Tag Archives: Social Justice

QP@CIRQUE a Photographic Impression of the Conference in Pisa, Italy – Performativity: Pasts, Presents and Futures

This year, Queering Paradigms joined forces with CIRQUE (Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca Queer – Interdisciplinary Queer Research Centre) at the University of Pisa in Italy. The conference started with welcome speeches and a viewing of the impressive film by director Adele Tulli … Continue reading

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A quick look at Queering Paradigms 9 at the University of Sydney through Tweets

Wonderful opening from @BeeScherer for @QueeringP Queerying Justice in the Global South Conference #queercrim pic.twitter.com/GgOxQLnJdC — Dr Angela Dwyer (@Dr_AngelaDwyer) July 10, 2018 Excited for Day 1 of Queer(y)ing Justice in the Global South! #queercrim @QueeringP @Sydney_Uni pic.twitter.com/VaVgCHbJrc — Dylan … Continue reading

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Queering Paradigms 9 Welcome Address by Professor Bee Scherer

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QP7 – Press and Social Media round up

Here is a round up of the QP7 press and Social Media coverage: 31/03/2016 http://www.caymanreporter.com/2016/03/31/cayman-host-lgbtiq-conference/ 31/03/2016 https://www.caymancompass.com/2016/03/31/cayman-to-host-lgbt-conference/ 04/04/2016 https://caymannewsservice.com/2016/04/bishop-to-speak-on-religion-and-homosexuality/ 05/04/2016 http://anglicanmainstream.org/bishop-alan-wilson-to-speak-at-conference-in-cayman-islands/ 18/04/2016 http://cayman27.ky/2016/04/upcoming-lgbt-conference-draws-ire-of-bodden-town-mla/ 29/04/2016 http://cayman27.ky/2016/04/upcoming-lgbt-conference-draws-supportive-crowd/ 06/06/2016 http://www.radiocayman.gov.ky/seventh-queering-paradigms-conference-in-the-cayman-islands—11th-12th-june-2016 06/06/2016 http://cayman27.ky/2016/06/lgbt-conference-forced-to-change-venue/ 06/06/2016 https://caymannewsservice.com/2016/06/local-and-regional-lgbt-prejudices-top-bill-at-conference/ 06/06/2016 https://caymannewsservice.com/2016/06/mlas-call-for-gay-rights-referendum/ 06/06/2016 https://www.caymancompass.com/2016/06/06/conference-will-address-lgbt-issues-in-cayman-and-beyond/ 07/06/2016 http://cayman27.ky/2016/06/anthony-eden-calls-for-referendum-on-same-sex-marriage/ 07/06/2016 http://www.caymanreporter.com/2016/06/07/bush-vows-reject-legislative-changes-sex-unions/ 07/06/2016 … Continue reading

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Impressions of Day 2 of Queering Paradigms 7, some photos

Day 2 begins with a minute of silent reflection as a sign of respect for the victims and their families of this weekend’s homophobic attack on the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida in which 50 people lost there lives.

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QUEERING PARADIGMS 7: Programme

QUEERING PARADIGMS 7, 11-12 June 2016, 9am – 5:30pm  The Auditorium of the Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce Unit 4-107, Governors Square, 23 Lime Tree Bay Avenue, West Bay, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands   Programme             … Continue reading

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QP6 book forthcoming!

Queering Paradigms VI: Interventions, Ethics, and Glocalities (Oxford: Peter Lang) is now submitted and in production (expected publication end of September/ early October 2016). Following the successful QP6 conference (CCCU, July 2015) the volume edited by QP founder Bee Scherer offers queer … Continue reading

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Canterbury Christ Church University academics push for human rights change in the Caymans

[CCCU/INCISE press release 16 May 2016] Canterbury Christ Church University will next month sponsor the Seventh Queering Paradigms conference on Grand Cayman. The conference, co-organised by Christ Church academics and local Human Rights activists, addresses the social injustices faced by Lesbian, Gay, … Continue reading

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Upcoming QP 6

Dear QPers and friends! Upcoming Queering Paradigms 6, (Winchester and) Canterbury, (20-21 and) 23-25 July 2015: Registration QP6 is approaching fast; you can register your attendance at Queering Paradigms 6 via the conference website here. Registration is free for the Canterbury part … Continue reading

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Queering Paradigms: From Individual Resistance to Global-Local Impact

Originally published at E-International Relations on 23 February 2015 By Bee Scherer Personal Beginnings The global social justice academic network Queering Paradigms arose from civic defiance to local discrimination. In 2007, as a queer scholar, I felt the need to step up … Continue reading

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