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Andy.

Andrew Clark
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Department of Geography
University of Durham
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Durham, UK

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Global Queeries: Sexualities, Globalities, Postcolonialities

University of Western OntarioLondon, Ontario, CanadaMay 11-13, 2006Sexuality 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 
[log in to unmask] by September 1, 2005.


Enquiries can be addressed to the Organizing Committee at [log in to unmask] 
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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List Info (including sub/unsub data):
http://www.qempire.com/qstudy
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