Brighton and Sussex Sexualities Network
BSSN
What is BSSN?
The Brighton and Sussex Sexualities Network (BSSN) is an inter-university research network aimed at supporting research and researchers who work on issues of human sexuality within the Universities of Brighton and Sussex and the wider Sussex area.Conference
Wednesday 19th September
To celebrate the launch of the Network, join us for a one-day Conference, Wednesday 19th September. All local LGBT people, academics and interested parties welcome.
This conference marks the launch of the Brighton and Sussex Sexualities Network (BSSN), an inter-university research network aimed at supporting research (and researchers) who work on issues of sexualities within the Universities of Brighton and Sussex and the wider Sussex area.
The one-day conference will take place on Wednesday 19th September 2007, at University of Brighton Grand Parade, and will be hosted by the Universities of Brighton and Sussex.
Programme
Venue: Room 202, University of Brighton, Grand Parade, Brighton
8.30 – 9 am |
Registration and tea/coffee |
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| 9 – 9.15 am | Welcome |
| 9.15 – 10.45 am | Session One: “Non-normative sexualities and desires” |
| Dee MacDonald - “Paradoxes of pleasure: Sexual emotions within swinging relationships” | |
| Richard De Visser – “Demographic and psychosocial features of participants in BDSM sex: data from a national survey” | |
| Robert James – “’It’s like having another person in the relationship’ – People with HIV talking about sex” | |
| Camel Gupta – “Painful resources and lasting marks: the potential and policing of the (queer?) BDSM body” | |
10.45 – 11 am |
Coffee break |
| 11 – 12.30 pm | Session Two: “Queer times and space” |
| Lucy Robinson – “Learning the lessons of the Bermondsey by-Election” | |
| Kath Browne – “Lesbian and Gay Normativities in a ‘Gay City’ – Re-traditionalisations and Civil Partnerships” | |
| Georgina Voss – “Responsibility and Pride: An exploration of the corporate social responsibilities of gay businesses in Brighton” | |
| Olu Jenzen – “Queer Temporality and the fiction of Jeanette Winterson” | |
12.30 – 1 pm |
Lunch |
| 1 – 2.30 pm | Session Three: “Science, Technology, Health and the media” |
| Jennifer Gristock - “Science, the media and a tale of gay sheep” | |
| Irmi Karl – “Domesticating the Lesbian? Queer Strategies and Technologies of Home-making” | |
| Kate O’Riordan – “Queer Genealogies and Digital Media” | |
2.30 – 2.45 pm |
Coffee break |
| 2.45 – 4 pm | Session Four: Open session |
| Chritine Alleyn – “Trans-sexualiy: a latitudinal study of ramificatins of sexual orientation in post-operative male-to-female transsexuals” | |
| Susan Jolly – “Introduction to Sexualities and Development research at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex” | |
| Sandra Gonzales Santos – “The Expansion of Assisted Reproductive Services in Mexico” (Poster presentation) | |
| Rebekah Pope and Nigel Sherriff – “West Sussex LGBTU Youth Research Project” (Poster presentation) | |
| 4.30 – 6 pm | ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION : The future of the BSSN |
| 6.30 – 8 pm | PANEL DISCUSSION: Is Brighton Too Gay? |
Registration
To register please download and complete the registration form. Conference fees are £20 staff/waged and £5 student/unwaged
- Registration form (link removed)
