ISET European Interdisciplinary Seminar Series
Spring 2012
Friday 24 February 2012, 2-6pm, T1-20, Tower Building
The ISET seminar series addresses key issues in the making and remaking of Europe, whether economic, political, social or cultural. In the context of globalization, these extend beyond Europe’s borders, and interrogate definitions of European identity.
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 & Gay Immigration Group-UKLGIG
Translating Queer Migration Histories into LGBTI Asylum Cases
The Seminar will take place in the
Old Staff Café, T1-20,
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 at
http://isetspringseminar2012.eventbrite.com/
