Hey everybody... further to the event listed below... which will be huge by the way, international academics are flying in, and this is being held with both the SOAS GBLT and SOAS Gender Studies Department hosting it, it will be great, and give everyone a lot to think about. SOAS GBLT is also providing refreshments as well, which should allow everyone to network, chit-chat and gossip over tea and coffee.
The week after that (17th-22nd January), we also have the SOAS Lesbian Film Festival, which we have been speaking about for months, and it has finally been arranged.
The films are:
Fire
World Unseen,
Sving Face,
Imagine Me and You
Aimee & Jaguar,
So we have an Indian, German, British, Chinese-American and South African film. A nice range and diverse culture me'thinks. Thanks for all the suggestions and e-mails about films, and maybe we can have a chance to show the other films at another time. Room bookings haven't been confirmed yet, but all there will be one film a night, for 5 nights, starting Monday 17th of January to Friday 22nd January, all starting at 5:30. The order of the films hasn't been confirmed yet, but we will do so shortly along with confirming the rooms!
All films will be shown with English subtitles, and hopefully, as with our previous film festivals, nibbles, drinks and friendship will be provided.
Shove the week in your diary, and we hope to see you there!!!
Thursday, January 7, 2010
SOAS GBLT SOCIETY Event
The SOAS Centre for Gender Studies and the SOAS GLBT Society Jointly Present:
Technologies of Violence and Control:
Performing Arab Queer Communities Online
This colloquium seeks to examine the formation of Arab queer collectivities, challenging traditional modes of identity politics and embodiment. Taking cyberspace as a site of analysis, Noor Al-Qasimi and Barrak Alzaid examine the ways in which various organizations and institutions that purport to advance sexual democracy produce a form of identity politics that effectively engenders violence and control.
Wednesday 13 January, 7-9pm, SOAS, Khalili lecture Theatre
How to Do Things With Violence: The Transmission of Affect and Production of Politicized Queer Identities
Barrak Alzaid’s paper investigates the interplay between digital media and violence to create communities rooted in LGBT identity formations through an analysis of the Iraqi LGBT website, and the close reading of one embedded video depicting the torture of a trans person in Iraq. The paper employs a methodology that combines a reflexive analysis of the author's process of witnessing and translation of the author's, coupled with a performative analysis of the work the video enacts.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Boyahs and Girls: Uploading Transnational Queer Subjectivities in the United Arab Emirates
Al-Qasimi’s paper focuses on how queer narratives on social networking sites (namely, Facebook) are accommodated and/or denied by laws pertaining to the governance of sexuality. Ultimately, she asks, to what extent does the Emirati national youth’s articulation of queerness transcend and transform collective sexual norms governed by the Emirati nationalist paradigm, allowing for the emergence of a transnational sexual politics that both destablizes sexual governance and reconstitutes the sovereignty of the nation state?
All Welcome!
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Well... what a night!
Well, what a great night. Thanks sooooo much to all the people who came to the meet and greet, and also those that came to the club night. And a massive hug goes to those who went to both!
We all had an amazing night, and I hope you did too! We loved meeting everyone, and can't wait to get to know everyone over the coming year!
Enjoy the rest of Freshers Week!
SOAS GBLT Society! :) xxx
We all had an amazing night, and I hope you did too! We loved meeting everyone, and can't wait to get to know everyone over the coming year!
Enjoy the rest of Freshers Week!
SOAS GBLT Society! :) xxx
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
New Facebook Link for Thursday's Event
The new event page. be there! :)
http://bit.ly/qKqIS
See you on Thursday!
http://bit.ly/qKqIS
See you on Thursday!
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Hello and welcome!
Dear All.
How are you? Hope you are fine and fabulous, and all ready for a great new year with us. We have made lots of plans for the year and we hope you'll be able to join us. But to start the year off, we'll first be having a Meet and Greet at the JCR this Thursday, the 1st of October 2009 at 8pm. This will then be followed by a massive cross-University of London-GBLT Club Night, in Holborn at 10pm. This will be a great opportunity to catch up and meet new people and we sincerely hope to see you there!
See you on Thursday. In the meantime, have a great Sunday and a good start to the week.
Love from,
the SOAS GBLT Society
How are you? Hope you are fine and fabulous, and all ready for a great new year with us. We have made lots of plans for the year and we hope you'll be able to join us. But to start the year off, we'll first be having a Meet and Greet at the JCR this Thursday, the 1st of October 2009 at 8pm. This will then be followed by a massive cross-University of London-GBLT Club Night, in Holborn at 10pm. This will be a great opportunity to catch up and meet new people and we sincerely hope to see you there!
See you on Thursday. In the meantime, have a great Sunday and a good start to the week.
Love from,
the SOAS GBLT Society
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Shooting in Tel Aviv
Recently there was a shooting in Tel Aviv at a Youth Centre for Gay Teens and resulted in the death of two people. This is truly a step backwards in terms of making it safe for GBLT youths and we must do all we can to show solidarity with the repressed (and violently treated!) GBLT youngsters of the world.
Here is the BBC news article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8180655.stm
Here is the BBC news article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8180655.stm
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