[aaus-list] Symp.: East Europ. Homophobia, London 22.1.10

[Andreas Umland]

BIRKBECK INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH

WINTER COLLOQUIUM: BEYOND THE PINK CURTAIN?

EASTERN EUROPEAN SEXUALITIES, HOMOPHOBIA AND WESTERN EYES.

22ND JANUARY 2010

Sexualities, as aspects of identity and as part of the public
language of nation, are a controversial feature of post-communist
transition in Central and Eastern Europe. Radical political changes
have led to the emergence of new social actors, such as the LGBT
(lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) movement, the airing of new
discourses about sexuality, as well as the eruption of new social
conflicts and divisions.

   This interdisciplinary Colloquium will  bring together scholars in
the social sciences, history, Slavic and other area studies, as well
as activists from LGBT communities, to examine the relationships
between gender, nation and sexuality. How, for example, did the
emergence of revised national identities after 1989 relate to new
conceptions of non-normative gender and sexuality? What were the local
dimensions of the ‘lesbian and gay question’, and why did they
develop? How did queer sexualities in this region evolve historically?
And what influence does that historical legacy have today? What are
the specificities and particularities of Central and Eastern European
sexual identities, within the region and compared with Western and
other non-Western formations?

   THERE WILL BE A SCREENING OF THE FILM “BEYOND THE PINK CURTAIN”
(2009) AND A DISCUSSION WITH DIRECTOR MATTHEW CHARLES AT 3PM ON
THURSDAY 21ST  JANUARY IN THE BIRKBECK CINEMA, 43 GORDON SQUARE.

   Numbers are strictly limited, so please register early.

   Cost, includes vegetarian lunch:  £25 Standard  £10 Birkbeck staff
and all students.
Payment is by credit/debit card - Standard Booking Form[1]   Birkbeck
Staff & /all /Students[2]
Friday 22nd  January 2010   Room 541  Birkbeck College Main Building  
9.30am – 5pm 
(Registration 9.30 in Room 538)
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   FILM SCREENING - THURSDAY 21ST  JANUARY 2010  REGISTRATION FOR THE
FREE FILM SCREENING – EMAIL JULIA EISNER J.EISNER at BBK.AC.UK
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   DETAILED PROGRAM AND ABSTRACTS:
http://robertkulpa.com/index.php?/projects/BISR-Colloquium.html[3]

   Info: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/bisr/news/pinkcurtain[4]

   Organiser: Robert Kulpa (roberto at kulpa.org.uk)

   all the best,
robert kulpa
0044.785.999.5074
http://robertkulpa.com