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. Continue reading