In France, a few years after the law authorizing same-sex marriage, LGBTQ associations are now facing new struggles, fighting for access to assisted procreation or the creation of a communal archive center. Drawing on these dynamics, this conference aims at interrogating the bonds between LGBTQ forms of arts, cultures and activisms. We look forward to opening a space for academics and grassroots activists, whether they be engaged in institutional collectives or not, to exchange, reflect and dialogue. LGBTQ-related topics appear to be often overlooked in French research networks. We aim to make it more visible and richer, and make it dialogue with local, national and international networks of academics and activists. The « LGBTI and Queer Art, Culture and Activism » online conference is jointly organised by the Université de Lorraine and its research centres (2L2S and CREM), with the support of the French ministry of culture (DRAC Grand-Est), and the LGBTIQ centre Couleurs Gaies.

Presentation

In France, a few years after the law authorizing same-sex marriage, LGBTQ associations are now facing new struggles, fighting for access to assisted procreation or the creation of a communal archive center. Drawing on these dynamics, this conference aims at interrogating the bonds between LGBTQ forms of arts, cultures and activisms. We look forward to opening a space for academics and grassroots activists, whether they be engaged in institutional collectives or not, to exchange, reflect and dialogue. LGBTQ-related topics appear to be often overlooked in French research networks. We aim to make it more visible and richer, and make it dialogue with local, national and international networks of academics and activists. The « LGBTI and Queer Art, Culture and Activism » online conference is jointly organised by the Université de Lorraine and its research centres (2L2S and CREM), with the support of the French ministry of culture (DRAC Grand-Est), and the LGBTIQ centre Couleurs Gaies.

Organisation

Starting on June 10, we will release, on this website, the content of one panel every five days (more or less): i.e. we will publish on the website 3 or 4 papers.

Papers will be either short articles, audio or video recordings, depending on what format each speaker had chosen.

Then, in the few days following each “panel release”, we will have a Q&A Session on Microsoft Teams.

To receive information about the Q&A dates and times, and get access to the session, please register. Registration is free of charge. A link to the registration form is available on our website.

Program

Each abstract is available on our website, in French and English.

The program is subject to last-minute changes.

Panel 1 • Queer readings

Papers release date: June 10, 2020

Q&A Session: Some time between June 11 and June 13

Speakers:

• Marie-Pierre Burquier, “Queering Classical Hollywood Films.” [English]
• Marie Gil, “Les performances contemporaines en cage d’artistes racisé.e.s: les ressors d’une ‘queerosité transhistorique.’” [Français]
• Camille Lenoble, “Une représentation du transgenre dans la littérature japonaise de l’entre-deux-guerres: le roman Eroguro danshô nikki (Journal érotico-grotesque d’un prostitué, 1931) de Nagareyama Ryûnosuke.” [Français]
• Audre Guérin, “Rencontre entre les Joueurs LGBT et & personnages gays.” [Français]

Panel 2 • Corporeality and art creation

Papers release date: June 15, 2020.

Q&A Session: Some time between June 16 and June 18.

Speakers:

• Zoé Adam, “Un corps à soi.” [Français]
• Marion Cazaux, “Pratiques performative et expérimentations identitaires : une politisation du corps.” [Français]
• Yana Shtilman, “Flesh for fantasy: Articulation of identities in Robert Mapplethorpe’s portraits.”[English]
• Liz James, “Embodied Temporality: Nostalgia and Resistance in the Photographs of Elle Pérez.” [English]

Panel 3 • Representations in tension

Papers release date: June 20, 2020.

Q&A Session: Some time between June 22 and June 24.

Speakers:

• Céline Berdaguer, “Homophobies et classes sociales dans En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule d’Édouard Louis et On ne choisit pas qui on aime de Marie-Clémence Bordet-Nicaise” [Français]
• Amélie François, “Mise en avant de diverses subjectivités et sexualités sur Instagram. Le cyber-artivisme de Stephanie Sarley et d’Arvida Byström.” [Français]
• Yacine Chemssi, “L’espace de la sexualité queer dans Les Corps Ouverts (1998).” [Français]

Panel 4 • Community making: framing LGBTIQ spaces

Paper release date: June 25, 2020

Q&A Session: Some time between June 26 and June 29

Speakers:

• Charlotte Kaiser, “La rue n’est pas hétérosexuelle ? Une analyse discursive des commémorations collaboratives de Queering the Map à Montréal et Berlin.” [FR]
• Arthur Ségard, “Queer Neverlands: Heterotopia and Gender Trouble in Bertrand Mandico’s Les Garçons Sauvages and Sam Rey’s Aux Enfants Perdu·e·s.” [EN]
• N. W., “Gérer le conflit dans les espaces trans en France. Modèles et alternatives pour une gestion communautaire plus inclusive.” [FR]
• Manon Pagé, “Les passeurs.ses culturel.le.s et le féminisme lesbien au début des années 70.” [FR]