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Queer Asia Conference 2018: Bodies X Borders

Name: Queer Asia Conference 2018: Bodies X Borders
Start: 2018-06-29T00:00:00+07:00
End: 2018-06-29T23:59:59+07:00

29 June, 2018

Abstract submission deadline: 30th December 2017
Applicants will hear by February 2018
Conference Date: 29 June, 2018 (tentative)
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In Asia and beyond, queer identities and lived experiences offer unprecedented opportunities to challenge dominant ways of living, being, and knowing. The third edition of the ‘Queer’ Asia conference charts new dialogues on burgeoning questions around bodies and borders, with their attendant biopolitics. How are queer lives being managed and manoeuvred? How do they intersect and intervene with the realities and representations of queer communities in Asia and within Asian diasporas.

As migration (enforced and chosen), war, and crisis (personal, professional, political) impact queer bodies we ask: how do they move and survive in the numerous and varied Asian contexts? How do race, gender, ability, religion, class/caste, disease, and violences impact queer Asian bodies? Can queer bodies transgress (internal and external) borders imposed by politics, economy, science, religion, and culture? How do crises around nationalism and globalisation affect non-normative gender and sexual identities?

We would like to invite all those working on facets of queerness in/on Asia to submit a proposal on any of these or related areas. Proposals may take the form of academic abstract or creative idea. If you have questions relating to submission do not hesitate to get in touch at queerasia@gmail.com.

Submissions could address, but are not limited to, the following sub-themes: