Events
Past Events
"Holler If You Hear Me: Black and Gay in the Church” Film Screening and Discussion with Director Clay Cane
Date: 07/14/2016 - 12:00amLocation: Rutgers University-Newark Rooms 255-257, Paul Robeson Campus Center 350 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
This special screening of "Holler If You Hear Me: Black and Gay in the Church” with Director Clay Cane is part of Newark Gay Pride’s 4 Days of Love Celebration. Sponsored by the Queer Newark Oral History Project, Newark Gay Pride, Newark LGBTQ Community Center, Unity Fellowship Church NewArk, and the Rutgers University-Newark History Department, African American and African Studies Department, Women’s and Gender Studies Program, and American Studies Graduate Program.
Queer Newark Oral History Project Launch
Date: 04/23/2016 - 5:00pmLocation: Newark LGBTQ Community Center, 11 Halsey Street, Newark, NJ 07102
This special event was held at the Newark LGBTQ Communtity Center and featured a multimedia presentation of the Queer Newark Oral History Project's work, including a video of archival images and sound clips from interviews, and the public debut of the new website. Speakers included Darnell Moore, James Credle, June Dowell-Burton, Rodney Gilbert, Peter Savastano, Timothy Stewart-Winter, Christina Strasburger, and Whitney Strub. A reception, with refreshments from Newark vendors and music by DJ Just Love, followed the presentation.
HIV/AIDS at 35: Local and Global Perspectives
Date: 03/02/2016 - 9:30am to 3:45pmLocation: Paul Robeson Campus Center, Essex Room, Rutgers University-Newark
Women's & Gender Studies Annual Symposium: HIV/AIDS at 35: Local and Global Perspectives
Program Schedule:
9:30am-10:15am: Registration and Breakfast
10:15am-10:30am: Welcome Remarks
Timothy Stewart-Winter, Women's & Gender Studies Program
10:30am-11:50am: Panel I - Histories and Publics
George Aumoithe, Teaching Fellow in History, Columbia University
Alison Howell, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University - Newark
Program Schedule:
9:30am-10:15am: Registration and Breakfast
10:15am-10:30am: Welcome Remarks
Timothy Stewart-Winter, Women's & Gender Studies Program
10:30am-11:50am: Panel I - Histories and Publics
George Aumoithe, Teaching Fellow in History, Columbia University
Alison Howell, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University - Newark
Oral History Workshops with Svetlana Kitto
Date: 02/05/2016 - 12:00amThe Queer Newark Oral History Project is offering two free oral history workshops led by Svetlana Kitto (bio below) on Friday, February 5, 2016. Oral history is a method of research that collects memories and stories of historical significance through recorded interviews with people who were involved in the events.
Introduction to Oral History Workshop with Svetlana Kitto
Date: 11/13/2015 - 10:30amLocation: 324 Conklin Hall, Rutgers University-Newark, 175 University Avenue, Newark, NJ 07102
The Queer Newark Oral History Project is offering a free introduction to oral history workshop to Rutgers-Newark students, researchers and community members.