[csaa-forum] Global Queeries CFP

[Melissa Gregg]

> Global Queeries: Sexualities, Globalities, Postcolonialities
>
> University of Western OntarioLondon, Ontario, CanadaMay 11-13, 2006 
> Sexuality and globalization are currently pressing sites of scholarly 
> and creative inquiry. The crisis of AIDS in Africa, the complicated 
> relations between the local and the global, between decolonization and 
> sexual liberation struggles — these represent some key areas of 
> interconnectedness. The organizers of the conference encourage a 
> diversity of political, theoretical, cultural, and practical responses 
> to these areas of critical inquiry. Key questions we hope to address 
> include: Where and how do queer, postcolonial, and anti-racist 
> representations, theories, and practices intersect and diverge? How is 
> heteronormativity implicated in the history of imperialism and 
> colonization, as well as in current neoliberal and global practices? 
> How are sexuality and desire imagined and queered across global 
> spaces? Alternatively, how do sexualities destabilize or resist 
> economic and political structures of globalization? How do lesbian and 
> gay liberation struggles travel theoretically and politically across 
> the globe?
>
> The conference will include a range of presentation formats: panels 
> and individual presentations; research workshops on specific themes or 
> topics; performances, readings, screenings, and exhibits; and round 
> table discussions. Our primary interest is in generating spaces for 
> dialogue and connections across geo-political contexts, and we welcome 
> submissions and suggestions for these and other formats.
>
> Possible topics may include:
>
>
> Sexualities, Nationalisms, Citizenship
>
> Queer Diasporas
> Queer Places, Spaces, and Geographies
>
> Queering Urban, Suburban, and Rural Identities
>
> Race- and Sexuality-based Activism and Coalition-Building
>
> Queering Race, Gender, and Ethnicity
>
> Intersections of Queer, Feminist, and Critical Race Theory
>
> Queering Academic Disciplines and Inter-disciplinarity
>
> Sexuality and Colonial Histories, Practices, and Epistemologies
>
> Sexuality, Aboriginality, and Decolonization
>
> Indigenizing the Queer; Queering the Indigenous
>
> Local Archives, Histories, and Testimonials of Homosexuality
>
> Local/Global Queer Cultural Practices
>
> International Policies, Pharmaceuticals, and Global AIDS
>
> Queering Science and Medicine
>
> Sexuality, Human Rights, and Foreign Aid
>
> Queering Sex Work and Pornography
>
> Censorship and Border Crossings
>
> Religious Fundamentalisms, Sexualities, and Violence
>
> Homophobia, Violence, Backlash and Blame
>
> Hegemonic Practices of Heteronormativity
>
> Normalizing Discourses of Gay, Lesbian, Queer, and Alternative 
> Sexualities
>
> Queering Representation: Literary, Media, and Cultural Studies of 
> Sexualities
>
> Please send an abstract or project description and a brief biography 
> to global.queries at uwo.ca by September 1, 2005.
>
> Enquiries can be addressed to the Organizing Committee at 
> global.queries at uwo.ca or you can visit our website at 
> http://www.uwo.ca/english/global.
>
> Organizing Committee: Margaret DeRosia (Film), Julia Emberley 
> (English), Chris Gittings (Film), Susan Knabe (Women’s Studies), 
> Prabhjot Parmar (English), Wendy Pearson (English/Film), Jessica 
> Schagerl (English), Kristen Warder (English)
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Melissa Gregg
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies
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