Conference: Stonewall 50 Years On: Gay Liberation and Lesbian Feminism in its European Context, 06.12.2019, Manchester

Manchester Metropolitan University (Web)
Time: Fr., 06.12.2019
Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University
Registration by: 01.12.2019
June 2019 marked the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in New York City, often credited as the spark that set gay liberation alight, not just in the U.S., but around the Western world.
However, rather than a one-way flow from across the Atlantic, the European gay liberation and lesbian feminist movements that sprang up in the early 1970s were also influenced by national events, ideologies and imaginaries. They interacted with each other in a network of action and ideas. With this conference, we want to rethink the movements that Stonewall supposedly spawned in Europe. Join us to explore the national, European and transnational factors that gave rise to gay liberation.
Programme
9.00 Tea and Coffee; Welcome and introductory remarks
9.45 Panel One: Protest Repertoires

  • Andrew Shield (Leiden): „We couldn’t mobilize the same enthusiasm as 11 years ago…“: Transnational Consciousness, Pride, and the Legacies of Stonewall in Denmark
  • Francesca Romana Ammaturo (Roehampton): The Changing Face of Pride Events: Interrogating Trends and Changes in the Organisation of Pride Events in Europe

11.00 Panel Two: Transatlantic Exchanges

  • Ann Marie Wilson (Leiden): „What’s Going on in America?“ The Dutch Response to Anita Bryant
  • Christopher Ewing (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.): Black Power, Gay Power, and Transatlantic Liberation. Read more … (Web)