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Subject: [QSTUDY-L] CFP: 2011 Queer Studies Conference at UNC Asheville
CALL FOR PAPERS
*Queer /**kweer**/**v., n., & adj**. * v.** 1 **to transgress boundaries. **
2** to change lives. **3** to...*
*2011 Queer Studies Conference at UNC Asheville*
March 31 through April 2, 2011, Asheville, NC
The UNC Asheville Queer Studies conference is dedicated to the investigation
of genders and sexualities. All GLBTQ-related proposals will be considered.
We welcome a range of approaches and participants, including faculty,
graduate, community members and undergraduate students. All formats will be
considered, including paper presentations (15 minutes), panels (60 to 75
minutes), workshops, exhibitions, film screenings and performances. Paper
presentations will be organized into groups of 3 to 4 papers.
Elaborations on the theme *Queer as an Active Verb* might include:
* queer bodies: living in, caring for marked bodies
* queer activism-means and/or outcomes
* investigations of shame, privilege, home, reclamation
* queer rights and voices in the classroom, health care and workplaces
* queer youth-lived experience and activism
* transgender, gay, lesbian, bisexual and/or intersexed action or voices
* legal, cultural, social barriers and opportunities
* queer representations, expressions and cultures in art, literature, craft,
and performance
* gender roles and identity politics
* queer discussions of race, disability, and/or class
Panel proposals & paper abstracts as well as details on proposed art
exhibitions, film screenings and performances due *November 15, 2010.*
Email individual abstract (up to 500 words), panel proposals (up to 700
words) and other proposals (up to 1000 words when appropriate include
images, samples, or clips) to:
Sophie Mills, Professor and Chair, Classics Department, UNC Asheville
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*Registration: *To register, please visit www.unca.edu/queer.
All speakers must be register for the conference. Early Registration
(includes breakfasts and lunches) is $75 for faculty, $65 for graduate
students, $45 for undergraduate students and is due February 25th, 2011.
Full Registration (includes breakfast and lunches; $85 faculty, $75 graduate
students, $55 undergraduate students) payable at time of conference. Daily
community passes (for sessions and speakers only) will be available at the
conference ($20); the fee to attend a only a keynote will be $10.
*Keynote Presenters*
*Eli Clare **(writer, activist, teacher, poet):* Thursday, March 31, 2011 at
7:30 PM
*Shane <http://www.unca.edu/queer/#Anchor-Dean-47857#Anchor-Dean-47857> **
Snowdon* (LGBTQ center director, editor, activist): Friday, April 1, 2011 at
4:00 PM
*Sassafras Lowery *(activist, author/editor: *Kicked Out*): Saturday, April
2 at 11:00 AM
*Invited Performer
Jennie McNulty *(comedienne, activist): evening of Friday, April 1
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*For additional information, visit our website: www.unca.edu/queer or
address questions to Amy Lanou [log in to unmask] (828-250-2317) or Cynn
Chadwick [log in to unmask] (828-251-6579).
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