Call for Papers SCS Queer Caucus Society for Cinema Studies Conference May 24-27, 2001, Washington, D.C. "Backlash! The Resistance to Queery; Or, Foucault Couldn't Have Said It Better" What do the following have in common?: a drop in queer, especially lesbian, full-time academic hires; arbitrary caps placed on queer scholarly publication by corporate-academic publishing companies; homophobic editorial practices in queer and non-queer scholarly journals; an increase in anti-glbt violence on campus, including assaults on glbt teachers by students and support staff; a trend toward classroom and curricular censorship that honors anti-glbt student-"clients"; a reversal of AA/EO policy in several state university systems; the simultaneous promotion of "dumbing down" and the "smart classroom"; administrative micro-management of faculty governance procedures, including tenure and promotion; a re-opening of the academic closet. E-mail 150-word proposals for 10-min. position papers to: Terri Ginsberg, Co-Chair <[log in to unmask]> AND David Gerstner, Co-chair <[log in to unmask]> Deadline: August 31, 2000 Visit the SCS Queer Caucus web site at: http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/dagerstner/SCSQueerCaucus.html (Participants must be members of SCS.) ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html