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<p>Dear CSAA Members and friends,</p>
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<p><b>The Ally Network, the Curtin Centre for Human Rights Education and the Curtin LGBTI Research Network present the 2nd Australian Ally Network Conference that will be hosted at Curtin University in Perth on 27-28 September 2018.</b></p>
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<p>Join us during the magnificent spring wildflowers season of Western Australia. This is your perfectly queer time to visit the West. </p>
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<p><b>Major Conference Theme: Activating Human Rights: Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Intersex Status
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<p><b>CONFIRMED FEATURED AND PLENARY SPEAKERS</b></p>
<p>The Honorary Michael Kirby AC CMG</p>
<p>Jax Jacki Brown, queer disability activist and spoken word performer from Melbourne</p>
<p>Braden Hill, Director of Aboriginal Education, Murdoch University<br>
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<p>Professor Baden Offord, Curtin University</p>
<p>Associate Professor Wendy Cumming-Potvin, Murdoch University</p>
<p>Ms Terri Butler MP</p>
<p>Morgan Carpenter, Intersex activist and PhD scholar, Sydney University</p>
<p>Professor Deborah Terry, Vice-Chancellor, Curtin University</p>
<p>Ro Allen, Commissioner, Gender and Sexuality, Victoria</p>
<p>Nick Lawrence, Chair, TransFolk WA</p>
<p>Professor Adam Shoemaker, Vice-Chancellor, Southern Cross University</p>
<p>Misty Farquhar, Non-Binary activist and PhD scholar, Curtin University</p>
<p>Dr Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli, academic, writer and activist, Deakin University</p>
<p>Dr Shawna Tang, Gender and Cultural Studies, Sydney University</p>
<p>Associate Professor Sam Winter, Transgender health and human rights scholar, Curtin University</p>
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<p><b>DEADLINE FOR PAPERS: 22 JUNE</b></p>
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<p>The 2018 Ally Conference will open up critical conversations on how to activate human rights in relation to sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics for all people well into the future, setting new pathways to policy, innovation and enduring
change.</p>
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<p>The Conference will bring together academic and professional staff, students, activists and practitioners from across Ally and LGBTIQ+ communities in the education sectors and industry and beyond, and will showcase best practice of Ally networks in diverse
institutional contexts.</p>
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<p>Call for Papers and Panels</p>
<p>We welcome papers/presentations from all interested persons including academics, professional staff, activists, students, industry, and others. This can include updates on projects, policies and practices; theoretical and/or applied research; creative and/or
artistic explorations, creative artefacts, interactive Q&A, workshops, or short screenings with discussion that can be situated thematically within the list of suggested topics.</p>
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<p>We invite presentations in key focus areas that might address aspects of the following:</p>
<p>Lived experience, education and pedagogy, workplace, theories and practices of queer solidarity and alliances, activism, queer scholarship and intersectionality.</p>
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<p>Contributions outside these areas are also welcome.</p>
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<p>Suggested topics include (but are not limited to):</p>
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<p>Alliances and Solidarities</p>
<p>The role of universities in relation to queer</p>
<p>Queer histories of alliance and solidarity</p>
<p>Queer spaces and conviviliality</p>
<p>After marriage equality...</p>
<p>Safe Schools and Universities</p>
<p>Queer pedagogy</p>
<p>Queer belonging</p>
<p>Queer(y)ing the purpose of Ally</p>
<p>LGBTIQ+ activism, advocacy, and education</p>
<p>Identifying and addressing issues facing LGBTIQ+ students and staff</p>
<p>Sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics and community engagement</p>
<p>Australian and international LGBTIQ+ / Ally theory and realistic national and international benchmarking</p>
<p>LGBTIQ+ Indigenous issues and lived experience</p>
<p>Negotiating diversity and inclusion in University spaces and ultimate workplace transition for LGBTIQ+ students</p>
<p>Lessons learnt from human rights and social justice in relation to sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics</p>
<p>Interdisciplinary, trans-disciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches to sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics</p>
<p>LGBTQI+ feminism and #MeToo movement</p>
<p>Inclusive teaching and other strategies in Higher Education</p>
<p>The role of student unions / guilds in supporting LGBTIQ+ students</p>
<p>Learning from Ally Networks in the workplace / queering the workplace</p>
<p>Visibility / transitioning in Higher Education</p>
<p>Navigating LGBTIQ+ racism, sexism, ableism, xenophobia, and classism</p>
<p>Supporting and engaging LGBTIQ+ international students</p>
<p>Imagining Ally Networks in the 2020s</p>
<p>Learning from the history of Ally Networks</p>
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<p>Individual Papers</p>
<p>Individual paper presentations are 20 mins long. Please submit an abstract including Title, Name, Organisation, Email, Abstract (250 words), Bio (100 words).</p>
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<p>Collaborative Panels</p>
<p>Panel proposals are also welcome. Panels need to include 3-4 papers. In addition to submitting a 250 word abstract for each presenter, please submit an abstract (100 words) and a title (15 words max.) for the panel as a whole. Please indicate lead panel
contact person.</p>
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<p>Submission must be sent via email to: AllyConference2018@curtin.edu.au</p>
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<p>Please include a short bio or bios (if panel) note at the end of your abstract or panel.</p>
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<p>Website</p>
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