Yale Research Initiative on the History of Sexualities

April 12, 2023, 5 pm ET

For more information, visit the YRIHS website here.

Program in Media and Modernity, Princeton University

Oct 25, 2022, 5 pm ET

For more information, visit the Media and Modernity website here.

Washington University in St. Louis, Department of History

Sept 21, 2022, 3:30-5 pm CT

The history of HIV/AIDS activism has often been told with a focus on public space. In this talk, Stephen Vider draws from his new book, The Queerness of Home, to trace the history of more private responses to AIDS: in the 1980s and ‘90s, activists not only took to the streets but also ventured into other people’s homes as volunteer caregivers and remade the boundaries of queer community. Vider will also discuss how he translated this history into the exhibition AIDS at Home, featured at the Museum of the City of New York in 2017, and how focusing on private life shifts the stakes of public history.

This talk is being sponsored by the History Department as part of its Colloquium Series, as well as by Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and American Culture Studies.

For more information, visit the Department of History website here.

Join us for by Zoom for a conversation between Stephen Vider and Peter Terzian about The Queerness of Home. For more information and to register, visit the Greenlight Bookstore website here.

Join us for in person or by Zoom for a conversation between Stephen Vider and Sarah Schulman about The Queerness of Home. More information to come in February.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/stephen-vider-in-conversation-with-sarah-schulman-on-the-queerness-of-home-tickets-267031477337

Center for the Humanities, University of Wisconsin

Feb 23, 2022, 5-6 pm CT

Histories of HIV/AIDS activism have typically focused on public protest. In this virtual Humanities Without Boundaries talk, Stephen Vider will draw on work from his new book, The Queerness of Home, to explore how activists and artists simultaneously mobilized domestic space as a site of caregiving, remapping the boundaries of kinship and community. He will also reflect on how he translated his research for the 2017 exhibition AIDS at Home: Art and Everyday Activism at the Museum of the City of New York and explore how scholars and curators can work with artists, activists, and their wider communities to uncover the domestic archive of HIV/AIDS.

For more information, visit the Center for Humanities, University of Wisconsin, website here. This is a virtual talk (Zoom). Please register here. 

This event is TICKETED. You may purchase a copy of the book or a $5 admission ticket.

Join us for an in-person event with assistant professor of history and the director of the Public History Initiative at Cornell University Stephen Vider for a discussion of his new book The Queerness of Home: Gender, Sexuality & Politics of Domesticity after World War II. Joining Stephen in conversation is longtime Slate writer and editor June Thomas. This event will be hosted in the Strand Book Store's 3rd floor Rare Book Room at 828 Broadway on 12th Street.

Please purchase a ticket for the event here.

Can’t make the event? Purchase a signed copy of the book here.

STRAND IN-PERSON EVENT COVID-19 POLICY:

In-person events will be presented to a fully vaccinated audience. All patrons over the age of sixteen will be required to show proof* of having completed the COVID-19 vaccination series at least 14 days prior to the date of the event. New York State has now clarified that a child up to the age of 16 who is unvaccinated and accompanied by a vaccinated adult may, in fact, attend events that otherwise are open only to people who are vaccinated. In such an event, the child will not need to be socially distanced, but they will need to wear masks at all times while attending the event.

*Proof of vaccination will be defined as either an original vaccination card or an Excelsior Pass. We will be checking to ensure compliance with the 14 day waiting period post-vaccination.

For contact tracing purposes, buyers must submit the following information at checkout for each attendee in the attending pod: Full Name, Address, Date of Birth, Email Address, and Phone Number. Registration will be required online. No tickets for entry will be sold at the door.

Join us for by Zoom for a conversation between Stephen Vider and Greta LaFleur about The Queerness of Home. For more information, visit the Harvard Bookstore website here, and register here to receive the Zoom link.

Join us for a ZOOM conversation with Social and Cultural Historian Stephen Vider. Presented in conversation with SNMA Executive Director Hunter O’Hanian, Stephen Vider will discuss his current book project, The Queerness of Home: Gender, Sexuality, and the Politics of Domesticity After World War II.

The event is free, open to the public, and conducted via ZOOM. Upon registering a link and password will be automatically emailed to you.

Learn more about this event: www.stonewall-museum.org/public-programming/

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Dr. Vider's talk "The Queerness of Home" will take place via Zoom and will be based on his forthcoming book of the same title that will be published by the University of Chicago Press in December.