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ISET European Interdisciplinary Spring Seminar 2012 Queering Migrations: orientations, rights and sexualities in motion

Friday, February 24, 2012 at 2:00 PM (GMT)

London, United Kingdom

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Queering Migrations: orientations, rights and sexualities in motion

 

The queer deconstruction of heteronormativity is a strategic tool to study the nexus between migration, gender and sexuality.  Its intersectional focus on gender, sexuality and materiality potentially allows a better understanding of the social mobilities, identities and divisions underpinning migration. 

During this half day workshop we will explore the theoretical and methodological potential offered by queer analyses of the nexus between migration and sexual orientations.  We will also discuss the complex entanglement of rights and identities characterising the experience of people claiming asylum on the grounds of their sexual orientation and gender identity in the UK. 

This workshop will bring together a unique combination of scholars and practitioners addressing these issues from a variety of academic disciplines and fields in the UK.

 

Panel 1: Queer mobilities, methodologies and intersections

Jon Binnie, Manchester Metropolitan University
'Like a Bomb in the Gasoline Station': East-West Migration and Transnational Activism around Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Politics in Poland - co-authored with Chris Klesse

Leticia Sabsay, The Open University
Queering Nationalisms?  The politics of 'queer' as a migrant signifier

Nick Mai, ISET, London Metropolitan University
The fractal queerness of non-heteronormative migrant sex workers in the UK sex industry

Panel 2: Framing non-heteronormative migration and asylum in the UK


Calogero Giametta, ISET, London Metropolitan University
'The Making of Knowable and Liberated Subjectivities in Queer Asylum Cases in the UK'

S. Chelvan, Barrister, No 5 Chambers and King's College London
'Analysing homo and hetero normativities in the narratives of lesbian and gay asylum seekers in the United Kingdom

Erin Power, UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group - UKLGIG
Translating queer migration histories into LGBTI asylum cases

Friday 24 February 2012, 2-6pm
Old Staff Café
Tower Building
London Metropolitan University
166-220 Holloway Road
London N7 8DB

 

Attendance is free but places are limited so it is essential to register in advance

Abstracts and Bios available here:
http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/research-units/iset/events/iset-seminar-series-spring-2012/iset-seminar-series-spring-2012_home.cfm

When & Where



Room T1-20 (Old Staff Café), Tower Building
London Metropolitan University
166-220 Holloway Road
N7 8DB London
United Kingdom

Friday, February 24, 2012 at 2:00 PM (GMT)


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