New Queer Area Studies Network launches in School of Languages, Cultures and Societies

New Queer Area Studies Network launches in School of Languages, Cultures and Societies

The LCS Queer Area Studies Network is a friendly and supportive network which brings together the diverse range of research in the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies that engages queer topics and methodologies.

Ranging from research on classical antiquity to the history of sexuality in Spain, from queer communities in Ceuta and Manila to contemporary queer artists in Thailand, from queer histories of the Holocaust to indigenous queer artivists in Brazil, and more, the Network’s research interests all share a common discipline of area studies. Central to the network is therefore a transnational and multilingual perspective, as well as a queer ethics of care.

So far, the network has supported several funded research projects to emerge, and particularly supports postgraduate researchers. Members work together with the Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies to support teaching, research projects and postgraduate work within and outside the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies.

For more information about the Queer Area Studies Network, contact Richard Cleminson (R.M.Cleminson@leeds.ac.uk), Helen Finch (H.C.Finch@leeds.ac.uk) and/or Hendrik Kraetzschmar (H.J.Kraetzschmar@leeds.ac.uk).