Sexuality Summer School 2012: Homophobia and Other Aversions
22nd - 25th May 2012
Registration for the 2012 Summer School is now closed! We'd love to see you at the Public Events, open to all with no need to book:
Tuesday 22nd May: 5pm, John Casken LT, Martin Harris Centre, University of Manchester, Oxford Road
Ann Cvetkovich (Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, University of Texas):
"To Be Able to Stand Not Knowing": Depression, Creativity and Self-Aversion
Drawing from her forthcoming book, Depression: A Public Feeling, Cvetkovich will address the summer school theme by considering the prevalence of self-hatred within everyday life and creative practices that address it, as well as ongoing debates within queer theory about the politics of positive and negative affects.
Wednesday 23rd May: 5.15pm Kanaris Room, 2nd Floor Manchester Museum, Oxford Rd.
Lois Weaver (Professor of Contemporary Performance Practice, Queen Mary, University of London):
A Long Table on Senses of Aversion
A Long Table is a performance installation that uses the form of a dinner party as a structure for public debate to encourage informal conversation on serious subjects and to experiment with formats that inspire public engagement.
Thursday 24th May: 5pm, John Casken LT, Martin Harris Centre, University of Manchester, Oxford Road
Mary Cappello (Professor of English, University of Rhode Island):
Vice Viscera: The (Dis)gustatory Implications of Aversion
Mary Cappello recently won a Guggenheim Fellowship for her literary non-fiction, which explores forms of disruptive beauty, figuring memory in a postmodern age, bringing incompatible knowledges into the same space, and working at the borders of literary genres.
The Sexuality Summer School has been held annually by the CSSC since 2008. The Sexuality Summer School is coordinated by the Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture (CSSC) and the Research Insitute for Cosmopolitan Cultures (RICC).
The Summer School is an annual event intended for postgraduates and researchers working in the broadly defined area of sexuality studies. The Summer School addresses current debates within queer studies, emphasising in particular its implication for the interdisciplinary study of culture. It offers an opportunity for students to discuss queer debates with researchers in the CSSC as well as international scholars brought in for the event. Applications welcome from Doctoral and Masters' level students from any university.
For information about previous years of the summer school see the left side bar (Previous Years); for more information about the 2012 summer school see the left side bar (This Year) Up to date information will be posted on this website and on the facebook page so keep checking for updates.
For any more information please email the postgraduate assistant Clara Bradbury - Rance on sexualitysummerschool@gmail.com
The cost of this year's summer school will be £60 early bird (before April 16th), then up to £75 for late registration.
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