17-19/11/2017 - QueerFemSEE International Conference (Ρουμανία)

QueerFemSEE is an interdisciplinary conference that seeks to explore various accounts of South-Eastern and Eastern European researchers (and their Western peers with similar interests) concerning topics connected to media studies, cultural studies, public space, and their intersection with gender and queer studies.

One of the key concepts for discussion is intersectionality. Although in the last decade’s scholars in cultural and media studies have begun to address issues such as gender, race, ethnicity, disability, sexualities in their work, there is still a gap concerning the amount of research in this direction between Western academic spaces and the Eastern ones. Considering this, the question which can be raised is if Western feminist and queer theories can be applied (and if yes, to what extent) to other local contexts? How are the frameworks and operating concepts constructed? How can cultural and media analysis benefit from these paradigms? What are the examples of ‘national’ or ‘local’ queer cultures and media representations and what are their particularities in comparison to other cultures (from other geopolitical contexts)? These are only a few questions that might help to shape the scope and importance of incorporating feminist and queer studies in media and cultural analysis.

Eligibility: Students, scholars, artists, and activists who are interested in the way different queer and feminist discourses function within their own culture and recent/contemporary history and/or beyond.

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