Past editions

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~~2011 edition~~
Queer U: The promise and praxis of “making it better”
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Organized by: Hélène Frohard-Dourlent
Date: Tuesday, February 8, 2011 (4-7pm)
Location: The Penthouse Lounge, Graduate Student Society (GSS) Building

Download the event poster here (pdf/image file).

PANEL 1 | Queering research as activism

• Normalcy, boundaries, and heterosexism: An exploration of online lesbian health queries
  Andrea Polonijo, Sociology
• Public/Private: Latent homophobia, feminisms, and the politics of anonymity
  Daniel Swenson, Women’s Studies
• “40 Years After the Flood”: A brief examination of gay liberation and student activism at UBC
  David Anderson, Centre for Cross-Faculty Inquiry in Education
• A Place of Promise? How the University campus figures in sexual exploration for students
  Rachael Sullivan, Sociology

PANEL 2 | New topics in queer research

• Transgenderism through Chinese History: From Han-era medical texts to Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
  Jen Lundin Ritchie, Asian Studies
  
• Characteristics of asexuality
  Morag Yule, Psychology
• Innovations in sexual-political activism: Queer theology meets Theatre of the Oppressed
  Kerri Mesner, Centre for Cross-Faculty Inquiry in Education

Full abstracts for the presentations can be found here.

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~~2010 edition~~
Queer U: Transpire, Transgress, Transform
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Organized by: Rachael Sullivan
Date: Monday, February 8, 2010
Location: SUB Party Room

• UBC Rules: Some thoughts and reflections on Jane Rule, LGBT history at UBC and Ecocriticism
  David Anderson
• How sex and space matter at UBC
  Rachael Sullivan
• Transcending sameness: Transformations in anti-homophobia education
  Hélène Frohard-Dourlent