Comparative Studies of Social and Cultural Diversity II

Exploring Queer History in Asia

This course explores academic discussions and theories on the relationship between humanities knowledge and minority communities, especially the relationship between restoring and writing histories of queer sexuality and LGBTQ communities. Particularly, we explore what academics can do for minority communities, through humanity studies in the context of East Asia. In the course, we will read related articles then we will discuss how these discussions can be applied to Asian or wider contexts.

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Reading assignments for the first half of the course: 1.Lisa Duggan. 1995. THE DISCIPLINE PROBLEM: QUEER THEORY MEETS LESBIAN AND GAY HISTORY. GLQ, Vol. 2, pp. 179-191. 2.Elliot Freeman. 2023. Defying description: searching for queer history in institutional archives. Archival Science. 23:447–470 3.Laura Doan. 2025. Queer History/Queer Memory: The Case of Alan Turing. In Anna Clark, Elizabeth W. Williams. (eds.) Sources and Methods in the History of Sexuality. Routledge. Pp. 13-26. 4.Jen Manio. 2025. Queer Methods and Trans Historicism: The Case of Female Husbands. In Anna Clark, Elizabeth W. Williams. (eds.) Sources and Methods in the History of Sexuality. Routledge, 27-38. 5.Lisa Z. Sigel. 2025. Methodological Pitfalls in the History of Pornography. In Anna Clark, Elizabeth W. Williams. (eds.) Sources and Methods in the History of Sexuality. Routledge. 41-53. 6.Pete Sigal and Zeb Tortorici. Ethnopornography as Methodology, Critique, and Play. In Anna Clark, Elizabeth W. Williams. (eds.) Sources and Methods in the History of Sexuality. Routledge. 54-67. 7.Corrie Decke. 2025. The Secret of Sex and the Uses of Ethnography for African History. In Anna Clark, Elizabeth W. Williams. (eds.) Sources and Methods in the History of Sexuality. Routledge.68-78. 8.George Robb. 2025. Reading between the Lines: Finding Queer Lives in Newspapers. In Anna Clark, Elizabeth W. Williams. (eds.) Sources and Methods in the History of Sexuality. Routledge. 81-90. 9.J. G. M. Evans and K. G. Valente. 2025. The Criminal Justice System Calendars of Prisoners: Undertaking Quantitative Analyses of Trends, Actions, and Agency in the Prosecution of Inter-male Sex in England, 1850-1970. In Anna Clark, Elizabeth W. Williams. (eds.) Sources and Methods in the History of Sexuality. Routledge. 121-136. 10.Anna Clark. 2025. Diaries as a Source for the History of Sexuality: Samuel Pepys, Anne Lister and Roger Casement. In Anna Clark, Elizabeth W. Williams. (eds.) Sources and Methods in the History of Sexuality. Routledge. 165-174. 11.James A. Kaser. 2025. Reading Queer History through the Private Album. In Anna Clark, Elizabeth W. Williams. (eds.) Sources and Methods in the History of Sexuality. Routledge. 175-187. 12.Víctor M. Macíaz-Gonzále. LGBTQ+ Archives and Public History Projects in Mexico, 1976 to Present. In Anna Clark, Elizabeth W. Williams. (eds.) Sources and Methods in the History of Sexuality. Routledge. 191-202.