November 18-20, 2009

Department of Gender Studies

Linköping University, Sweden

Papers are invited for an international conference on transgender studies
and theories in a Nordic context. Within the Nordic context there are
already a number of activists and researchers from different disciplines
focusing on transgender questions. However, at present, there is no network
to connect people with an interest in trans questions. This conference aims
to:

• collect and share transgender knowledge

• develop interdisciplinary perspectives on transgender questions

• create networks and establish contacts between researchers

• discuss collaborative work between different interested groups

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*KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:*

*Gayle Salamon, Allucquére Rosanne Stone, Del LaGrace Volcano, Stephen
Whittle*

Supported by funding from Vetenskapsrådet and Linköping University, this
conference will combine keynote presentations by internationally renowned
experts, seminar presentations and discussions, a performance by a drag king
group, and an art exhibition by Del LaGrace Volcano. A special issue of the
Graduate Journal of Social Science (http://gjss.org/) will be published in
2010 with a selection of papers developed from the conference. We welcome
papers from researchers, transgender activists, and transpersons from the
Nordic countries, Europe and the broader international scene
on/across/expanding the following themes:

· Transpolitics (including anti-discrimination work, research ethics
& methods, conceptualising “trans”)

· The Trans Body: the Good Life and the Good Body (including
medicine, bioethics and philosophy)

· Trans(bio)graphy, Transnationality, Transectionality (including
personal/political/theoretical/locational narratives)

· Embodiment, Technology and Culture (including “technologies” of
the transgendered body, the posthumanities)

· Trans Art, Culture and ‘Performance’ (including questions of
representation, politics vs aesthetics)

*Please submit abstracts of no more than 250 words indicating your
preferred theme and a brief biography (max 150 words) in English to:*

*nordic.trans.conference@gmail.com*

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*Deadline for abstract submission: 8 September 2009*