Occidental Queer Symposium Collection

Collection — Box: os5, Folder: col-273: queer symposium

Identifier: COL-273

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection includes digital images of nine posters produced primarily between 2009 and 2011 by OQS. The posters promote a variety of events including academic lectures, film screenings, workshops and symposiums centered on queer studies, LGBTQ activism. Some notable topics include Afrofuturism, punk culture, Filipino American experiences, disability studies, and queer temporality. Several prominent scholars and activists are noted such as José Esteban Muñoz, Kara Keeling, Jasbir Puar, and Elizabeth Freeman. The collection is limited to digital poster images and does not include other formats or extensive documentation of the events themselves.

Dates

2009 - 2012

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge. Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Biographical / Historical

Occidental Queer Symposium (OQS) was an on-campus organization dedicated to bringing notable queer speakers to campus, with the ultimate goal of promoting queer voices and academic thought. OQS held various events, primarily academic lectures, but also including film screenings and plays from 2009 to 2012. The program was funded by the Remsen Bird fund and offered diverse perspectives of LGBTQ studies to Occidental College students and faculty. OQS was cosponsored by various different organizations and departments at the college, including the CTSJ department, ASOC, QSA and BSA.

Extent

1.7 Linear Feet (1 container)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Occidental Queer Symposium Collection contains posters for events held by the group Occidental Queer Symposium (OQS) between 2009 and 2011. Contains promotional material for various talks by well known queer studies professors and authors, including José Esteban Muñoz, Karen Tongson and Kara Keeling.