Dear colleagues,
I am delighted to announce that our Forbidden Fruits, Forbidden Histories conference is now open for registration. Details of the conference are as follows:
Conference Title: Forbidden Fruits, Forbidden Histories: going past the accepted queer canon.
Venue: Cardiff School of European Languages, Translation and Politics, Cardiff University, Wales. UK.
Date: Wednesday 11th July, 2012. 09.00 - 18.00 (followed by a conference soirée beginning at 19.30).
Conference information:
Forbidden Fruits, Forbidden Histories is a one-day conference hosted by the Languages, Cultures and Ideologies research unit at Cardiff University's School of European Languages, Translation and Politics. Work on LGBT+ is now more accepted in the academy than ever before and, as such, has enriched our knowledge enormously. Despite its increased presence in the academy, however, no significant network exists to consolidate the research and acknolwedge scholars' and academics' contribution to LGBT+ studies in the Arts and Humanities. Forbidden Fruits, Forbidden Histories aims to highlight continuities and change within LGBT themes and motifs across a wide range of European cultural and social practices, seeking to highlight current academic research in, and facilitate discussions on, the cultural presence of LGBT+ in Arts and Humanities research. The conference organisers warmly extend an invitation to you to engage with current academic research in the field of LGBT+ studies. Papers presented focus on, for example, Literature, Visual Arts, Queer Studies and cover topics including; histories of closeting, disguise and revelation; desire and consumption; and metaphors of sexuality.
For a full programme of events, please visit our website at: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/europ/research/researchunits/lci/index.html
For any additional information, and for a registration form please email Matthew J. Berry at: [log in to unmask] Advanced booking compulsory. £10 / £7 student registration fee. No expressions of interest / reservations will be considered after June 20th 2012.
With very best wishes,
Hannah O'Connor
Postgraduate Student
Cardiff University
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