Brighton and Sussex Sexualities Network

Feelings of P/pride: Social event and Conference (call for participation)

31st July (evening social event) - 1st August (conference)

This event will bring together the multiple possibilities of P/pride.  Moving between understanding pride as an emotion, affect and feeling and Pride as an annual LGBT Festival and the potentials as an ongoing political movement, the conference will address a range of audiences.  Taking place on the Friday of Brighton pride week, the day before the parade and park events, the first pride conference will seek to be lively, interactive and stimulating.

Engaging with the contemporary ethos of Pride in Brighton and Hove, the conference will offer a chance to celebrate LGBT identities and histories.  However, in addressing the critical impulses of the academy and wider political movements that challenge contemporary manifestations of p/Pride, the conference will also include critical explorations of P/pride and shame. Using the key speakers to introduce topics and participatory workshops and spaces, the conference will seek to offer alternative ways of understanding, knowing and engaging.

This call for participation is the first to highlight the conference.  Although there will be no official paper session participants will be invited to participate in a range of activities that address the conference theme. Although this conference is not ‘paper based’ the journal Emotion, Space and Society is interested in publishing outcomes from the conference.  This will be further discussed on the day and the open space will enable some dialogue around the theme of the day

Places are limited so please book early, closing date for registrations is 20th June 2008.

To book, please print and complete this booking form and send to Kath Browne, University of Brighton.

Draft timetable (may be subject to revision):

Thursday 31st July 2008

Evening social event/wine reception

Friday 1st August 2008 – The Queens Hotel, Brighton

The Friday of Pride week is always full of a diverse range of events and we invite delegates to enjoy the evening in Brighton. Informal arrangements can be made for dinner, or if something more collective is desired this will be booked.

Details

Cost: £20 fully waged, £10 low/unwaged for both evening social event and conference

Registration

Please register for the conference by completing a booking form (available here in pdf) and paying a non-refundable deposit of £10. Registration for the conference covers entry to the conference and all refreshments. Lunch will not be provided, but there are many local places where food can be purchased.

Places at the conference are limited and will be allocated on a first come, first serve basis with a registration form and a non-refundable payment. When the conference is full a reserve list will be started and places allocated when they become available.

Accommodation

Accommodation in Brighton during the Pride weekend is difficult please book well in advance.  Thursday night will be less busy than Friday night in the cities hotels.

Camping is available over the Pride weekend. (see http://www.brightonpride.org/brighton.php for some accommodation details)

Access

Access needs, please detail any access needs you may have and we will endeavour to make sure the conference is accessible for you.

For further details or to book your place, please contact: Kath Browne k.a.browne@brighton.ac.uk

The conference is organised by the Brighton and Sussex Sexualities Network (BSSN) which seeks to bring together a range of people who are interested in sexualities research.  BSSN operates across the Universities of Brighton and Sussex and within the wider Brighton and Sussex communities.  It is supported by Pride in Brighton & Hove and the Universities of Brighton and Sussex