27 February – 1 March 2009, Canterbury Christ Church University
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Free admission
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Programme Times: Fr-Sun 9am-7pm
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Location: Fr: The Old Session House (TOSH) Og32 Sa-Sun Powell Lecture Theatre, Pg09
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The aim of this conference is to look at the status quo and the challenges in the future of Queer Studies from a broad multi-, trans-disciplinary and polythetic angle.
Participants will present papers and panels from the whole spectrum of academia.
The definition for 'queer' adopted for this purpose is not restricted to LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender), but holistic along the lines of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick's definition in her essay "Queer and Now":
That's one of the things that 'queer' can refer to: the open mesh of possibilities, gaps, overlaps, dissonances and resonances, lapses and excesses of meaning when constituent elements of anyone's gender, of anyone's sexuality aren't made (or can't be made) to signify monolithically.
In contemporary Western society, we can approach 'queerness' as querying, contrasting, challenging and transforming hetero-normativity.
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Queering Paradigms: Focus and Themes:
The Queering Paradigms conference focuses on paradigmatic challenges and changes in society and the academia due to the impact of Queer Theory/Queer Studies.
More than 30 Speakers from four continents will discuss
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Philosophical-theoretical approaches
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Linguistic approaches
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Historical approaches
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Theological perspectives
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Political Activism
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Popular Culture
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Legal Issues
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Health and Educational Issues
Organiser-in-chief: Dr Burkhard Scherer|