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The conference is organized online and is open for all, but requires preregistration. Please register by October 20 by filling a web form.
Monday 25 October
10.00 (UTC+3) | Conference opening | |
10.15 (UTC+3) |
Keynote lecture Professor Kate Fisher (University of Exeter): "I couldn’t find myself in history. No one like me seemed to have ever existed." Who needs the History of Sexuality? See professor Fisher's introduction and lecture abstract. Chair: Senior Research Fellow Satu Lidman (Tampere University) |
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11.30 (UTC+3) | Break | |
12.00 (UTC+3) |
Parallel session 1: Methods and sources to cover silences and rumors Chair: Hannah Yoken
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Parallel session 2: Gender diversity and trans histories Chair: Jan Wikman
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13.15 (UTC+3) | Break | |
14.00 (UTC+3) |
Parallel session 3: Sexual health and authority Chair: Kaarel Piirimäe
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Parallel session 4: Lesbianism, female homosexualities and women’s same-sex affections Chair: Joonas Säntti
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15.15 (UTC+3) | Break | |
15.30-17.00 (UTC+3) |
Keynote panel discussion: The histories of homosexualities in the Nordic and Baltic countries Chair: Senior Lecturer Tuula Juvonen (Tampere University) Panelists
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Tuesday 26 October
10.00 (UTC+3) |
Parallel session 5: Sexual desires, sexual knowledges Chair: Leena-Maija Rossi
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Parallel session 6: Sexuality, body, and activism Chair: Rebeka Põldsam
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11.45 (UTC+3) | Break | |
12.30 (UTC+3) |
Keynote lecture Postdoctoral Researcher Julian Honkasalo (University of Helsinki): Desiring gender: care as a radical political concept in 1960s Nordic trans activism See Dr Honkasalo's introduction and lecture abstract. Chair: Associate Professor Johanna Rainio-Niemi (University of Helsinki) |
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13.45 (UTC+3) |
Break | |
14.30 (UTC+3) |
Parallel session 7: Negotiating sexual pasts in the present Chair: Riikka Taavetti
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Parallel session 8: From sexual outlaws to model citizens: The intersections of queer sexualities and nationalism at the margins of the Nordics Chair: Elsi Hyttinen
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15.45 (UTC+3) | Break | |
16.00 (UTC+3) |
Parallel session 9: Round table: Queer(y)ing kinship in the Baltic region: A retrospective on Conversations, contestations, collaborations With perspectives from and on Poland, Sweden, and Estonia, the panel presents key findings from the project, and offers shared reflections on what has been learned through this collaboration, with the particular focus on (geo)temporality. Round table discussion participants
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Parallel session 10: Sexuality and identity in arts and media Chair: Una Bergmane
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17.15-17.30 (UTC+3) | Closing the conference |