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Read more at: lgbtQ+@cam Welcomes Sandi Toksvig as New Q+ Fellow

lgbtQ+@cam Welcomes Sandi Toksvig as New Q+ Fellow

9 October 2023

This year, we are delighted to welcome Sandi Toksvig OBE to join us at the Department of Sociology to take up the inaugural Qantabrigian Fellowship for 2023-24. Sandi of course needs no introduction - her contributions to comedy, literature, and political activism are well known, having earned her a myriad of commendations...


Read more at: New video: The Stonewall Report
New video: The Stonewall Report

New video: The Stonewall Report

4 January 2019

This year Stonewall conducted the "LGBT in Britain: University Report" which shows that "for many lesbian, gay, bi and trans students, the [university] experience can be marred by discrimination, exclusion and abuse because of who they are." The report is extensive, and in October 2018 we were joined by Pete Mercer from...


Read more at: New video: Dr Sofia Ropek Hewson Queeries the Curriculum
New video: Dr Sofia Ropek Hewson Queeries the Curriculum

New video: Dr Sofia Ropek Hewson Queeries the Curriculum

23 November 2018

A series produced by lgbtQ+@cam to interview researchers on the way in which we can 'queery' the curriculum. How do we queer the curriculum? And why is it important? This video features Dr Sofia Ropek Hewson, a queer theorist whose PhD examined the work of Paul B Preciado.


Read more at: Reading&Study Groups
Reading&Study Groups

Reading&Study Groups

20 November 2018

Check out our new page which will list reading&study groups at the university. Does your department have a lgbtq+ reading group? Let us know . https://www.lgbtq.sociology.cam.ac.uk/events-in-a-page/reading-study-groups


Read more at: Coverage in Varsity
Coverage in Varsity

Coverage in Varsity

16 November 2018

“You have to carve a little space for yourself, which is what queer people have done forever”, said PhD student George Severs, speaking about a current lack of opportunities for exploring queer theory in higher education, barring personally motivated study. Read all about our programme in an article written by Varsity...


Read more at: Call for papers: Queer Kinship

Call for papers: Queer Kinship

23 October 2018

Queer Kinship: Erotic Affinities and the Politics of Belonging, edited collection Deadline for submissions: January 1, 2019 Contact email: tyler.bradway@gmail.com Elizabeth Freeman (UC Davis) Tyler Bradway (SUNY Cortland) Duke University Press (tbc) “Queer Kinship: Erotic Affinities and the Politics of Belonging” is a...


Read more at: Research interviewees required: Drag & Identity

Research interviewees required: Drag & Identity

12 October 2018

Seeking participants for third-year undergrad dissertation research. The research is on how LGBT+ people view drag and, by extension, the concept of identity . I’m looking for ten to twelve participants, some who do drag and some who don’t, and from a wide array of backgrounds within the LGBT+ spectrum (ie it wouldn’t be...


Read more at: Queer Theory Reading Group
Queer Theory Reading Group

Queer Theory Reading Group

11 October 2018

Cambridge Queer Theory (CQT) is an interdisciplinary reading group based in the Department of Sociology and brings together graduate students and faculty from across the university to explore Queer Theory in acadmia and beyond. Meeting every other Thursday afternoon during term time. First meeting: Oct 18th, 2:30-5pm (...


Read more at: The Queer Art of Feeling: Call for Papers

The Queer Art of Feeling: Call for Papers

9 October 2018

The Queer Art of Feeling: Sensation, Emotion and the Body in Queer Cultures 2–3 May 2019 University of Cambridge, UK with a keynote lecture by Sara Ahmed Call for Papers Deadline for submissions: Wednesday 5 December, 12 noon queerartoffeeling@gmail.com Since the earliest works of queer theory, scholars have placed the...


Read more at: Respond to a Survey on Masculinity and Homophobia

Respond to a Survey on Masculinity and Homophobia

3 October 2018

Call-out for survey respondents O. Newnam's sociology part2B dissertation explores issues of masculinity and homophobia and its effects on working-class gay men’s educational experiences. If you are an undergraduate, post-graduate (any year) or have graduated, and self-identify as both working-class and as a gay male, and...


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