As fall quarter approaches, I’m preparing to teach an undergraduate seminar at the University of Chicago. Sex + Sexualities in Modern U.S. History (GNSE22704|HIST27205) will kick off the second full year of the Closeted/Out in the Quadrangles project at the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, in partnership with the University archives at Special Collections Research Center.
Interested in hearing more on our progress? I’ll be speaking about the project at the University’s Humanities Day (October 19) and the Gender and Sexuality Studies Workshop (October 29), and with the Digital Humanities Caucus at the American Studies Association annual meeting (November 22).
In addition, I’m thrilled to be named a Junior Fellow of the Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion at the University of Chicago Divinity School for the 2013-2014 academic year. As a Marty Fellow, I’ll be completing my dissertation and teaching a course on U.S. women’s history in Spring 2014.
Fall quarter starts in 18 days. Are you ready?!
Monica L. Mercado, Ph.D. 