Symposium: Scandinavian Symposium on Queer Cultural Heritage, 17.10.2023, Stockholm

Researchproject „A Nordic Queer Revolution? LGBT activism in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden 1948-2018“ (Web)

Time: 17.10.2023, 13:00-17:00
Venue: Stockholm University

Programme

  • 13.00: Jens Rydström, Lund Univ., introduces the speakers
  • 13.10: In search of community: Trans world making and queer futures in Swedish sex magazines from the 1960s. Signe Bremer, Mid-Sweden Univ., presents their research results on trans space and community building in 1960s Sweden.
  • 13.35: Methodological Nationalism in Fucking Örebro? From a local to a transnational history of the RFSL. Peter Edelberg, Copenhagen Univ., presents findings from an archival research project on LGBT organising in Denmark, Norway and Sweden from 1948 until today.
  • 14.15: Invisible women in ‚women-friendly‘ Norway: The politics of movement, feminism, and history in the 1988 cross-country Lesbian Bus Campaign. Elisabeth Lund Engebretsen, Univ. of Stavanger, presents a project on lesbian activism in 1980s Norway.
  • 14.40: Into the wild and back again: Queer presence in Swedish straight porn magazines 1954–1986. Jens Rydström, Lund Univ., presents findings from a study of straight porn magazines.
  • 15.05: Better than orgasm: Sex, authenticity and intimacy in the new women’s movement in Norway. Tone Hellesund, Univ. of Bergen, presents findings from a study of lesbian feminist press in Norway in the 1970s and 1980s.
  • 15.45: Saving the queer cultural heritage: In what ways can we secure queer history from being lost? Roundtable discussion with Levi Appleton, Trans Black Archives; Peter Edelberg, Copenhagen Univ.; Anna Giertz, Arkivet för Rosa Brus; Tone Hellesund, Skeivt Arkiv in Bergen; Pia Laskar, Queer-Rörelsens Arkiv och Bibliotek (QRAB); Dagmar Brunow, Swedish Archive for Queer Moving Images (Saqmi). Moderator: Jens Rydström.
  • 16:45: Concluding remarks

In connection with the symposium, an exhibition by photographer Jennie Graflund will be displayed. The exhibition, By and For Generations of Queers, displays photos and objects connected to different generations of queer people living in Norway and Sweden.

The event is free and open to all, but to help us calculate the number of participants we ask you to register beforehand. First come, first served. Free registration (Web)

The symposium is the result of a four-year project financed by the Swedish Research Council: A Nordic Queer Revolution? LGBT activism in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden 1948–2018 (Web)

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