Queer Discipline 2010-11
.. a series of research seminars on queer studies and interdisciplinarity.
Organised in 2010-11 by
Bob Mills and
Lara Shalson (English Department), in conjunction with Queer@King’s.
For further information, or if you require information about access to queer @ king's events, email
queer@kcl.ac.uk
Summer 2011
Look out for more information about our summer events, including...
Wednesday 25 May 2011 • 18.30 • Council Room, King's Building, Strand Campus
Poetry reading and book launch party, celebrating the publication of Sophia Mayer,
The Private Parts of Girls (Salt, 2011) and John McCullough,
The Frost Fairs (Salt, 2011). This event is co-sponsored with
Poetry at King's.
Thursday 19 May 2011 • 17.15 • Room S-1.06, Strand Building, Strand Campus
Ann Pellegrini (New York University): Queer Structures of Religious Feeling
Spring 2011
Thursday 20 January 2011 • 17.15 • Council Room, Strand Campus
Sally Newman (Monash University/King’s College London): 'Bizarre Love Triangle': Reading 'Queer Tutelage' in the Letters of John Addington Symonds, Mary Robinson Duclaux and Vernon Lee.
(Please note that Ann Pellegrini's talk, scheduled for this date, will now take place in May 2011. See below for details.)
Thursday 3 February 2011 • 17.15 • Council Room, Strand Campus
James Polchin (New York University): The Men in the Bathroom: Public Sex and the Problem of Looking in William E. Jones’ Tearoom
Friday 18 February 2011 • 09.30 • Council Room, Strand Campus
One-day colloquium
Sexuality & the Archive: A Colloquium on Method
Organised by Bob Mills and Sally Newman
(Please note that this event is now full and registration is closed.)
Thursday 17 March 2011 • 17.15 • Room S2.38 (English Department Common Room), Strand Campus
Jun Zubillaga-Pow (King’s College London): Foucault v. Singapore: The Thwart of Heterotopia in Films and Everyday Life
Autumn 2010
Thursday 21 October 2010 • 17.15 • River Room, Strand Campus
David Eng (University of Pennsylvania): Reparations and the Human
*Please note that this event will take place in the River Room, Strand Campus
Thursday 25 November 2010 • 17.15 • Council Room, Strand Campus
New Books in the Field Party
Celebrating the publications of:
Sara Ahmed,
The Promise of Happiness (Duke 2010), and David Eng,
The Feeling of Kinship: Queer Liberalism and the Racialization of Intimacy (Duke 2010).
With presentations by Sara Ahmed (Goldsmiths, University of London), David Eng, and invited guests (TBA) followed by a drinks reception.
Thursday 9 December 2010 • 17.15 • Council Room, Strand Campus
Sally Newman (Monash University/King’s College London): "Bizarre Love Triangle" Reading "queer tutelage" in the letters of John Addington Symonds, Mary Robinson Duclaux and Vernon Lee.