John D'Emilio
John D'Emilio (born September 21, 1948 ) is an American historian .
D'Emilio is Professor of History and Gender Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago . Prior to that, he taught at George Washington University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro . D'Emilio received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1982. He holds a Guggenheim Fellowship and a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship . From 1995 to 1997, D'Emilio was the Founding Director of the Policy Institute of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force . He wrote several books and was awarded the Yale University's Brudner Prize in 2005 .
His most important and most cited book is Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities , published in 1983 . It is considered the standard work on the homophile movement in the United States from 1940 to 1970. D'Emilio received the Stonewall Book Award for this in 1984 .
Fonts
- Lost Prophet: Bayard Rustin and the Quest for Peace and Justice in America , (The Free Press, 2003)
- The World Turned: Essays on Gay History, Politics, and Culture , (Duke University Press, 2002)
- Creating Change: Sexuality, Public Policy and Civil Rights , (New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000). Edited with William Turner and Urvashi Vaid
- Making Trouble: Essays on Gay History, Politics, and the University , (New York: Routledge, 1992)
- Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America , (New York: Harper and Row, 1988; 2nd expanded edition, University of Chicago Press, 1997). Co-author Estelle Freedman
- Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities: The Making of a Homosexual Minority in the United States , 1940–1970 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983; 2nd edition, 1998)
- The Civil Rights Struggle: Leaders in Profile , (New York: Facts-on-File, Inc., 1979). Edited with an introduction
- The Universities and the Gay Experience: of a Conference Sponsored by the Women and Men of the Gay Academic Union , (New York, 1974). Edited with an introduction
Honors, prizes and recognitions
| Year (s) | description |
|---|---|
| 2005 | Induction, City of Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame |
| 2005 | Brudner Prize , Yale University, for lifetime contribution to the development of lesbian and gay studies |
| 2004 | Chicagoans of the Year, Chicago Tribune |
| 2004 | American Library Association, Stonewall Award , Best Gay and Lesbian Nonfiction Book, for Lost Prophet |
| 2004 | Publishing Triangle, Randy Shilts Award, Best Gay Nonfiction Book, for Lost Prophet |
| 2003 | National Book Award Finalist, Nonfiction, Lost Prophet |
| 2003 | Editor's Choice, Best Book Award for The World Turned, Lambda Literary Foundation |
| 2003-2005 | University Scholar Award, University of Illinois at Chicago |
| 2002-2004 | Organization of American Historians, Distinguished Lecturer |
| 2001-2002 | Fellowship, Institute for the Humanities, UIC |
| 2000-2003 | President's Distinguished Speaker, University of Illinois |
| 2000 | Research Grant, Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Research, University of Illinois at Chicago |
| 1999 | David R. Kessler Lecturer, Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, City University of New York |
| 1999 | Research Grant, Lyndon Baines Johnson Library Foundation |
| 1998-1999 | Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation |
| 1997-1998 | Fellowship, National Endowment for the Humanities |
| 1995 | Fellowship, National Humanities Center (declined) |
| 1995 | Fellowship, Stanford Humanities Center (declined) |
| 1994 | Research Grant, American Philosophical Society |
| 1993 | Research Grant, John F. Kennedy Library |
| 1993 (summer) | Fellow, Humanities Research Center, Australian National University, Canberra |
| 1992 | Research Grant, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College |
| 1990-1991 | Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California |
| 1985 | American Council of Learned Societies, Fellowship for Studies in Modern Society and Values |
| 1984 | Best Book Award from the Task Force on Gay Liberation of the American Library Association |
| 1984 | UNCG Excellence Foundation, Summer Research Grant |
| 1983 | Nominee, University of Chicago Press, for Pulitzer Prize in US History |
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | D'Emilio, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American historian and gender researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 21, 1948 |