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**[QUEER SCREENS CONFERENCE
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**September 2nd and 3rd 2017**

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The Institute of the Humanities and the Gendered Subjects Research Group

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at Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

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**Keynote speaker: Prof. Jack Halberstam (University of Southern
California)**

We invite submissions which tackle diverse aspects of queer
representation, and that question the extent to which the new influx of
queer on-screen visibility works at once both to liberate and obfuscate
certain queer identities and cultures. How, for example, should we
perceive representations of the legalization of gay marriage in numerous
countries, while taking into account that these changes in law also mark
the entrance of queer individuals into reproductive and familial time?
In England and Wales, 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the Sexual
Offences Act, which decriminalized private homosexual acts between male
individuals aged 21 or over. As such, this anniversary comes at what is
arguably a troubling time; one where right-wing nationalism spreads
across the US and Europe and 'homonationalism' (Puar, 2007) allows for
the appropriation of queer and feminist discourses so as to legitimize
xenophobia and contemporary colonialism.

We encourage submissions dealing with queer representation in any
on-screen form (ranging from the established forms of film and TV to
gaming, music videos, advertisement, web-series, and social media,
amongst others) in what can be broadly defined as a contemporary
context, promoting both explorations of the historical development of
queer visibility and of its recent media examples. Additionally, we
welcome further explorations of what it means to be 'queer' on screen,
to gaze queerly, and the value of queerness as not only a political but
aesthetic term. Topics may include yet are not limited to:

● Queer intersectionality on contemporary screens  
● Queer temporalities and geographies  
● Specific regional, national or transnational contexts of queer
representation  
● The relationship between various media platforms and queer
visibility  
● Representations of queer activism and the (re)framing of activist
debates  
● The queer body and its relationship to the neoliberal context  
● Adaptations and appropriations that queer canonical authors and
texts  
● Queering notions of success and failure in neoliberalism  
● Homonationalism and its role in representation  
● Queer anarchism. Queerness as a vehicle for change. Queer utopias and
potentialities.  
Organizers: Anamarija Horvat
([anamarija.horvat@northumbria.ac.uk](mailto:anamarija.horvat@northumbria.ac.uk){target="_blank"
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Inmaculada N. Sánchez-García
([inmaculada.garcia@northumbria.ac.uk](mailto:inmaculada.garcia@northumbria.ac.uk){target="_blank"
rel="noopener noreferrer"})

Please send 300-word abstracts for 20-minute presentations and a
biographical note
to [queerscreens2017@gmail.com](mailto:queerscreens2017@gmail.com){target="_blank"
rel="noopener noreferrer"} **by May 1st 2017.**

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<b>
 QUEER SCREENS CONFERENCE 2017
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 September 2nd and 3rd 2017
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The Institute of the Humanities and the Gendered Subjects Research Group at Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
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 Keynote speaker: Prof.
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CFP: Queer Screens Conference 2017, 2-3 Sept 2017, Northumbria University