2712, 2017

Visions of a Future Kurdistan(s): Gender, Politics, and Society

By Centre for Gender Studies (SOAS)|December 27, 2017|Conferences|0 comments

Join us for a 1-day conference: The Centre for Gender Studies at SOAS, in collaboration with the Kurdistan Peace and Justice Foundation, invites you to a seminar addressing the topics of nation building, transitional politics, gender mainstreaming and governance, conflict and reconciliation. Date: Saturday, 13 January 2018 Time: 9.30-18.00 Film screening: 16.30 Location: Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS, University of London Entrance: Free, please register via the Eventbrite link below The

Read More

1205, 2016

June 2016 – Queer Asia Conference

By Akanksha Mehta|May 12, 2016|Conferences, June 2016 - Queer Asia Conference|0 comments

Visit the Conference Blog – https://queerasia2016.wordpress.com/ Visit the Facebook Event Page – https://www.facebook.com/events/1123868580957812/ The “Queer” Asia Conference is the first ever Asia centered conference on queerness/ queer theory/ LGBT issues/ themes to be held in SOAS, University of London on 10th and 11th June 2016. The aim is to bring together a wide range of academics and activists working at the intersections of “Queer” and “Asia” to facilitate an interdisciplinary and interregional exchange

Read More

1205, 2016

June 2016 – Queer Asia Conference

By Akanksha Mehta|May 12, 2016|Conferences, June 2016 - Queer Asia Conference|0 comments

Check out the amazing schedule Schedule Queer Asia 2016 Conference (Day 1) – 10th June 2016 Day 1 10th June, 2016 Venues: Khalili Lecture Theatre(KLT) (Main Building) and B111 (Brunei Gallery) 0830 – 0900 Registration (KLT Foyer) 0900 – 0950 Key Note; “A queer utopia: Love, dissent and empathy in contemporary times” by Arvind Narrain, Geneva Director, ARC International 1000 – 1130 Concurrent Sessions In Pursuit of Celluloid Happiness (Film

Read More

1205, 2016

June 2016 – Queer Asia Conference

By Akanksha Mehta|May 12, 2016|Conferences, June 2016 - Queer Asia Conference|0 comments

Partner Events  Other than film screenings and the panel discussion lined up on Day 2, we are proud to present the following partner events as part of our exciting line up for Queer Asia 2016! Indonesian Double Bill: Mom from Jambi + A Question for Dad Part of Gender Agenda! Date: 8 June 2016 Time: 4.00 PM Venue: Bertha DocHouse Directors: Multiple Total running time: 80mins Organisers: SOAS Department of Southeast Asia and SOAS Centre for

Read More

0102, 2016

June 2016 – Queer Asia Conference – CFP

By Akanksha Mehta|February 1, 2016|Conferences, June 2016 - Queer Asia Conference|0 comments

Call for Papers   “Queer” Asia   Diversity, Contestations and Developments   In the context of the various developments affecting non-normative persons such as de/re-criminalisation/ increased public awareness (positive or negative)/ Resistances to queer/ aspects of technology to name a few. Several questions about “Queer” in Asia emerge.   What is Queer in Asia? What are the different ways in which one can be or perform queer in Asia? How

Read More

3005, 2015

May 2015 – Gender and the Colonial

By Akanksha Mehta|May 30, 2015|Conferences, May 2015 - Gender and the Colonial|0 comments

In a period where gender is increasingly deployed via international and national policy initiatives, the Centre will present scholarship that analyses the role of gender (performance, embodiment, histories, constructions, deviations) in the persistence and legacies of colonial tropes, as well as academic voices that complicate expected understandings and meanings of gender through the study of the colonial and vice versa. The conference will provide a cross- and inter- disciplinary space

Read More

2805, 2015

May 2015 – Gender and the Colonial

By Akanksha Mehta|May 28, 2015|Conferences, May 2015 - Gender and the Colonial|0 comments

Gender and the Colonial CGS Biennial Conference  May 2015 SOAS, University of London  View the Conference Poster here Draft Programme View the SOAS page for the event here Opening keynote: Professor Oyeronke Oyewumi (Stony Brook University, New York) Unlearning the Lessons of Coloniality: Exhuming Subjugated Knowledge and Liberating Marginalized Epistemes Keynote: Professor Dianne Otto (Melbourne Law School) Justice Beyond the Law: People’s Tribunals and the Politics of Listening Closing keynote: Professor

Read More