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Dear Colleagues, The Space, Sexualities and Queer Research Group (SSQRG) is pleased to sponsor 6 compelling sessions at the Annual International Conference of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) with Institute of British Geographers (IBG), London, 26-29 August 2014. Please see the session overview below. 1) Authors Meet Critics: A Discussion of Ordinary in Brighton? LGBT, Activisms and the City Wednesday 27 August 2014, Session 4 (16h50-18h30), Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Room 120 Convenor & Chair: Robert M. Vanderbeck (University of Leeds) Session abstract and outline session: http://conference.rgs.org/conference/sessions/View.aspx?heading=Y&session=18b37b50-5ce9-4212-b230-04aadde261a2 2) Let Us Talk About Public Art, but Where Are the Publics? Geographies of Public-Art Co-Production Thursday 28 August 2014, Session 2 (11h10-12h50) & Session 3 (14h40-16h20), RGS-IBG Sunley Room Convenors & Chairs: Martin Zebracki (University of Leeds) & Joni M Palmer (Independent Scholar) Session abstract and outline session 2: http://conference.rgs.org/conference/sessions/View.aspx?heading=Y&session=796c21cd-98c9-48f7-8a81-0676a029c905 Session abstract and outline session 3: http://conference.rgs.org/conference/sessions/View.aspx?heading=Y&session=8701c7f3-a04b-4301-a9df-143e10a8f85a 3) Researching Sexed Spaces: (Re)Imagining the Researcher and (Re)Discovering the ‘Other’ in Understanding Experiences of Exclusion Thursday 28 August 2014, Session 3 (14h40-16h20) & Session 4 (16h50-18h30), Skempton Building, Room 060a Convenors: Emily Cooper (Lancaster University) & Gemma Ahearne (Leeds Metropolitan University) Chair: Gemma Ahearne (Leeds Metropolitan University) Session abstract and outline session 3: http://conference.rgs.org/conference/sessions/View.aspx?heading=Y&session=25a8f087-d5d0-4934-9db1-573c5795e252 Session abstract and outline session 4: http://conference.rgs.org/conference/sessions/View.aspx?heading=Y&session=56cba307-47d8-4213-a9b7-86bb243700ed 4) Queer Geographies of Public-Art Co-Production Thursday 28 August 2014, Session 4 (16h50-18h30), Skempton Building, Room 060b Convenors & Chairs: Martin Zebracki (University of Leeds) & Joni M Palmer (Independent Scholar) Session abstract: http://conference.rgs.org/conference/sessions/View.aspx?heading=Y&session=1a62a55f-bb62-4504-b342-7be819adb263 5) Diverse Temporalities: Everyday Practices Challenging Hegemonic Lifetimes Friday 29 August 2014, Session 1 (9h00-10h40), Skempton Building, Room 165 Convenors: Cesare Di Feliciantonio (Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy), Valerie De Craene (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium) & Maarten Loopmans (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium) Chair: Cesare Di Feliciantonio (Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy) Session abstract: http://conference.rgs.org/conference/sessions/View.aspx?heading=Y&session=72160788-4508-4913-90b9-0be0d10388bd 6) Queer, Semiotics and Space: Understanding Queer Identities through Language and Space Friday 29 August 2014, Session 2 (11h10-12h50), Sherfield Building, Room 9 Convenors: Martin Zebracki (University of Leeds) & Tommaso Milani (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa) Chairs: Martin Zebracki (University of Leeds), Tommaso Milani (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa), Kath Browne (University of Brighton) & Georgina Voss (Royal College of Art) Session abstract: http://conference.rgs.org/conference/sessions/View.aspx?heading=Y&session=89cd25bc-3dc3-42aa-969a-bc8cdb41e8cf SSQRG is looking forward to welcoming you at the RGS. Best regards, Martin Zebracki Secretary, SSQRG ********************************************* Dr M.M. (Martin) Zebracki Lecturer in Critical Human Geography School of Geography University of Leeds University Road Leeds LS2 9JT United Kingdom +44 (0) 113 34 33331 http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/people/m.zebracki http://www.zebracki.org @zebracki