Lesbian Lives XV: Friday 15 – Saturday 16 Feb 2008
Writing Lesbian Culture: Theories and Praxis’
A 2-Day, International, Interdisciplinary Conference to be held at the
Women’s Education, Research and Resource Centre (WERRC), School of
Social Justice, University College Dublin, Ireland
Keynote Speakers
KATE BORNSTEIN is an author, playwright and performance artist.
Adrienne Rich. Kate’s published works include the books Gender Outlaw:
On Men, Women and the Rest of Us; My Gender Workbook; and the cyber-
romance-action novel, Nearly Roadkill with co-author Caitlin Sullivan.
Kate’s plays and performance pieces include Strangers in Paradox,
Hidden: A Gender, The Opposite Sex Is Neither, Virtually Yours, and
y2kate: gender virus 2000.
BARBARA CARRELLAS is an author, sex educator, and theatre artist. Her
most recent books are Urban Tantra: Sacred Sex for the Twenty-First
Century and Luxurious Loving: Tantric Inspirations for Passion and
Pleasure. Barbara’s pioneering Urban Tantra® workshops were named best
in New York City by TimeOut / New York magazine. She frequently
collaborates with her partner, Kate Bornstein, with whom she performs
and tours their sex positive, gender-bending lecture/performance piece
Too Tall Blondes Do Sex, Death & Gender.
Call for Papers
Proposals are welcomed on (though are by no means limited to) the
following:
Lesbian Cultures, Literature, biographies, histories, sexualities,
gender performances, lesbian activisms, alliances and ruptures, radical
feminisms, identities, ethnicities, historical literature, Motherhood,
Worldwide Lesbian and Gay Liberation Movements, Community and Social
Activisms, Histories of Sexualities, Queer Readings of Literature And
Histories,
E-mail proposals to lesbian.lives@ucd.ie or post them to:
Lesbian Lives XV: ‘Writing Lesbian Culture: Theories and Praxis’
Women’s Education Research and Resource Centre (WERRC),
School of Social Justice,
Hannah Sheehy Skeffington Building,
University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland.
For further information see our website at www.ucd.ie/werrc or
telephone +353 1 7168572
The closing date for the submission of proposals is Friday Dec. 14th
2007
Dr. Mary McAuliffe
Women’s Education, Research and Resource Centre(WERRC)
School of Social Justice,
Hannah Sheehy-Skeffington Building,
University College Dublin
Belfield, Dublin 4
Ireland
Tel: +353 1 7168572
Fax: +353-1-7161195
Web: www.ucd.ie/werrc