{"id":5437,"date":"2011-02-03T08:19:02","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T06:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.univie.ac.at\/Geschichte\/salon21\/?p=5437"},"modified":"2022-05-19T16:15:47","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T16:15:47","slug":"cfp-european-geographies-of-sexualities-conference-event-092011-brussels-dl-30042011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salon21.univie.ac.at\/?p=5437","title":{"rendered":"CfP: European Geographies of Sexualities Conference (event: 09\/2011, Brussels), DL: 30.04.2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

European Geographies of Sexualities Conference<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dates: 8th \u2013 10th September 2011
\nVenue: Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel
\nDeadline for papers: 30th April 2011
\nConference website (web<\/a>)
\nCall for papers in German (web<\/a>)<\/p>\n

What we now recognise as the sub-disciplines of sexual and queer geography largely emerged out of the study of predominantly white gay male (and later, lesbian) spaces in the major urban centres of North America and north-western Europe.\u00a0 The range of work undertaken by geographers of sexualities has proliferated and diversified in the last two decades \u2013 it now addresses the lived experiences of trans people, queers of colour and working class LGBT people; and has expanded its geographical scope to study suburban and rural spaces, as well as countries beyond the West.\u00a0 And yet, perhaps because of its origins, there is still a tendency (held by many geographers who do not position themselves as working in the field of \u2018sexual geography\u2019) to conflate the field of geographies of sexualities with research on homosexuality and to assume such work has not addressed lives lived in other geographical contexts.\u00a0 This conference seeks to challenge and rectify those assumptions by providing an overview of the range of studies that have theorized the spatiality of sexualities, gender, sexual identities and sexual practices in (and beyond) European contexts.<\/p>\n

This conference will, for the first time, bring together researchers from across Europe who study the spatial aspects of human sexuality.\u00a0 We expect participation from human geographers, as well as anthropologists, sociologists, planners, architects, political scientists, legal theorists and others.\u00a0 We welcome participation from non-academic researchers working for social movements, non-governmental organisations and in the policy community.<\/p>\n

We encourage contributions in a diverse range of formats.\u00a0 Alongside traditional academic conference papers, we welcome panel discussions, open space discussions, film showings, installations and other contributions.\u00a0 We seek to foster networking, debate and discussions across national borders, across language communities, and across academic disciplines.<\/p>\n

Conference sessions and contributions could include, but are not limited to, the following topics:
\n\u00bb Questioning the location of ‚Europe‘ and the location of sexualities within Europe; sexualities on the peripheries of ‚West‘;\u00a0
\n\u00bb\u00a0Challenging the Americanisation of queer studies;
\n\u00bb Geo-temporalities; geographical locations and temporal narratives of ‚progress‘ and ‚backwardness‘;
\n\u00bb Queer, trans and feminist approaches to gender politics in Europe;
\n\u00bb Activism, academia and equality politics in Europe;
\n\u00bb Sexuality and gender activism, and radical sexual politics in Europe;
\n\u00bb Sexual citizenship and dynamics of inclusion\/exclusion in diverse European contexts;
\n\u00bb Homonationalism, racism and anti-muslim prejudice within European LGBT communities;
\n\u00bb Queer migration, mobility and Europe\u2019s borders;
\n\u00bb The political geography of sexuality and sexual orientation in the European Union;
\n\u00bb Economic geographies of pornography, sex work and the sex industry in (and beyond) Europe;
\n\u00bb Diverse economies of LGBT lives \u2013 including and beyond the gentrification and commercialization debates;
\n\u00bb The lived experience sexuality in diverse urban and rural spaces \u2013 queering the countryside and the suburbs;
\n\u00bb Heteronormativity, homonormativity and changing sexual normativities in European contexts;
\n\u00bb Geographies of family life in different European contexts;
\n\u00bb The geographies of life outside the romantic couple: spaces of polyamory, non-monogamy and single life;
\n\u00bb Queer methods and methodologies; the rematerialization of queer studies;\u00a0
\n\u00bb\u00a0 The intersections of queer theory with other critical theoretical approaches (including postcolonial studies, governmentality, historical materialism, and critical theory);<\/p>\n

Language:<\/em> We currently do not have funding for translation at the conference. We plan a multilingual conference, and encourage participants to present in the language they feel most comfortable using.\u00a0 We recognise that English is likely to be the language of convenience for many participants.<\/p>\n

Cost:<\/em> we aim to make the conference as affordable as possible for all participants, but especially those without access to institutional funding.\u00a0 We are seeking financial support to provide small travel bursaries for low waged participants and those from less privileged countries.\u00a0 The expected registration fees will be \u20ac150 (waged) and \u20ac50 (students\/low waged).<\/p>\n

Interested contributors should send a (250-word) abstract for a paper, or a short proposal for a session\/panel discussion to pegs@ssqrg.net<\/a> by 30th April 2011.<\/p>\n

Organizing team:<\/em>\u00a0 Marianne Blidon (Universit\u00e9 Paris 1 Panth\u00e9on Sorbonne, France) ;\u00a0 Gavin Brown (University of Leicester, UK); Kath Browne (University of Brighton, UK); Konstantinos Eleftheriadis (European University Institute); Eduarda Ferreira (FCSH, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal); Simon Hutta (researcher, Berlin\/The Open University, UK); Robert Kulpa (Birkbeck, University of London, UK);\u00a0 Jenny K\u00fcnkel (Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany); Maarten Loopmans (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium); Xos\u00e9 Santos Solla (University of Santiago Compostela, Spain); Paulo Jorge Vieira (Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal); Eleanor Wilkinson (University of Leeds, UK).<\/p>\n

The conference is sponsored by the Space, Sexualities and Queer Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society (with Institute of British Geographers).\u00a0 Further information about the conference can be found at\u00a0 .<\/p>\n

—
\nThomas Wimark
\nDepartment of Human Geography
\nStockholm University
\nSE-106 91 Stockholm
\n+ 46 8 16 48 26
\nhttp:\/\/people.su.se\/~thwi2560<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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