Registration for the Drag! Symposium is now online! We're thrilled to present four panels highlighting #drag from a cross-disciplinary and transnational perspective. Don't miss our keynote by Kareem Khubchandani, author of 'Decolonizing Drag' (2023) and more.
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REGISTRATION OPEN: 'Drag! Queer Crossings in Global Contexts'

13th May in-person only ICI Berlin
If you're in Berlin do come! tinyurl.com/3uczx8kd

Beyond excited to have the author of 'Decolonize Drag', the incredible Kareem Khubchandani aka LaWhore Vagistan, as our keynote!

Attention drag researchers! 🎉 Our CfP is out. Drag! Queer Crossings in Global Contexts will take place at ICI Berlin on May 13, 2024. I have the pleasure of organizing the event with B Camminga, Eylul Iscen , and Ruth Ramsden-Karelse. Submission details⬇️ #CfP

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It was fun chatting with Dr Chantelle Jessica Lewis about what statues mean, and why toppling them isn't 'erasing history'.
Have a listen to this episode of Surviving Society about the research Gary Younge, Chloe Peacock, Ruth Ramsden-Karelse, and Dr Sadia Habib conducted for CoDE (Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity)!

Like Evren Savci’s excellent keyword, transnational, Ruth Ramsden-Karelse on Kewpie/GALA - Queer Archive, Khadija Khan on #fmf n intersectionality, Catherine Eschle and her colleague on the academic-activist divide, Q Manivannan on care in social mv research, my own convo with Inderpal on cooption

Very excited to be in Marburg tomorrow to talk about Queer + Trans African Mobilities. Looks like you don’t necessarily have to be in Marburg to listen in!

South Africa presente 💪🏾 B Camminga Ruth Ramsden-Karelse

This is going to be such an incredible event on the legacy of celebrated hairdresser & performer, Kewpie, & her collection of photographs depicting life in District Six for gays & girls, with my fave Ruth Ramsden-Karelse and the incredible GALA - Queer Archive.

If you're in Cape Town, go!

Join us next week for a panel discussion with District Six Museum, the Kewpie Legacy Project and Ruth Ramsden-Karelse about the Kewpie Collection and its vital legacies.

RSVP here: bit.ly/3kFVl9N

This event is supported by British Council

If you’re in Berlin on Tuesday, this is the only thing you should be doing with your evening

Looking forward to speaking Tuesday evening at TU Berlin

“Gays, Girls, and the Queens Hotel: Reimagining Cape Town’s Lost District Six with GALA - Queer Archive’ Kewpie Photographic Collection”

Everyone welcome!

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British feminism’s transphobia problem is 100% connected to its Whiteness problem

OPPORTUNITY:

The sixth Stuart Hall Library Artist Residency in collaboration with Iniva commences in May 2023.

The successful artist will receive funding to pursue research at the Stuart Hall Library, responding to 'the living archive'.

Apply now:
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I’m writing an afterword to the SI of Gender, Place and Culture edited by Carl Bonner-Thompson and Ruth Ramsden-Karelse in which this excellent piece by Lars Aaberg will appear. Very excited to see it published. Also watch this space for my commentary on race and queering.

Racial Inequality in Times of Crises, Day 2: Activism

A session with Ruth Ramsden-Karelse, Jason Okundaye, Omie and saskia papadakis on queer activism, class politics and coalition-building.

🗓️ TONIGHT
🕔 5pm - 6.30pm GMT
🌐 Online
💻 Sign up free here: stuarthallfoundation.org/events/racial-…

The confirmed speakers across the conference are:

@inequalccsr / No More Exclusions #Free 🇵🇸 / Jabeer Butt / Omie / Professor Dawn Edge / Stuart Hodkinson / John Holmwood / Samir Jeraj 🇰🇪 🇮🇪 / Remi Joseph-Salisbury / @DharmiKapadia / ruby lott-lavigna / Nigel de Noronha / Jason Okundaye / saskia papadakis / Ruth Ramsden-Karelse

✊🏾Day 2: Activism
Tues 2 Nov, 5-6.30pm GMT

Join Omie Jason Okundaye saskia papadakis & Ruth Ramsden-Karelse to discuss the state of queer activism in the UK, coalition building in times of crises, and queer class politics. All welcome!

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