Spring 2016

Spring 2016 Calendar – Shawn will be tabling, paneling, or reading at the following events in Spring 2016.


June 23rd – Keynote
Keynote @ WITHOUT BORDERS… Archives, Libraries, Museums and Special Collections (ALMS) 2016, an International LGBTQ+ Conference hosted by London Metropolitan Archives, Bishopsgate Institute and the Queer London Research Forum at the University of Westminster, London, UK
Keynote title: OutSide-WithOut: Our Urgent Desire to Secure Community Stories WithIn (Acid) Free Boxes

May 5-6th – Panelist
Gay American History @ 40 Conference, to be held on May 5-6, 2016, in New York City
Panel Title: Capturing, Preserving, Creating History, 40 years at the Lesbian Herstory Archives w/Morgan Greenwald

March 26th – Panelist
Beyond Bold and Brave, National Black Lesbian Conference @ Barnard Center for Research on Women, Barnard, New York, NY
Panel Title: Black Lesbian Organizing and Activism: 1970s to Now w/ Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Linda Villarosa, and Cassandra Grant

March 23rd – Panelist
Lesbian Herstory Archives: Graphic Activism @ Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts – Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, Blackburn 20|20 Exhibition
Event Title: The Archives and Zines: Graphic Activism
w/ Moderator: Colette D. Montoya
Elvis B., and Sherley C. Olopherne
Discussion: Zines as a Finding Aid to Archival Collections

Sunday, February 28th – Tabling Zines for Lambey Press
Feminist Zine Fest, Barnard Library, New York City


February 25th – Panelist
Critical Libraries and Pedagogies Symposium (CLAPS) @ University of Arizona
Panel Title: Archives & Archival Objects as Pedagogical Tools for Librarian Engagement w/ Kate Adler