? Homosexuality/African culture : A
challenge to anthropology in Africa.
2. South Africa's bill of rights : Does the emphasis on
gender obfuscate Gay and Lesbian diversity in human and
civil rights debates?
3. Hidden, even more "hidden from history". Elaborating
methods to retrieve and to write a social history of Gays
and Lesbians in Southern Africa.
4. The queer obsession of Afrikaans literature :
Internalizing oppression?

Two round-table discussions are envisaged. Suggestions for
topics and round-tables are welcome. There will be no
parallel sessions. Papers not to exceed 20 minutes,
excluding question time. The proceedings will be published
as the first volume of African Gay and Lesbian Studies.

Due date for submission of proposals is 31 May 1995. Kindly
fill in the return form below to : THE OFFICE OF THE DEAN OF
ARTS, UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN, PRIVATE BAG, 7700 RONDEBOSCH,
SOUTH AFRICA. FAX: +27 (21) 650-3726.
INTERNET: deanarts@beattie.uct.ac.za

Registration and booking forms as well as a provisional
programme will be sent in the Second Circular in July 1995.
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SOUTHERN AFRICAN COLLOQUIUM ON GAY AND LESBIAN STUDIES

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