Over the next two months, three historians will explore the theme across time and space and from the perspective of different sexual orientations. Cities are also places where the sex industry thrives and where people come to buy and sell sex services. We hope that people will come away from this series of talks with a better understanding of the nature of that exchange.
Lectures are free and open to the public.
Nayan Shah, University of California at San Diego. The presentation focuses on a series of sodomy cases in Sutter County, Calif., and Vancouver, British Columbia, in which Punjabi men were accused of sexually assaulting white men and boys. Shah is an associate professor at the University of California at San Diego, specializing in the history of race, ethnicity, health and sexuality in the United States. Feminist scholar Christine Stansell, Princeton University. 750 S. Halsted St.