Register for the Zoom panel at http://myumi.ch/kxkJ1

Complete series details at https://myumi.ch/RpDJX

Moderator: Philip Gleissner, Assistant Professor, Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures, The Ohio State University

Speakers:

Ramona Dima, Associate Professor, Center for Gender Studies, University of Stavanger

Luc Beaudoin, Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies, University of Denver

Maria Engstrom, Professor of Russian, Department of Modern Languages, University of Uppsala

Aleksandra Gajowy, Assistant Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art, School of Art History and Cultural Policy, University College Dublin

Many efforts have been made over the past several years to diversify Eastern European and Eurasian studies. This new spotlight surfaces research that has been conducted by many scholars for much longer, highlighting their commitment to telling stories and honoring perspectives of diverse and minority communities. Their work reveals that while there is no unified queer experience in the region, there is often a one-size-fits all state response to the reality of queer lives in many nations within the region. How can a queer-studies focus advance conversations about decolonization in East European and Eurasian Studies? To address this question, Queer Focus will have six virtual panels featuring speakers from various disciplines and institutions. Panelists and participants will explore how gendered regimes were constitutive of Russo-centric relationships of power, defining the region and how we study it, as we collectively grapple with what it means to re-examine our current research, teaching, and institutional practices.

Panel 3 of the series will take a cultural view of queer studies within the region, with a focus on cultural production and representation.