Cambridge Queer Studies Conference (Call for Abstracts)
With recent political attention to queer lives around the globe, it is precedent now more than ever that we are able to discuss the progressive work that is being done among the queer community. In this conference we would like to celebrate the work being done in the realm of queer studies. We welcome abstracts from all fields with relation to the lives of LGBTQ+ people.
Proposals are welcome from authors inside and outside academia, including teachers, activists, artists, school leaders and community members. We aim to create a conference that promotes a mix of experiences and academic analysis.
We encourage submissions relating, but not limited to, these three themes:
Queer politics
Queer bodies and lived experiences
Queer studies and intersectionality
Proposed date of conference: 13th May 2023.
Projected timeline:
10th March 2023: 200-300 words abstracts due via email to Jordan Scott McLellan ([log in to unmask])
18th March 2023: Abstract Feedback and Speaker Selection
1st April 2023: Ticket sales
13th May 2023: Conference
Please contact Jordan Scott McLellan ([log in to unmask]) if you would like to discuss your idea or have any queries.
Themes:
Queer Politics
Currently, we are witnessing an increased political interest directed at queer communities. Queerness in itself is embedded with politics as a disruption of cisheteronormativity, subversion of power and as a rearticulation of the social order. Therefore, we want to invite research that examines queer politics and the ways in which politics affect queer practices as means of control, regulation and governing. Equally important, we want to highlight research around the ways queer research is also creating alternative modes of living in opposition to exclusionary, violent political norms. Hereby, the conference fosters a space for critically investigating the intersections between politics, queer research and pointing towards the possibilities for a different, inclusive future.
Queer bodies and lived experiences
Drawing on concepts from trans* and queer feminism, we would like to consider how we think about the relationship between bodies, queer histories and our research. This can allow us to explore a new angle of introspection particularly surrounding the lived experiences of sexuality and gender through physical experience. We invite you to explore how your research utilises creative and non-traditional research methods to explore queer studies. Exploration of creative methods during this session are welcome, please contact us if there are any facilities that you would like to be arranged for a creative presentation. Through this we want to celebrate alternative forms of expression in the queer community and how this is embodied in research.
Queer studies and intersectionality
Queerness is always entangled with the myriad of other experiences that make up our lived experiences and identities. Queer joy exists in many forms as living and celebrating our queerness means celebrating its intersections with other aspects of our personhood. How is queer joy expressed at different intersections? What does it mean to study those intersections, and how can the beauty of those specificities be represented? How can we move these representations past the conformations of power that they interact with? From methods of representation to the lived stories, images, sounds and feelings of our bodies, we aim to celebrate queerness in all its beautiful variations. We will examine and honour the intricate webs of race, class, gender, ability, and so much more, that make our queerness rich.
Please submit abstracts to [log in to unmask]
Jordan Scott McLellan
MPhil Education (Knowledge, Power and Politics)
University of Cambridge
CQSC Co-ordinator
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