1st Global Conference: Queer Sexualities

1st Global Conference
Queer Sexualities
13th to 15th May 2011
Warsaw, Poland

Call for Papers
20 years since the reclamation of the word 'queer'
by the LGBTQ community this conference would like
to take a closer look at broad
themes of queer sexualities through time and
space, non-normative sexual constructions and
queer sexual identities from a diverse range of
perspectives by scholars working in various
academic disciplines. Yet our meaning of the word
queer is not limited to the non-mainstream
sexuality as we opt for inclusion of 'unusual'
heterosexual practices into the 'queer domain' in
order not to discriminate but understand,
include and accept.

Papers, reports, work-in-progress and workshops
are invited on issues related to the following themes:

* the role of historical forces in shaping queer
sexuality(ies)
* historiography of queer sexualities
* the politics of queer sexualities
* queertopias and the politics of gender
* queer identities/sexualities in literature and art
* queer sexualities and the body ? literary and
non-literary
* representations and resistances of non-normative
corporeality
* beyond queer sex and sexuality
* queerotica vs. queerporn
* queer sexualities and performativity
* queer sexualities and age
* queer sexualities and theory (queer theory,
straight queer theory,
* sexuality studies, disability studies, feminist
perspective, fat studies etc.

The Steering Group particularly welcomes the
submission of pre-formed panel proposals. Papers
will also be considered on any related theme.
300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday
26th November 2010. If an abstract is accepted for
the conference, a full draft paper should be
submitted by Friday 1st April 2011.

300 word abstracts should be submitted
simultaneously to both Organising Chairs;
abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF
formats with the following information and in this
order:

a) author(s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d)
title of abstract, e) body of abstract.
E-mails should be entitled: QS1 Abstract Submission.

Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain
from using footnotes and any special formatting,
characters or emphasis (such as bold,
italics or underline). We acknowledge receipt and
answer to all paper proposals submitted. If you do
not receive a reply from us in a week you
should assume we did not receive your proposal; it
might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest that you
look for an alternative electronic route or resend.

Organising Chairs

Malwina Degórska (Conference Leader)
English Department
University of Szczecin
Szczecin, Poland
E-mail: [email protected]

Barbara Braid
English Department,
University of Szczecin,
Szczecin, Poland
E-mail: [email protected]

Rob Fisher
Network Founder and Network Leader,
Inter-Disciplinary.Net, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.
E-mail: [email protected]

The conference is part of the At the Interface
programme of research projects. It aims to bring
together people from different areas and
interests to share ideas and explore various
discussions which are innovative and exciting. All
papers accepted for and presented at the
conference will be eligible for publication in an
ISBN eBook. Selected papers may be developed for
publication in a themed hard copy volume(s).

For further details about the project please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/at-the-interface/gender-and-sexuality/queer-sexualities/

For further details about the conference please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/at-the-interface/gender-and-sexuality/queer-sexualities/call-for-papers/
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