The Women’s Studies Program Presents
David Halperin
W.H. Auden Collegiate Professor of History and Theory of Sexuality
University of Michigan
“WHAT DO GAY MEN WANT?
SEX, RISK, AND THE SUBJECTIVE LIFE OF MALE HOMOSEXUALITY”
Professor Halperin has made significant contributions to the history and theory of homosexuality; classical studies and its relation to contemporary cultural history; and the study of gay men’s social practices and cultural identifications. His publications include How to Do the History of Homosexuality (2002); The Queer Theory of Michel Foucault (forthcoming); Saint Foucault: Towards a Gay Hagiography (1995); The Lesbian and Gay Reader edited with Henry Abelone and Michele Aina Barale (1993); Before Sexuality: Erotic Experience in the Ancient Greek World edited with John Winkler and Froma Zeitlin (1990); One Hundred Years of Homosexuality and Other Essays on Greek Love (1990); Before Pastoral: Theocritus and the Ancient Tradition of Bucolic Poetry (1983).
Friday, January 12, 2007
4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
501 Cathedral of Learning
For more information, call: 412-624-6485
wstudies@pitt.edu
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
