[Discussion] CFP: Gender Difference and Cultural Resistance: GLBTQ Conference (11/1/04; 3/31/05-4/3/05)

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CALL FOR PAPERS: Gender Difference and Cultural Resistance

2005 GLBTQ Studies Conference at the University of North Carolina
Asheville
March 31-April 3, 2005, Asheville, NC
Keynote Speaker Judith Halberstam

The UNCA glbtq conference is dedicated to the investigation of genders
and sexualities. This year, we invite submissions on the theme of gender
and cultural resistance.
Elaborations on this theme might include:

*       queer representations, expressions and cultures
*       insider/outsider status in queer communities
*       gender roles and identity politics
*       queer activism
*       same-sex marriage
*       intersections of race, disability, and/or class
*       queer pedagogy, curriculum and campus activism

We welcome a range of approaches and participants, including faculty,
graduate, and undergraduate students.  All formats will be considered,
including paper presentations (15-20 minutes), panels, workshops,
exhibitions and performances.  Panels will consist of 3 or 4 papers.

Panel proposals & paper abstracts due November 1, 2005

Email or snailmail individual abstract (500 words) and panel proposals
(700 words) to:

Lorena Russell
CPO #2130, Karpen Hall
Dept. of Literature & Language
University of North Carolina at Asheville
Asheville, North Carolina 28804
lrussell@unca.edu --- 828-251-6594

Judith Halberstam, a leading scholar of gender and sexuality studies, is
a Professor of English at the University of Southern California. Her
writings include Posthuman Bodies (1995, co-editor with Ira Livingston);
Female Masculinity (1998); The Drag King Book (1999, co-author with
LaGrace Volcano), and the forthcoming The Transgender Moment: Gender
Flexibility and the Postmodern Condition (2004).

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Lorena Russell, Assistant Professor
Dept. of Literature and Language
Univ. of North Carolina Asheville
lrussell@unca.edu -- 828-251-6594
http://www.unca.edu/~lrussell/
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