LGBTQ Study Abroad Programs

I know this question was asked a while ago, but we just got approval from the course review board regarding an exciting new summer abroad program that will be offered for the first time from Cornell University in the summer of 2013.  This program is open to both Cornell and non-Cornell students through the Summer College program.  More promotional information will be available soon.  Here is a short description from the faculty leader of this trip, Byron Suber.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  I am VERY excited about this new opportunity to be offered through Cornell.


-          Matt Carcella

Queer(ing) Europe is a new elective course that is combined with a 4 credit interdisciplinary cultural studies core course in each of the two consecutive 4-5 week summer programs offered in Europe by Cornell University's Department of Performing and Media Arts. The first program begins with a few days in Dublin then moves to Paris for 3 weeks, then a few days in Marseille and finishes with a week in Barcelona. Students in the first program can continue onto Rome and will be joined there by students have chosen to only participate in the second program. The second program is based in Rome for 4-5 weeks but takes several day trips to the surrounding areas. Students interested in queer studies curriculum can take 1-3 credits per session depending on their interest since there are other electives that can be chosen from practical or theoretical courses that focus on theatre, film, dance or visual studies. The minimum number of credits to be taken is 7 if doing only one program of 4-5 weeks and the maximum is 12 if doing both programs for a total of 10 weeks.

Course Description: Queer studies as a field of inquiry in Europe has developed on a trajectory related to but different from that followed by the same field in the United States. A comparative analysis of the two trajectories will acknowledge and render problematic how in some ways American queer studies has often been mistakenly posited as a primary model for the "development" of queer studies globally. This comparison will also render problematic post-identity formations and their negotiations of gender, sexuality, and performativity. Topics or concepts to be covered include but are not limited to the following: queer cartographies, queer heroes and heroines, dandyism, queer space, straight queers, gay/lesbian/queer presence, queer community, queer performance, dancing queers, and urbanizations of queerness. Though language instruction will be included as a component of the overall coursework, this course will in no way be considered a "language course"; what is essential is that foreign languages, as they are taken up, be understood through a queer lens. All required readings will be in English, but foreign-language texts may be assigned to those proficient in various languages.