CFP: Beyond Fluid Identities? New Sensitivities in the 21st Century (PGR Conference 2019)

Monday 18 March 2019, 9.00AM to 5.30pm

Speaker(s): Keynote: Dr Steph Lawler + Various

CFP Deadline: 18 March 2019

Event: 20 June 2019

‘Identity’ exists as a key question not only in academic research, but also in our social and personal lives. Who we are and how we came to be continues to be challenged and interrogated on individual and global scales. The importance of research in this field endures not only as a site of academic intrigue, but as political, social and personal phenomena.

We welcome abstracts from postgraduate researchers across the social sciences for 15 minute talks which address the conference theme of fluid identities, and how this manifests in light of new sensitivities in the 21st century. This includes, but is not limited to:

The construction of the self in the contemporary world
New tensions in the construction of identities
The sensitive world and identity
Identity and power in national crisis
Going beyond Identity Politics
Gender and sexuality; LGBTQ identities, feminisms and masculinities
Social class, poverty and inequality
Race, ethnicity and identity
Belonging and migration; global and local identities
Representations of identity; media, discourse and culture

Please submit abstracts of no more than 250 words to bfi-conference@york.ac.uk no later than 18 March 2019. Please also include your name, institution and your stage of study. Applicants will be informed of our decision in April 2019.

Further information on registration and attendance will be released in March 2019. There will be a nominal charge of £5 (via the secure online store).

Any questions can be sent to: bfi-conference@york.ac.uk

Location: TBA

Admission: £5.00 (via the online store)

Email: bfi-conference@york.ac.uk