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From:
Chandak Sengoopta ([log in to unmask])
The University of Manchester
University of Manchester
Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture
Conference Announcement
SEXUALITY AFTER FOUCAULT
November 28-30, 2003
CALL FOR PAPERS
In 2003 the University of Manchester will launch an interdisciplinary,
multi-disciplinary, and cross-faculty Centre for the Study of Sexuality and
Culture, with a particular focus on the relationships between sexuality,
culture and history. To mark the establishment of the Centre at Manchester,
and to foster a stimulating intellectual exchange between UK researchers and
scholars elsewhere, we propose an international conference on “Sexuality
After Foucault.”
Next year also marks the 25th anniversary of the translation into English of
Michel Foucault’s History of Sexuality, vol. 1. Sexuality and gender
studies have been dominated by the claims and assumptions of Foucault,
though of late some scholars have suggested that the time is long overdue to
explore new paradigms and approaches. The purpose of this conference is to
debate the continuing relevance of Foucault's work in a changing historical
context, to assess its strengths and limitations, and to develop new
theoretical approaches to the study of sexuality.
Confirmed speakers include: Carolyn Dinshaw (New York University), David
Halperin (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor), Don Kulick (New York
University), Cindy Patton (Simon Fraser University), Valerie Traub
(University of Michigan), and Jeffrey Weeks (South Bank University).
We invite submissions of panel proposals or individual papers from any
disciplinary background which might address, but need not be limited to, the
following topics and questions:
SEXUALITY, HISTORY AND MODERNITY
Foucault’s account of sexuality relies on a specific understanding of
history and the Enlightenment which has been challenged from various
positions. Does Foucault’s historicism need revising? What other
discursive forces contribute towards our understanding of sexuality? Has
Foucault’s work neglected to consider (other) material pressures on
sexuality? Are sexological categories and reverse discourses still relevant
to the 21st century?
SEXUALITY AND ‘GLOBALIZATION’
Foucault’s work relates to a specifically Western context. In what ways do
cultural interactions force us to revise this perspective? What are the
effects of an increasingly ‘integrated’ capitalist world order on the
disciplining of sexuality? What forms of resistance are possible?
GENDER, TRANSGENDER, TRANSSEXUALITY AND SEXUAL IDENTITY
Foucault’s work has been accused of being gender blind. More recently,
studies of sexology have challenged the view that the category of ‘the
homosexual’ referred simply to same-sex attraction and not gender
orientation. What are the (changing) relationships between sexual
identification and gender identification? What tensions exist between
queer/transgender politics and transsexual claims? Are we witnessing a
return to essentialism?
SEXUALITY AND REPRESENTATION
Do sexual identities continue to determine sexual representation? Are we
witnessing the emergence of post-gay, post-lesbian or even post-queer
cultural production? Is it still meaningful to talk about a distinction
between sexual subcultures and dominant cultures? Are cultural
representations accountable to subcultural formations?
SEXUALITY AND ETHICS
Foucault’s second and third volumes on sexuality articulated an ethics
absent from his earlier work. How adequate are his reflections on sexual
ethics? What is the relationship between sexual ethics and sexual politics?
What are the ethical limits of sexual dissidence?
PANEL ORGANIZERS
We particularly welcome panel proposals. Please organize your submission as
follows:
* session title
* name of organizer, institutional affiliation, discipline or department,
postal address, phone number and email address
* chair’s name, institutional affiliation, discipline or department, postal
address, phone number and email address
* panelists’ names, paper titles, institutional affiliations, disciplines or
departments and full contact information (including email address)
* a 500-word abstract describing the rationale of the panel and content of
individual papers
INDIVIDUAL PAPERS
Please organize your submission as follows:
* an abstract of between 200 and 300 words for a 20 minute paper
* a short biographical statement of up to 100 words
* institutional affiliation, discipline or department, postal address, phone
number and email address
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS & PAPERS: 28th MARCH 2003
Proposals may be sent by post or email to:
Dr Laura Doan, or
Women’s Studies Centre,
Roscoe Building,
University of Manchester,
Oxford Road,
Manchester, M13 9PL
UK
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Dr David Alderson,
Dept of English and American Studies,
Arts Faculty,
University of Manchester,
Oxford Road,
Manchester M13 9PL,
UK
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Selected papers from the conference will be published in a special edition
of GLQ.
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