Dear Colleagues,
with apologies for cross-posting. This is just a reminder of the two upcoming events that we are hosting at ILAS next week. Both are free events but booking is required.
Lecture: Homophobias, Human Rights and Social Change in the French and British Caribbean
Prof. David A.B. Murray, York University, Toronto
5.30-7.30 Thursday, 23rd March
Free event. Registration is required: http://www.sas.ac.uk/events/event/7093
Woburn, G22/26, Ground Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
The Caribbean region is often characterized as uniformly homophobic and LGBT rights are often claimed by governmental and non-governmental organizations as the conduit through which change can be effected. What happens when we question assumptions about the meaning of homophobia and the effects of imposing this term on dispersed and diverse societies? How might we also constructively question rights as a universal strategy through which to change local laws, beliefs and practices? The goal of this presentation is to critically engage with key concepts in sexual minority discrimination and rights talk occurring in transnational contexts, utilizing ethnographic examples from Barbados and Martinique in order to challenge assumptions of the uniformity and translatability of LGBT rights as a primary response to homophobia in the Caribbean.
The event is free, but booking is essential. Please sign up here: http://www.sas.ac.uk/events/event/7093
Symposium: Researching Gender and Sexualities in the Caribbean and Latin America
12-3pm, Friday 24th March 2017
Woburn Suite (G22/26) Ground Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
Lunch included
Free event. Registration is required: http://www.sas.ac.uk/events/event/7097
Speakers:
Prof. David Murray (York University, Toronto)
Prof. Thomas Glave (Binghamton University)
Dr Jasmine Gideon (Birkbeck University)
Dr Gus Subero (University of Edinburgh)
The heightened visibility, and controversy, surrounding sexual rights movements and sexual minorities in the Caribbean and Latin America makes research into these communities increasingly crucial. In the Caribbean, 11 countries continue to have anti-sodomy laws bringing sentences of 25 years in some cases (such as Belize), violence towards members of LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer) communities continue to be widespread and widely reported in the media, and LGBTQ people apply in increasing numbers for asylum to the United States, Canada, and Europe. In Latin America, by contrast, many countries (including Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Colombia have legalized gay marriage, and Bolivia recently passed a gender identity law allowing transgender individuals to change their name and gender on legal documents. These legal changes have not necessarily resulted in a decrease in violence against LGBTQ communities and have occasionally produced backlashes in the countries. Indeed, in the case of Colombia concerns about gay rights was a factor in the defeat of the Peace Agreement between FARC rebels and the Colombian state in October of last year. Meanwhile, violence against women in the Caribbean and in Latin America continues to persist despite decades of gender activism on the part of women.
Programme:
12-1pm: Presentations by Speakers
1-2pm: Lunch (included)
2-3pm: Discussion
Please sign up here: http://www.sas.ac.uk/events/event/7097
Best,
William
William Tantam
Postdoctoral Fellow
Centre for Integrated Caribbean Research
Institute of Latin American Studies
School of Advanced Study, University of London
Senate House
Malet Street
London WC1E 7HU
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