QUEER 50S: a 2-day international conference hosted by the Birkbeck Institute of Gender and Sexuality (BIGS)
Date: 6-7 May 2009;
Venue: B01, Clore Management Centre, Birkbeck, 25?27
Torrington Square, London WC1
Programme now available on: (Word-Document) http://www.bbk.ac.uk/ce/research/bigs/documents/Queer50sprogramme.doc
** Free but advance registration essential **. To register go to: https://www2.bbk.ac.uk/bigs/
Confirmed contributions include keynotes by Jennifer Evans and Alison Oram, plus papers by Andrew Asibong, Justin Bengry, Chris Brickell, Gavin Butt, Richard Hornsey, Matt Houlbrook, Julian Jackson, Jonathan D. MacIntosh, Jeff Meek, Amanda Littauer, Ankhi Mukherjee, Kaye Mitchell, Elizabeth Stephens, Antu Sorainen.
Round table discussants: Lucy Bland, Daniel Monk, Lynne Segal & Alan Sinfield (chair: Jeffrey Weeks)
Special events:

• Film screening of Victim and discussion led by Andy Medhurst
• A lunchtime exhibition by the Lesbian & Gay Newspaper Archive (LAGNA)
• An evening at the Drill Hall featuring a reading by Elizabeth Wilson and a performance by Lois Weaver

For booking queries contact Rochelle Symons r.symons@fce.bbk.ac.uk