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Calling all educators, researchers, and advocates interested in critically exploring how queer theory has come to matter in the field of gender and sexuality education.
Join us for an online event hosted by the Sexualities and Gender special interest group of the British Education Research Association.
This event begins with a recorded keynote presentation by Professor Louisa Allen (University of Auckland) featuring insights from the recently published “Queer Studies and Education: An International Reader” (Rodriguez, Mizzi, Allen, and Cover 2023).
Following Professor Allen’s presentation, the rest of the session will include a series of 5- or 10-minute reflections from SIG and non-SIG members of whom you could be one! We invite you to offer your perspective on the journey and/or current state of the concept ‘queer’ in the field of education in ways that might explore the following key questions:
Don’t miss this opportunity to engage in critical dialogue, forge connections, and shape the future of queer education research. Register now and be part of the movement towards inclusivity, equity, and empowerment in gender and sexuality education studies.
| 10:00 | Welcome & Introduction |
| 10:05 | Keynote Lecture: Holding Open Queer Potential in Education Professor Louisa Allen, University of Auckland |
| 10:45 | Queer-in(g) relationships and sex education in UK secondary schools: insights from teachers and young trans people Sophie Atherton, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh |
| 11:00 | Possibilities for Queer Joy and Challenge at ‘the Queerest School in Toronto’ Kim Snider, University of Auckland |
| 11:15 | Transcending the gender binary: towards an inclusive approach in education Pip Lee Meer, Northumbria University |
| 11:30 | Queering one’s own pedagogy through “Identity Molecule” tool: an intersectional exploratory investigation with Italian teachers in training Barbara Centrone, Roma Tre University |
| 11:45 | Reflecting on the tensions between queerness and disciplinary academic writing (and perhaps finding refuge in education) El Crabtree, Trinity College Dublin |
| 12:00 | Spiral temporalities and expanding space as queer forces in Education Gustavo Mariano, University of Coimbra |
| 12:15 | Break |
| 12:30 | A reflection as an RSHE practitioner. How the use of queer theory has changed my practice and why this matters Charlie Shaw, Middlesex University |
| 12:40 | Praxis in zine-ic research: Mapping lines of flight in creative sexuality education research with young people Elizabeth Ascroft, Open University |
| 12:55 | Queer Prefiguring: Connecting struggles and hopes through intersectional materialist pedagogies Phuong Tu Nguyen, Edge Hill University |
| 13:10 | Future Planning |
| 13:30 | Event Close |
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Research Fellow at University of Edinburgh
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