[Discussion] CFP: Global Queeries: Sexualities, Globalities, Postcolonialities (9/1/05; 5/11/06-5/13/06)

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From: Wendy Pearson <wpearson0095@rogers.com>

Global Queeries
Sexualities, Globalities, Postcolonialities

University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario, Canada
May 11-13, 2006

Call for papers/projects:

Sexuality and globalization are currently pressing sites of scholarly and
creative inquiry. The crisis of AIDS in Africa, the complicated relations
between the local and the global, between decolonization and sexual 
liberation
struggles - these represent some key areas of interconnectedness. The 
organizers
of the conference encourage a diversity of political, theoretical, 
cultural, and
practical responses to these areas of critical inquiry. Key questions we 
hope to
address include: Where and how do queer, postcolonial, and anti-racist
representations, theories, and practices intersect and diverge? How is
heteronormativity implicated in the history of imperialism and 
colonization, as
well as in current neoliberal and global practices? How are sexuality 
and desire
imagined and queered across global spaces? Alternatively, how do sexualities
destabilize or resist economic and political structures of 
globalization? How do
lesbian and gay liberation struggles travel theoretically and 
politically across
the globe?

The conference will include a range of presentation formats: panels and
individual presentations; research workshops on specific themes or topics;
performances, readings, screenings, and exhibits; and round table 
discussions.
Our primary interest is in generating spaces for dialogue and 
connections across
geo-political contexts, and we welcome submissions and suggestions for 
these and
other formats.

Possible topics may include:

Sexualities, Nationalisms, Citizenship
Queer Diasporas
Queer Places, Spaces, and Geographies
Queering Urban, Suburban, and Rural Identities
Race- and Sexuality-based Activism and Coalition-Building
Queering Race, Gender, and Ethnicity
Intersections of Queer, Feminist, and Critical Race Theory
Queering Academic Disciplines and Inter-disciplinarity
Sexuality and Colonial Histories, Practices, and Epistemologies
Sexuality, Aboriginality, and Decolonization
Indigenizing the Queer; Queering the Indigenous
Local Archives, Histories, and Testimonials of Homosexuality
Local/Global Queer Cultural Practices
International Policies, Pharmaceuticals, and Global AIDS
Queering Science and Medicine
Sexuality, Human Rights, and Foreign Aid
Queering Sex Work and Pornography
Censorship and Border Crossings
Religious Fundamentalisms, Sexualities, and Violence
Homophobia, Violence, Backlash and Blame
Hegemonic Practices of Heteronormativity
Normalizing Discourses of Gay, Lesbian, Queer, and Alternative Sexualities
Queering Representation: Literary, Media, and Cultural Studies of
Sexualities

Please send an abstract or project description and a brief biography to
global.queries@uwo.ca by September 1, 2005.

Enquiries can be addressed to the Organizing Committee at 
global.queries@uwo.ca
or you can visit our website at http://www.uwo.ca/english/global.

Organizing Committee: Margaret DeRosia (Film), Julia Emberley (English), 
Chris
Gittings (Film), Susan Knabe (Women's Studies), Prabhjot Parmar 
(English), Wendy
Pearson (English/Film), Jessica Schagerl (English), Kristen Warder (English)


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