Dear all,

Please distribute widely...

The deadline for call for papers for the 2011 conference
"Import-Export-Transport: Queer Theory, Critique and Activism in Motion"
has been extended.

The new Deadline is: November 30th 2010.

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contect us:

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www.univie.ac.at/gender

Best regards
Maria Katharina Wiedlack, Katrin Lasthofer, Sushila Mesquita

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2nd Call for Papers:

Import - Export - Transport
Queer Theory, Queer Critique and Activism in Motion

Conference | 28 - 30 April 2011 | University of Vienna

Host: Gender Research Office at the University of Vienna

20 years after the emergence of "queer" as a political concept we would
like to discuss the radical potential of queer theory and activism
within different spatial, cultural and socio-political contexts. Along
with its appearance in the US academia - or maybe even before - "queer"
also turned up as a grass-roots movement in response to the homophobic
political rhetoric surrounding the AIDS crisis of the 1980s. As a
successful appropriation of a once derogatory term, "queer" is not only
closely connected to the Anglo-American language but also to its
socio-political context.
The aim of this conference is to open up a space for dialogue between
different methodological approaches, forms of activism, research fields
and interests of the "Import - Export - Transport" of queer theory,
critique and activism. Papers could address the following questions:


How and by whom was/is the term "queer" appropriated and for which
purposes, with particular attention to the different settings and
locations. For instance, taking a closer look at the differences in
welfare state arrangements, the legal situations of LGBT or its
different degrees of institutionalization. Which queer theories are
received, discussed and developed? Where and how are they applied and
adapted to these settings?


What does the term "queer" mean and how is its meaning transported
in(to) different contexts? Has there been a noticeable shift in its
meaning? What effects or repercussions has this had on queer research
practices and on the political impact of queer activism?


In regards to academic research and theory we want to take a look at who
is "transporting", developing, and adapting queer theory and what their
research interests are. Is a "methodology" of queer theory and activism
currently evolving (e.g. what are problems of "translation")?


How is Queer Theory reflected in political activism and how have
particular theoretical concepts been adapted and adopted for political
practices in different local contexts? How do activists serve as
theorists, how do theorists engage in political activities?
Confirmed participants so far: Judith Jack Halberstam (University of
Southern California), Katerina Kolárová (Charles University Prague). The
conference language is English. A conference publication is planned.


Please submit your proposals by November 30th 2010 to
[log in to unmask], full papers by March 1st 2011 .


We welcome contributions for 20-minute or 45-minute papers (300 words
max). or 1.5 hour workshops (teams are especially welcome) as well as
poster presentations or film screenings/performances.


Please attach a short cv and a bibliography.


We will do our best to provide travel funds, but strongly encourage
participants to apply for travel funding at their home institutions.
Organisation: Maria Katharina WIEDLACK, Katrin LASTHOFER, Sushila MESQUITA

Contact: [log in to unmask] | www.univie.ac.at/gender

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robert kulpa
http://robertkulpa.com

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