Brighton and Sussex Sexualities Network

BSSN Conference CfP: THE ACADEMY & ACTIVISM

University of Brighton, Thursday 24th September 2009

The Third Annual Conference of the Brighton and Sussex Sexualities Network (BSSN) takes place on Thursday 24th September 2009. This one- day conference is hosted by Brighton and Sussex Universities and will be held this year at the University of Brighton.

This year's theme: THE ACADEMY & ACTIVISM

All researchers in Sussex are invited to give papers and talk about their research. You do not have to be affiliated to a University to participate.

Proposals might wish to address any of the following questions:

• Can academic sexualities research and sexual activism work together?
• What are the implications for researchers who also identify as activists?
• How can we bring sexualities activism into the seminar room?
• Do universities support or hinder activist work?
• What are the challenges of researching activism from ‘within’? Or from ‘outside’?
• Teenage sexuality/pregnancy
• Pedagogy and sexuality – schools and colleges
• Sexuality and Disabilities – community and institutional contexts
• Care facilities and sexualities – private, institutional, public, community
• Sexuality and community safety
• Sex work
• Sexuality and health (including but also moving beyond sexual health)
• LGBT and the links with research/academia
• Trans and sexualities
• Genderqueer and sexualities
• Queer activism and the queer academy

This list is by no means exhaustive and we encourage submissions that address a broad range of questions current within sexualities research.

• Call for Papers - academic contributions
• Call for Papers - all contributors