October 25, 2005
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CULTURE CENTER, 6PM
Workshop Event Concludes Week Without Violence
What do heterosexual men and women want from each other? What do we think the other gender wants from us? Learn to build relationships based on reality rather than on stereotypes at this entertaining, interactive workshop
This event is co-sponsored by OASIS, the Women's Center, Sigma Lambda Beta, and Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Incorporated.
OASIS
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W183 NEBRASKA HALL, 3:30PM
Engineering Mechanics Centennial Seminar Series - "Mechanics of Atomic Scale Interfaces on the Thermomechanical Properties of Materials"
Dr. Namas Chandra, Florida State University, Tallahassee. The lecture will be preceded at 3 p.m. by a reception in W317.1 NH. Open to the public.
DUDLEY BAILEY LIBRARY, 7:30PM
Medieval and Renaissance Studies Lecture - "Elizabeth I: Reputation and Reality"
Susan Doran, Christ Church, Oxford Sponsored by the Program in Medieval and Renaissance Studies, the Honors Program and the Department of History
GREAT PLAINS ART COLLECTION, 7:30PM
Women's Studies Colloquium - "Nebraska's Lavender Scare: Sen. Kenneth Wherry and the Cold War 'Purge of the Perverts"
David Johnson, Univ. of South Florida. Reception and book signing will follow. Programming for the Women's Studies Fall 2005 Colloquium Series supports the Women's Studies Program's proposed minor in LGBT Studies.
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GREAT PLAINS ART MUSEUM, 7:30PM
Speaker to Address Purging of Homosexuals From Government
David K. Johnson, professor of history at the University of South Florida, will deliver the talk "Nebraska's Lavender Scare: Sen. Kenneth Wherry and the Cold War 'Purge of the Perverts'" at 7:30 pm Oct. 25 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Great Plains Art Museum, 1155 Q St. The talk is free and open to the public. A reception and book signing will follow.
Johnson's book "The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government," was cited in the Journal of American History as "compellingly written and exhaustively researched." It has won several awards, including the 2004 Herbert Hoover Book Award given by the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association, and the 2004 Outstanding Book Award by the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights.
The McCarthy era saw the purging from government service of those suspected of Communist affiliation. In his book, Johnson draws on newly declassified documents, National Archives records, FBI files and interviews with former government employees.
The book shows that the "lavender scare" resulted in the purging from government service of men and women suspected of being gay or lesbian, and in fact lasted longer and was pursued more vehemently than the "red scare." As Johnson documents in his book, the purging of homosexuals from government service continued into the 1970s.
"Crucial to this campaign were the efforts of Sen. Kenneth S. Wherry of Nebraska, who quietly spearheaded the attack on gay personnel since 1947. . . . Throughout the early years of the scare Wherry was seconded by another Nebraskan, Rep. Arthur Miller, who gave impassioned speeches in the state to deplore the 'menace,'" said Louis Crompton, professor emeritus of English at UNL, an expert on the place of homosexuals in history and publisher of "Homosexuality and Civilization."
Johnson's talk is sponsored by the UNL Committee on GLBT Concerns and the Women's Studies Program, and co-sponsored by the Department of History and the Convocations Committee.
UNL CGLBTC
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ROBERT HILLESTAD TEXTILE GALLERY, OCT 10 - 28
Hillestad Textile Gallery Presents "Celebration of Youth XII: Envision"
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Danae Sunderman
Age 13, Dodge county
Dragonfly Dreams
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Twenty-two clothing and home environment youth creations make up the vibrant twelfth annual Celebration of Youth: Envision exhibition at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln East Campus Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery.
The 4-H'ers items were selected by jurors from the more than 2,400 clothing and home environment State Fair exhibits. The youth will present their work at the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery opening, Sunday, October 23rd from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm. Visitors can also view the exhibit each day from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm October 10 through October 28.
Four-H'ers will arrive on campus, Saturday, October 22 to enjoy an afternoon of workshops and experiments with the faculty in the Textiles, Clothing and Design Department. 4-H'ers and their parents experience the college climate and work in groups to examine the textile industry, tour the International Quilt Study Center and the Historic Costume collection and join in other classroom activities.
This exhibition is sponsored by the Friends of the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, a nonprofit group, in cooperation with the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension, the Textiles, Clothing and Design Department, and the College of Education and Human Sciences.
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