
This conference seeks to examine issues of sexuality across a range
of critical and cultural perspectives. Seeking to encourage innovative
inter- and multidisciplinary dialogues, we warmly welcome
papers from a variety of disciplines, including but not limited to
anthropology, cultural studies, education, gender studies, history,
law, literature, medicine, psychology, religion, sociology and social
work.
We also welcome contributions from queer activists
and professionals in non-profit and non-government organizations.
In particular papers, workshops, reports, and presentations
are invited on any of the following themes;
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Sexuality and Politics: the mainstreaming of
lesbian and gay issues;
lobbying; queer activism, transgender movements and transsexual
movements
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Sexuality and Cultural Texts: representations
of sexuality in literature,
film, art, religion, history, psychology, and law
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Sexuality and Work: sex work, sexuality and
the workplace, sexual
education
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Collective Identities: race, class, gender,
and the production of
sexuality
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Sexualities and Theories: queer theory, feminisms,
transtheory,
psychoanalysis, cultural studies, interdisciplinary approaches
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Sexuality and Power: role playing, legal issues/cases,
legislation/policy
making
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Sexuality and Health Issues; HIV/AIDS, medicines,
access to medicines; health care; health education
Papers will be considered on related themes. 300 word
abstracts should be submitted by Friday 2nd July 2004. Full
draft papers should be submitted by Friday 17th September 2004.
All papers accepted for and presented
at this conference will be published in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers
accepted for and presented at the conference will be published in
a themed hard copy volume.
Papers should be submitted to the organising committee
as an email attachment in Word or WordPerfect; abstracts can also
be submitted in the body of the email text rather than as an attachment.
Organising Committee |
Margaret
Breen
Department of English, University of Connecticut, Groton, CT,
USA |
Rob
Fisher
Inter-Disciplinary.Net,
Freeland, Oxfordshire, UK |
Stephen
Morris
Independent Scholar,
New York, USA |
Papers selected for presentation at the conference
and published in the eBook should abide by the style sheets available
by clicking below. Adobe Acrobat is required to open these documents.
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