Events 2009-2010

Below is a outline of BIGS activities for 2009-10. Full details will be circulated via the BIGS mailing list. To subscribe to the BIGS mailing list contact h.bauer@bbk.ac.uk

College Gender Group Seminars

Wednesdays, 12.30-2.00pm

Room 255 Malet Street

28 October: Daniel Monk, "Queerying Homophobic Bullying", and Nayia Kamenou, "LGTB Movement in Cyprus"

20 January: Carolyn Burdett, "Coining Empathy", and Laura Salisbury "On Neurology"

28 April: Rosie Cox, "Gender and the Home: The Case of New Zealand"

All welcome!

Contact: h.bauer@bbk.ac.uk

"Sex and Race": A Work-In-Progress Seminar

25 February at Birkbeck. 10.00-5.00

This work-in-progress seminar brings together speakers from within Birkbeck whose work explores the intersections between "sex" and "race" from a range of disciplinary, theoretical and historical perspectives. The day will focus on a series of short presentations and will allow plenty of time for discussion. Confirmed participants include Andrew Asibong, Heike Bauer, Isabel Crowhurst, Joanne Leal, Jonathan Mackintosh and Emma Sandon.

No advance registration required.

Contact h.bauer@bbk.ac.uk or j.mackintosh@bbk.ac.uk

BIGS Artist Seminar Film Series

May 2010 at Birkbeck.

BIGS will host a series of film screenings including documentaries introduced by the film maker and a guest lecture on Orpheus followed by a screening of Cocteau's Orphée.

Contact: d.monk@bbk.ac.uk or l.baraitser@bbk.ac.uk

BIGS Against Homophobia

June 2010 at Birkbeck.

BIGS will host a panel discussion on homophobia, followed by a reception. All welcome.

Contact: h.bauer@bbk.ac.uk