Past editions

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~~2012 edition~~
Queer U: Are We There Yet? Questioning Progress, Rethinking Ideals
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Organized by: Hélène Frohard-Dourlent, Jen Lundin Ritchie & Lars Slovin
Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2012 (all day)
Location: Multipurpose Room, The Lui Institute

KEYNOTE | 9–10 |
Val Kalende, Ugandan LGBT rights activist
“The influence of the Christian right on sexual politics in Africa”

PANEL 1 | Challenging dominant narratives | 10-12pm |

• The Threat Posed by Female Athletes in Masculinized Sport Spaces
  Larissa Slovin, UBC, Sociology
•  Bisexual Men’s Identities: (Re)Defining What It Means to Be Bi
  Lisa Poole, SFU, Sociology

LUNCH | 12-1 | Lunch is complimentary and vegan-friendly.

PANEL 2 | Reflections on Homonationalism | 1-2:30pm |

• [Anti-queer violence and transitional justice]
  Katherine Fobear, UBC, Women’s and Gender Studies
•  Migrant intimacies: Media and the practices of un/belonging in queer diasporas
  Dai Kojima, UBC, Human Development, Learning and Culture
•  Sexuality, Nationalism, and Queer Organizing in Canada: Homonationalist discourse and the role of the media
  Fatima Jaffer, UBC, Interdisciplinary Studies

PANEL 3 | Resisting heteronormativity through art | 2:30-4:30pm |

• The Dreamed [Imag]inary: Queer DREAM Act Art Activism in California
  Virginia Elizabeth Bartz, UCSD, Latin American Studies
• Performative Autoethnography for Anti-Oppressive Education
  Kerri Mesner, UBC, Centre for Cross-Faculty Inquiry in Education
• No More Utopia: Domestic and Sexual Violence Between Queer Women
  Leah Horlick, UBC, Creative Writing
• “A Race Riot Did Happen!” (Shotgunseamstress 2009): Queer Punks of Color Raising Their Voices
  Maria Katharina Wiedlack, University of Vienna, Gender Research Office
  
•  Qualitative Arts-Based Inquiry into Transgender Subjectivities in Social Work Education
  Arkell Wiley, UNBC,  Social Work

PANEL 4 | Youths’ experiences as sites of tensions and opportunities | 4:30-6pm |

• Lesbian and gay picturebooks
  Lian Beveridge, UBC, Centre for Cross-Faculty Inquiry in Education
• “Queer Realness”:  The Role of Online Resources in Queer Youth Identity
  Zavi Swain, UBC, Women’s and Gender Studies
• Sexuality in Education
  Robert Bittner, UBC, Children’s Literature

Wine & Cheese Reception | 6-9pm | 

All welcome. Continue conversations you had at the Conference, make new contacts, and celebrate a job well done. Free entry. Complimentary refreshments served. Two pieces of ID (19+) needed for wine service.

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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