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> European Geographies of Sexualities Conference
> Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
> 8th – 10th September 2011
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> 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.
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> The European Geographies of Sexualities conference will include
> papers, panel discussions and workshops by over 100 researchers.
> There will also be keynote addresses from:
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> * 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)
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> 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
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> 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.
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> 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]
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> 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).
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> Best wishes
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> Eleanor Wilkinson
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> Dr Eleanor Wilkinson
> British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow
> School of Geography
> University of Leeds
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