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...movement for queer studies at Harvard passed a milestone this week—it now has a name...
This discipline involves the study of queer theory—which focuses on deconstructing and questioning society’s definitions of gender and sexuality—and the study of gay and lesbian lifestyles and identity...
...Work in queer studies or ethnic studies is often travestied as a form of navel-gazing on the part of marginal social groups. But in fact all kinds of people are working on all kinds of issues in these areas. Why is this? For one, it is often the case that the most trenchant critiques of concepts such as “race” or “sexual identity” are coming out of these so-called “identity-based disciplines.” Also, the putatively narrow concerns addressed in these fields engage many...
Harvard needs to do more—in terms of course offerings, academic mentoring, and visibility—to make queer studies a viable field of study for its undergraduates. The university recognizes the importance of the political and social aspects of queer life, but it has not formally recognized queer studies as a legitimate field of intellectual inquiry. The critical analysis of gender and sexuality is a topic that is potentially of great interest to all students, no matter how they define themselves. Such possibilities currently exist for students at other institutions: at Yale, for instance, a standing committee...
...heartily agree with the Crimson’s endorsement of a degree in queer studies (Editorial, “Recognize Queer Studies, Feb. 15) and in the same spirit wanted to suggest some further areas of study that should be granted degree-granting powers as they too constitute modes of intellectual inquiry that have profound and far-reaching influence on life and society...