Queer Anchorites and Hermits (A Roundtable)

Sponsoring Organization(s)

International Anchoritic Society

Organizer Name

Michelle M. Sauer

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of North Dakota

Presider Name

Jennifer N. Brown

Presider Affiliation

Marymount Manhattan College

Paper Title 1

Queer Hermits: New Approaches

Presenter 1 Name

Christopher M. Roman

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Kent State Univ.

Paper Title 2

The Open Closet: Reclusion as Queer Sublimation of Desire in Medieval Hagiographies

Presenter 2 Name

Mark L. Patterson

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of North Dakota

Paper Title 3

Wet Dreams in the Desert: Nocturnal Emissions as Queer Sexuality

Presenter 3 Name

Michelle M. Sauer

Paper Title 4

Asexual Subjects and Queer Futures

Presenter 4 Name

Chelsea L. Skalak

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Dickinson College

Start Date

11-5-2019 3:30 PM

Session Location

Fetzer 2030

Description

Looking at queer notions of solitary contemplation, both in physical spaces, but also in terms of desire and theology. Michelle M. Sauer