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?Dear All, Please remember to sign up for this seminar if you are intending to come. For info about previous seminars go to: https://queeringesol.wordpress.com/ Here are further details of confirmed speakers for the final event of the ESRC-funded seminar series 'Queering ESOL: towards a cultural politics of LGBT politics in the ESOL classroom' which will take place at the UCL Institute of Education on 19th-20th June 2015. Plenary speakers Luiz Paulo da Moita Lopes (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) Queering language teaching in Brazilian schools Holly Cashman (University of New Hampshire) Making queer latinidad visible in the U.S. Southwest: xenophobia, identity politics, and resistance Tommaso Milano (University of Witwatersrand) Queer entanglements: representations, practices and the complex politics of sexuality in South Africa Susan Stryker (University of Arizona) Crossing Genders, Crossing Borders: Transgender in Transnational Contexts Confirmed invited speakers Helen Saunston (York St John University) Queering TESOL in international learning contexts Mark McCormack (Durham University) Moving beyond homophobic language: the intent-context-effect matrix Nick Mai (London Metropolitan University and Aix-Marseille) Assembling 'Samira' and 'Travel': understanding sexual humanitarianism through experimental ethnofictional filmmaking Rusi Jaspal (De Montfort University) ESOL An Opportunity for Challenging Homophobia Jason Ho (City University of Hong Kong) "Blue pill or red pill" (or both?): Critical and dramatic inquiry approaches in a CLIL curriculum on sexism, heterosexism, and transphobia There will also be contributions from Francesca Stella (University of Glasgow), Laila El-Metoui (LGBTiq inclusion in Further Education), Joanna Pawelczyk and Lukasz Pakula (Adam Mickiewicz University), Thorsten Merse(Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität), Mike Baynham (University of Leeds), Yiu Tung Suen (City University Hong Kong), Melanie Cook (King's College London) and John Gray (UCL Institute of Education). The conference will also include the screening of the film Samira, which will be introduced by the director Nick Mai. To reserve a place contact Tracy Modha ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>). Note that this event is free and that funding for travel of up to £75 per attendee is available for research students and ESOL practitioners. Best wishes, John ________________________________ The UCL Institute of Education: Number 1 worldwide for Education, 2014 QS World University Rankings www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe *********************************** ESOL-Research is a forum for researchers and practitioners with an interest in research into teaching and learning ESOL. ESOL-Research is managed by James Simpson at the Centre for Language Education Research, School of Education, University of Leeds. To join or leave ESOL-Research, visit http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ESOL-RESEARCH.html To contact the list owner, send an email to [log in to unmask]