John Boswell, "Jews, Gay People, and Bicycle Riders"
Channel: George L. Mosse Program in History
Date: 2012-10-10

25 April 1986

"Jews, Gay People, and Bicycle Riders," a lecture by John Boswell, Professor of History at Yale University and the author of the prize-winning book "Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality" (1980). Boswell's lecture was held on April 25, 1986, in Birge Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as part of the series "Out & About: Celebrating Gay and Lesbian Culture."  Boswell was introduced by James Steakley (German Department) and John Kirsch (Zoology Department).  The video was made by David Runyon, Professor of Art History at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, for his weekly program "Nothing to Hide," which was broadcast on the public access cable station WYOU Community Television in Madison, Wisconsin.

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