D.C. Queer Studies 2014: Queer Initmacies
Same-sex lovers touch. Or build a network of ties and commitments based on something other than biological kinship. These are queer intimacies.
Conference Poster
Event Information
April 25, 2014
9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Tawes, 1100
University of Maryland
Trans people navigate a labyrinth of state regulations and religio-cultural codes concerning proper gender conduct in order to craft livable lives. Young LGBT African-American activists take to the streets, the pews, and their kitchen tables to organize support in the black community for a referendum affirming the right to same-sex marriage. These close encounters of bodies, church, community, and state are also queer intimacies. The 2014 symposium focused on what happens to queer intimacy as the legal and social status of LGBT people and same-sex relationships undergoes change, in the US and throughout the world.
In response to yet another increase in the number of strong proposals received, the program was expanded beyond what was offered in prior years to accomodate additional presentations by faculty and graduate students. Then in the afternoon a faculty plenary featured Scott Herring and Sharon Holland, with a response by David Mitchell. The keynote speaker, Katherine Franke, closed the day’s events with her lecture, “Gay Marriage 2.0: Divorce.”
Schedule and Session Information
9–9:30 a.m. REGISTRATION AND WELCOME First-floor foyer, Tawes Hall
9:30–10:45 a.m.
CONCURRENT SESSIONS QUEER RITUALS AND GEOGRAPHIES OF INTIMACY Tawes 3132
- STEPHEN BERNARDINI “Readings” of Risk, Ruptures of Violence: Race, Space, and Affect in the Lives of Queer Children and Youth, Rutgers University, Childhood Studies
- JAMES TYLER CHADWELL Oral Intimacies: Narrative Spaces in Queer Foodway Practices, George Mason University, Interdisciplinary Studies MICHELLE MARTIN-BARON Framing DOMA with Funerals: Queer Theory and the Rituals of Kinship, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Women’s Studies
- IAN LEKUS University of Maryland, LGBT Studies
TRANSNATIONAL QUEER INTIMACIES Tawes 3134
- HAN CHEN Chinese Tomboy: Self and Intimacy, The Ohio State University, Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies
- DREDGE BYUNG’CHU KÄNG Realizing Intimate Fans: Celebrity Boy Couples in Thailand, Emory University, Anthropology
- CRISTINA PÉREZ “Until I’m One with You, My World Is Torn in Two”: Forced Intimacies on the MexicoUS Border, University of Maryland, Women’s Studies
- MICHELLE V. ROWLEY University of Maryland, Women’s Studies
11 a.m.–12:15 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS
QUEERLY INTIMATE ARTS Tawes 3132
- LINDA GARBER Novel Approaches to F**king with History, Santa Clara University, Women’s and Gender Studies
- BETTINA JUDD Binding, Mount Holyoke College, Gender Studies and Africana Studies
- JEANNE VACCARO Whateverjeanne: Feminism, IRL Boredom, and Queer Teletechnologics, University of Pennsylvania, Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies
- MARTHA NELL SMITH University of Maryland, English
MANAGEMENT OF DESIRE/BODIES Tawes 3134
- THEODORA DANYLEVICH Voluntary Confinement and the [Sic] Femme Closet of Inquiry, The George Washington University, English
- JOSS GREENE The Intimate as Target: Queer Solidarity and Technologies of Microregulation, Rutgers University, Gender and Women’s Studies
- RACHEL WALERSTEIN Erotic Politic: (In)Queering the Politics of Desire, University of Iowa, English
- JARAH MOESCH University of Maryland, American Studies
SEX TALKS Tawes 3136
- NICHOLAS DE VILLIERS Intimately Shared Queer and Sex Worker Histories, Spaces, and Activism, University of North Florida, English
- JESUS SMITH Race Play in BDSM Pornography: The New Master/Slave Complex, Texas A&M University, Sociology
- KRISTA QUESENBERRY Feeling “Yes”: Affective Consent in Literary Texts, Penn State University, English and Women’s Studies M A. ANTHONY University of Maryland, American Studies 12:15–1:30 p.m. CATERED LUNCH Tawes 2115 1:30–2:45 p.m.
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
QUEER AFFILIATIONS Tawes 3132
- MARTHA ERTMAN A Memoir of Love & Contracts, University of Maryland, Francis King Carey School of Law
- MIMI KHÚC Love Triangles, Triads, Vs, and More: Shaping a Queer-Poly Critique of Compulsory Monogamy, University of Maryland, Asian American Studies
- MELISSA ROGERS Queer Feminist Friendship: Practicing Intimacy and Critical-Creative Collaboration, University of Maryland, Women’s Studies
- KATIE KING University of Maryland, Women’s Studies
QUEER INTIMACIES AND EMBODIMENTS IN FILM Tawes 3134
- JACOB BROGAN Anal Hospitality, Georgetown University, English
- SEAN DONOVAN Queer Embodiment in Post-War American Avant-Garde Cinema, American University, Cinema Studies
- MICHAEL HORKA Sustainability: The Biopolitical Incorporation of Queer Subjects in Neoliberal Homonormativity, The George Washington University, American Studies
- CAETLIN BENSON-ALLOTT Georgetown University, English TECHNO-QUEER INTIMACIES Tawes 3136
- CHRISTOPHER CHITTY Patenting the Pissoir: Queer Bodies and Proprietary Technologies, University of California, Santa Cruz, History of Consciousness
- AVERY DAME “Please Reblog”: Trans Users’ Intimacy-Building Practices on Tumblr, University of Maryland, Women’s Studies
- NEIL SIMPKINS Defragmenting Identities: The UW Preferred Name Interface, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Composition and Rhetoric
- ALEXIS LOTHIAN Indiana University of Pennsylvania, English
3–4:30 p.m. PLENARY SESSION Tawes 1100
- SCOTT HERRING Eve Sedgwick’s “Other Materials,” Indiana University, Bloomington, English
- SHARON HOLLAND human, animal, blackness: some thoughts on the interstice, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, American Studies
- DAVID MITCHELL The George Washington University, English
- CHRISTINA HANHARDT University of Maryland, American Studies and LGBT Studies
5–6:30 p.m. KEYNOTE ADDRESS Ulrich Recital Hall, Tawes
- KATHERINE FRANKE Gay Marriage 2.0: Divorce, Columbia University School of Law
- MARTHA ERTMAN University of Maryland, Francis King Carey School Of Law
- MARILEE LINDEMANN University of Maryland, English and LGBT Studies 6:30–7:30 p.m.
RECEPTION Second-floor lobby, Tawes
Sponsors
University of Maryland The Center for Historical Studies, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, the Department of English, the Department of Women’s Studies, the Graduate School, The Hoff Funding Board, LGBT Equity Center, LGBT Studies Program, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, the Office of Multicultural Involvement and Community Advocacy, the Office of Undergraduate Studies, The Pepsi Enhancement Fund, The President’s Commission on LGBT Issues, Roshan Institute for Persian Studies
American University Department of Literature, College of Arts and Sciences
Georgetown University Department of English
The George Washington University Department of English
Organizers and Planning Committee
Planning Committee Christina Hanhardt, University of Maryland; Marilee Lindemann, University of Maryland; Samantha Pinto, Georgetown University; JV Sapinoso, University of Maryland
Event Coordination Marilee Lindemann and JV Sapinoso, LGBT Studies Program, University of Maryland
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