Forum: Queer London Research Forum Launch (11/29/2013)

Queer London Research Forum Launch Event

Old Cinema, University of Westminster

November 29, 2013 @ 6.30pm

Following the success of the Queer London conference in March 2013, Katherine M. Graham and Simon Avery are pleased to announce the launch of the Queer London Research Forum at the University of Westminster.

This Forum is designed to facilitate interdisciplinary discussions about versions of Queer London c.1850-present. A series of seminars will be held in 2013-14 and we are in the process of developing a web forum to continue debate and dialogue further.

The launch event for QLRF will take place on November 29, 2013 at 6:30pm in the Old Cinema, University of Westminster (Regent Street Campus). We are pleased to welcome the artist Christa Holka (http://www.christaholka.com/) who will be discussing her work with Sam McBean (LSE). Katherine and Simon will open the event with some remarks about the development and future of the Forum overall. The event will be followed by a wine reception.

We very much hope that you will be interested in attending. Places must be reserved. This can be done by emailing queerlondonresearchforum@gmail.com

If you would be interested in further information about the Forum and its events, please check our website at www.queerlondonforum.co.uk or see our Twitter feed @QLResearchForum

Registration open: Queer London Conference (3/23/2013)

Queer London Conference

Department of English, Linguistics and Cultural Studies

University of Westminster

Saturday 23rd March 2013

Keynote Speaker:

Dr. Matt Cook (Birkbeck College, University of London)

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

This one-day conference is dedicated to a consideration of London and its role in creating, housing, reflecting and facilitating queer life. It will bring together scholars from a variety of different disciplines and backgrounds to examine representations of queer London and how London itself represents queers.

That London is a focus and centre for queer life and culture can be seen on its stages; in its bar and club scenes; in its film festivals and its representations in film; in its performance art; in its political life; in its gyms; in its history; in its book groups and book shops; and in its representations in the contemporary queer fiction of writers like Alan Hollinghurst and Sarah Waters. That London is a hub and an axis goes without saying. What the ‘Queer London’ conference offers is an opportunity for further analysis and investigation of these representations/representational platforms and consideration of the socio-cultural role that London plays in queer life.

The conference focuses on the period 1885 to the present and includes papers on topics as diverse as 1920s lesbian London; modes of queer activism; the art and photography of Francis Bacon; London’s drag scenes; Alan Hollingshurst’s queer London; queer Soho; and London’s queer sex work.

The conference programme will shortly be posted here – http://queerlondonconf.wordpress.com/

The conference will be from 10.30am until 7pm and will be held in the University of Westminster’s building at 309 Regent Street.

The conference will be FREE to attend but places are limited. In order to reserve a place, please emailqueerlondonconf@gmail.com, including your name, contact details and affiliation.

If you have any questions, please get in touch with Dr. Simon Avery (s.avery@westminster.ac.uk) and Dr. Katherine M. Graham (k.graham1@westminster.ac.uk).