Dear Colleagues
> In case you haven't heard, Women's Studies at Lancaster is hosting a
> major and exciting international conference in September - Melancholic
> States - This event is not to be missed with acclaimed speakers,
> artists, film makers and activists from across the world.
> Registration is now underway for the Melancholic States conference -
> Early bird registration ends August 31st - click on link to register now
> and for further details
> http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/events/melancholicstates/registration.htm <https://exchange.lancs.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/events/melancholicstates/registration.htm>
> MELANCHOLIC STATES
> Institute for Women's Studies, Lancaster University
> 27-29 September 2007
> This conference will explore the ways in which the idea of
> 'melancholic states' speaks to the complexity of the present.
> With a provenance in psychoanalysis, the concept of melancholia has
> proliferated across numerous fields. Sometimes it refers to a state of
> mind or an affective state: elsewhere it is used to speak of
> racialised, gendered or queer subjectivities. At other times it
> becomes a tool to analyse political states or to convene
> constituencies of solidarity. Melancholia also founds collective
> memory and associated artefactual practices and describes the
> conditions of professional practice organised around a public service
> ethic. Positioned as a condition to be claimed, transcended, or
> negotiated, 'melancholic states' speaks to the contemporary zeitgeist:
> the post/neo-colonial era.
> This international conference will bring together voices from women's
> studies, postcolonial and critical race studies, critical psychology,
> politics, international relations, sociology, anthropology, geography,
> art and design and queer studies to address our melancholic states.
> Confirmed plenary speakers include:
> M. Jacqui Alexander (University of Toronto)
> Gaye Chan (University of Hawai'i)
> Veena Das (Johns Hopkins University)
> David Eng (Rutgers University)
> Ayse Gul Altinay (Sabinci University, Istanbul)
> Yehudit Keshet (activist and writer, Jerusalem)
> Ranjana Khanna (Duke University)
> Roz Mortimer (filmmaker, London)
> Kavita Panjabi (Jadavpur University, Calcutta)
> Nandita Sharma (University of Hawai'i)
> Cindy Weber (Lancaster University)
>
>
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From: Critical Sexology on behalf of Lisa M Downing
Sent: Mon 06/08/2007 18:43
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Subject: [CRITSEX] Queer in Europe - response to call for expressions of interest
Many thanks to those of you who have contacted me and/or Robert regarding this project. We were hoping to respond promptly and individually to everyone who wrote to us, but the response has been gratifyingly overwhelming, making this impractical. We will, however, be in touch as soon as possible about the project to all those who have expressed interest.
We welcome indications of interest from other scholars working in the area who have not yet written to us.
Very best wishes
Lisa Downing
Prof. Lisa Downing
Chair of French Discourses of Sexuality
Director of the Centre for the Interdisciplinary Study of Sexuality and Gender in Europe (CISSGE)
Director of Postgraduate Studies (SALL)
School of Arts, Languages and Literatures
University of Exeter
Queen's Building
The Queen's Drive
Exeter EX4 4QH
UK
Personal page: http://www.sall.ex.ac.uk/centres/cissge/content/view/322/3/
CISSGE home page: http://www.sall.ex.ac.uk/centres/cissge/
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