02/29 - Athenaeum at 1pm - What Was New in History? History through History Textbooks by Greg Schmidt

Please join us on Wednesday, February 29, at 1:00pm for our Athenaeum titled What Was New in History? History through History Textbooks presented by Gregory Schmidt, Professor, History.

The presentation will focus on change and continuity in the content of college-level American History textbooks have changed since the early 20th century. The public generally assumes that history textbooks represent the unchanging Truth about history. Examining change and continuity in history textbooks, however, reveals that history sometimes changes substantially and that the Truth is an elusive target.

The Krueger Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the Krueger Library on the bluff side.

02/22 - Athenaeum Canceled

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Nicole Civettini's presentation, Laundry or Lawn Mowing? Housework as Gender Performance in Same-Sex Couples, has been canceled. Thank you.

02/22 - Athenaeum at 1pm - Laundry or Lawn Mowing? Housework as Gender Performance in Same-Sex Couples

Please join us for our Library Athenaeum on Wednesday February 22, 2012 at 1:00pm. Nicole Civettini, Assistant Professor of Sociology, will present Laundry or Lawn Mowing? Housework as Gender Performance in Same-Sex Couples.

Professor Civettini will discuss her test of an original theory that incorporated the idea of normative vs. non-normative gender displays with the "gender performance" approach and a trend toward gender liberalism among lesbians and gay men. In a survey of 244 members of same-sex couples, people who expressed high levels of gender-normative traits (femininity for lesbians, masculinity for gay men) did not use housework as way to create a gendered identity. However, women who expressed greater masculinity did a smaller share of housework than other women, and men who expressed greater femininity contributed a larger share of housework relative to other men in the sample.