Queer and Radical? 'Beyond Radical' Network Launch with Cheddar Gorgeous
| Dates: | 28 September 2023 |
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| Times: | 18:30 - 20:00 |
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| What is it: | Evening event |
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| Organiser: | School of Arts, Languages and Cultures |
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| How much: | Free |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, External researchers, Adults, Alumni, Current University students, General public, Post 16 |
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Queer and radical: two words we often see together. But their meanings are far from straightforward. While ‘queer’ is a word put to use in an increasing range of contexts, it is often used to mean very different things and doesn't always bear much relation to the extensive theoretical work on queerness that has been produced since the 1990s. And while calling something ‘radical’ often seems to impute an indisputable value to it, it is a word that has also been used recently to describe Tory Prime Ministers and so-called gender critical feminists.
Join us at The Whitworth Gallery for an evening of conversation as we invite a panel of Manchester-based artists, activists and academics to explore the contemporary contexts and changing meanings of these words through the lens of the Whitworth’s ‘(Un)Defining Queer’ exhibition.
Bar open from 6pm: do come down in good time!
Our speakers:
Cheddar Gorgeous - legendary drag performer, visual artist and academic
Sarah-Joy Ford - researcher and artist featured in '(Un)defining Queer'
Ibtisam Ahmed - Head of Research at the LGBT Foundation
Laura Forster - Simon Research Fellow at the University of Manchester working on 'intimate radicalisms'
The event marks the launch of a new AHRC-funded research network: ‘Beyond Radical: Queer Theory and the UK’ which will run a series of events over the 2023-24 academic year. ‘Beyond Radical’ is a UK-based research network focused on the continued conceptual interrogation and development of queer theory, beyond a critique of its exclusions.
There will be photography at the event.
www.manchester.ac.uk/beyondradical
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Whitworth Art Gallery
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