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> > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > *Apologies for cross-posting* > > European Geographies of Sexualities Conference > Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel, Belgium > 8th – 10th September 2011 > > Conference programme: > What we now recognise as the sub-disciplines of sexual and queer > geography largely emerged out of the study of predominantly white > gay male (and later, lesbian) spaces in the major urban centres of > North America and north-western Europe. The range of work undertaken > by geographers of sexualities has proliferated and diversified in > the last two decades – it now addresses the lived experiences of > trans people, queers of colour and working class LGBT people; and > has expanded its geographical scope to study suburban and rural > spaces, as well as countries beyond the West. And yet, perhaps > because of its origins, there is still a tendency (held by many > geographers who do not position themselves as working in the field > of ‘sexual geography’) to conflate the field of geographies of > sexualities with research on homosexuality and to assume such work > has not addressed lives lived in other geographical contexts. This > conference seeks to challenge and rectify those assumptions by > providing an overview of the range of studies that have theorized > the spatiality of sexualities, gender, sexual identities and sexual > practices in (and beyond) European contexts. This conference will, > for the first time, bring together researchers from across Europe > who study the spatial aspects of human sexuality. The conference > seeks to to foster networking, debate and discussions across > national borders, across language communities, and across academic > disciplines. > > The European Geographies of Sexualities conference will include > papers, panel discussions and workshops by over 100 researchers. > There will also be keynote addresses from: > > * Jon Binnie (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) > * Lynda Johnston (University of Waikato, Aotearoa/New Zealand) > * Natalie Oswin (McGill University, Canada) > * Joseli Maria Silva (Universidade Estadual Ponta Grossa, Brazil) > * Jean-Francois Staszack (Université de Genève, Switzerland) > > Full details of the programme & details of how to register for the > event can now be found on the conference website www.ssqrg.net/pegs<http://www.ssqrg.net/pegs > > > > Registration: To register for the conference please complete a > conference registration form (available on the conference website) > and return it to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> by > Monday 15th August 2011. > > Fieldtrip: Antwerp Schipperskwartier Red Light District (Saturday > 10th September). If you are interested in participating in this low > cost fieldtrip, please contact Maarten at [log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > Organizing team: Marianne Blidon (Université Paris 1 Panthéon > Sorbonne, France) ; Gavin Brown (University of Leicester, UK); Kath > Browne (University of Brighton, UK); Konstantinos Eleftheriadis > (European University Institute); Eduarda Ferreira (FCSH, > Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal); Simon Hutta (researcher, Berlin/ > The Open University, UK); Robert Kulpa (Birkbeck, University of > London, UK); Jenny Künkel (Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, > Germany); Maarten Loopmans (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, > Belgium); Xosé Santos Solla (University of Santiago Compostela, > Spain); Paulo Jorge Vieira (Institute of Geography and Spatial > Planning, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal); Eleanor Wilkinson > (University of Leeds, UK). > > > > Best wishes > > Eleanor Wilkinson > > > > ------ > Dr Eleanor Wilkinson > British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow > School of Geography > University of Leeds > LS2 9JT > > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> > >