Sex and politics in a global perspective: Two-day gathering & conference
The conference concludes the combined seminar series, PhD and master course organised by SKOK, LawTransform and SkeivForsk.
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In spring 2025, SKOK, LawTransform and Skeivforsk have organized a cross-disciplinary combined seminar series, PhD and master course about the dynamics between sex and politics in a global perspective. Read more about the course here.
To conclude the seminar series and course, we invite both course participants and other interested parties to a two-day gathering and conference on 22 and 23 May, with presentations and a film screening.
It's possible to join the conference without registering, but if you plan on joining for lunch, please register here. The deadline is 16 May at noon.
Please note that the conference will be located in Ulrikkes aula on 22 May and at Bergen Global on 23 May - see embedded links for info and maps.
Programme
Thursday 22 May (10:15-16:00), Ulrikkes aula
10:15 – 10:30: Welcome
10:30 – 11:30: Svati P. Shah (University of Massachusetts, Amherst and guest researcher at UiB): Decolonial and anticolonial queer and transgender studies
11:30 – 13:00: Lunch break
13:00 – 14:00: Elisabeth Lund Engebretsen (University of Stavanger): Anti-LGBTQ+ mobilizations through global East and Nordic lenses
14:00-14:15: Break
14:15 – 16:00 Student presentations
Friday 23 May (10:30-16:00), Bergen Global
10:30 – 11:30: Phoebe Kisubi Mbasalaki (University of Essex): Cultural co-productions: Embodied queer and trans knowledges and collaboration
11:30 – 12:30: Lunch break
12:30 – 14:00: Film screening: Waves (documentary) by Phoebe Kisubi Mbasalaki:
Trans (and queer) organising in both Mozambique and Brazil takes on various shapes, with NGOs such as TRANSformar.moz in Maputo and Grupo Conexão G in Rio de Janeiro working tirelessly towards countering discrimination, violence and injustices queer and trans people face in these countries.
Phoebe Kisubi Mbasalaki (University of Essex - Producer) in partnership with TRANSformar.moz in Maputo, Grupo Conexão G in Rio de Janeiro, filmmaker Kurt Orderson (Director) and partners at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, as well as NIREMA at PUC, present a documentary film on trans (and queer) exiles by exploring counter narratives to exclusionary regimes (trans)national solidarities, community, kinship and allyship.
14:00-14:15: Break
14:15 – 16:00 Student presentations
