anna gruszczynska (aston university, birmingham) and robert kulpa (university college london) want to set up new student study network concerning sexualities in central and eastern europe (broadly perceived, single, double, multi/inter/trans/disciplinary perspectives welcomed), affiliated with uaces (http://www.uaces.org/).
brief overview of suggested activities and themes attached (and at the bottom).
requirements:
-interests in topic
-must be student (any level), researcher, professional, anyone who considers themselves ‚academic‘ (in any sense).
please write asap to: r.kulpa[at]ucl.ac.uk, subject: uaces group, and state your name, e-mail, affiliation (if independent, say so), title (dr, prof, if any), and any suggestions, if you like.
robert kulpa
ph.d. research student
http://kulpa.org.uk
tel.: +44.785.999.5074
SEXUALITIES IN CENTRAL EUROPE
ACTIVITIES
*conferences
panel during UACES conference objective:
-to present network achievements and work-in-progress
network’s own conference (open for general public) objective:
– to establish wider platform of knowledge exchange between academics dealing with sexualities and CE studies
– to present outcomes of network activity
symposium (for members)
1 day, or half-day symposium of members to present work-in-progress
– every 6 months
– to discuss problems, possibilities, directions, wishes,…
*meetings
bash-up, „get to know each other“ sort of thing
workshop (4 mems)
„Researching sexualities in CEE“
workshop (open)
„Researching sexualities in CEE“
*seminars
virtual, over network every 2 month around 1 text
-members need to produce 1-2 pages of reflection sheets
-these will be put on-line so that others can read them beforehand
-on a day, IRC chat, or SKYPE teleconference (examples) is held to discuss any problems
– texts on methodology, epistemology, not country specific, so that can be useful for all
*web site
network’s own site, point of reference + info about network within UACES structure?
CEE queer directory
directory of resources about gender, sexuality, queer in CE
*publications
work-in-progress, open access, distributed via internet
post-conference
possibly book? or monograph of one of CEE/sexualities journals
PROBLEMS
TOPICS
INTERESTS
*epistemology
translability of Western knowledge an discourses onto non-Western realities/contexts
possibilities of influencing Western academic discourses with/by CEE scholars/researchers
*methodology
positionalities: subjects/objects/abjects:
where do we belong – to Slavonic studies, sociology, social sciences or whatever that means? Area studies? Issues of interdisciplinarity; methodologies
*themes
being public/ public activism: marches, prides; visibility, public discourses, nation-states (re)acting, representational frame for Eastern European queers – walking proof of the backwardness of their respective
states (see for instance the coverage on Polish gays and lesbians in British press – oppressed, forced to migrate)
post-communist national identities and sexuality/gender/queer
histories of LGBT movements in CEE
queer studies nad post-communist studies
transnational activism/research; comparative study of sexuality-centered issues in CEE countries
CEE formations of:
sexualities and genders
sexual and gender identities
sexual and gender practices
sexual and gender politics/activism
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