Queertopia!
Queertopia! 6.0:
Philosophical Investigations into Sexuality
GENERAL INFORMATION
The Northwestern University Queer Pride Graduate Student Association is hosting its sixth annual queer and sexuality studies graduate student conference on April 12-14, 2013, and this year’s theme is Philosophical Investigations into Sexuality.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE 2013 CONFERENCE BOOKLET.
This year’s keynote is Patricia Marino of the University of Waterloo (http://patriciamarino.org/). Professor Marino, who primarily works on ethics, philosophy of sex, and epistemology, is currently co-President of the Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love.
Scholars from various philosophical traditions will be participating as well as those from other disciplines who work at the interfaces of philosophy and sexuality.
Queertopia! and Queergasm! are supported by the following Northwestern University organizations, institutions, grants: The Catalyst Grant and Professional Development Grant from The Graduate School, the LGBT Resource Center, Feinberg’s Queers & Allies, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities, and the departments of African-American Studies, Art History, Performance Studies, Philosophy, History, Art Theory and Practice, Screen Cultures and Radio, TV, and Film, and Gender Studies.
If you’re interested or would like more information, please contact Raff Donelson at rcd@u.northwestern.edu.
REGISTRATION
Registration is FREE and includes:
- *Appetizers and 2 free drinks at our Friday evening Welcome Reception
- Breakfast and lunch for Saturday and Sunday
- Coffee, tea and snacks for the duration of the conference
- *Conference Goodie Bag
Items marked with an asterisk (*) are limited in availability. They are guaranteed for graduate student presenters and commentators, and will be given to REGISTERED non-presenters and non-commentators on a first-come, first-serve basis. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.
You are also invited to attend QUEERGASM!: An Interdisciplinary Performance Event on Saturday evening, April 13, TBD ($5 suggested donation) and our Sunday evening Closing “Reception” barcrawl.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday, April 12, 2013
| 8:00 PM | Welcome Reception Minibar, 3339 N Halsted, Chicago, IL |
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Saturday, April 13, 2013
Unless otherwise specified, all of the day’s events will be held on the 2nd floor of McGaw Pavilion at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (240 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611; enter McGaw Pavilion through Huron St. entrance).
| 10:15 AM | Breakfast and Registration Kellerman Classroom (McGaw 2-322) and Lobby |
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| 10:45 AM | Grad Talk: Speech Acts and Linguistic Performativity: Judith Butler on Hate Speech Presenter: Daniel Trujillo Commentator: Eric Jonas Daniel Hale Williams Auditorium |
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| 11:45 AM | BREAK Kellerman Classroom (McGaw 2-322) |
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| 12:00 PM | Grad Talk: Identity and Family Resemblances Presenter: Joe Adams Commentator: David Johnson Daniel Hale Williams Auditorium |
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| 1:00 PM | LUNCH Kellerman Classroom (McGaw 2-322) |
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| 2:15 PM | Grad Talk: The Impossibility of Sexual Consent Presenter: David Black Commentator: Chelsea Egbert Daniel Hale Williams Auditorium |
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| 3:15 PM | BREAK Kellerman Classroom (McGaw 2-322) |
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| 3:30 PM | Keynote Address: Objectify Me: Sexual Autonomy and the Utopia of Non-Conformity Keynote Speaker: Patricia Marino Daniel Hale Williams Auditorium |
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| 6:30 PM | QUEERGASM: An Interdisciplinary Performance Event Alvina Krause Studio in Annie May Swift Hall, Evanston Campus Click here for more info. |
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Sunday, April 14, 2013
Unless otherwise specified, all of the day’s events will be held on the 2nd floor of McGaw Pavilion at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (240 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611; enter McGaw Pavilion through Huron St. entrance).
| 9:45 AM | Breakfast Kellerman Classroom (McGaw 2-322) |
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| 10:00 AM | Grad Talk: Do people have a moral obligation to come out as LGBTQ? Presenter: Wenwen Fan Commentator: Daniel Tovar Daniel Hale Williams Auditorium |
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| 11:00 AM | BREAK Kellerman Classroom (McGaw 2-322) |
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| 11:15 AM | Grad Talk: Caring for the Sexual Self: Applying Foucault’s Hermeneutics of the Subject in Sex Education Presenter: Shaun Miller Commentator: Layli Magers Daniel Hale Williams Auditorium |
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| 12:15 PM | LUNCH and Informal Chat about Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love Patricia Marino Kellerman Classroom (McGaw 2-322) |
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| 1:30 PM | Grad Talk: The Utility of Faggotry: Queer Expertise & Caricature Presenter: Joseph Russo Commentator: Andrew Hartman Daniel Hale Williams Auditorium |
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| 2:30 PM | BREAK Kellerman Classroom (McGaw 2-322) |
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| 2:45 PM | Grad Talk: Voluptuousness and Volition: Hocquenghem, Constructivism, and the Place of the Will in Sexual Desire Presenter: Patrick Anderson Commentator: Morganna Lambeth Daniel Hale Williams Auditorium |
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| 3:45 PM | BREAK Kellerman Classroom (McGaw 2-322) |
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| 4:00 PM | Grad Talk: Assuming an Identity: A Phenomenological Theory of Embodiment and the Mixed Race Community Presenter: Emmalon Davis Commentator: Sara Beining Daniel Hale Williams Auditorium |
CHICAGO SEXFEST 2013
Queertopia! and Queergasm! are two of several events involved in the first annual Chicago SexFest. Chicago SexFest is a five year effort which includes festival of events presented in collaboration with universities, community activists and clinicians that increases knowledge and acceptance of the diversity of human sexuality and intimate relationships. Embracing human sexuality in all its forms as a positive, creative force, SexFest provides opportunities to learn about, engage and celebrate its own meaning in the personal, intellectual and spiritual lives of Chicagoans and their communities.
Check out other events involved in Chicago SexFest 2013 here: http://www.thedeviantminds.org/
