2-4 September 2026: Queer (dis)belonging
Theme
Belonging is a complex and contested issue within the queer community. Those who identify as queer often experience a complicated sense of (dis)belonging—not only when navigating heteronormative social structures that privilege heterosexuality and cisgender identities, but also within queer communities and spaces themselves. By emphasizing queer (dis)belonging, we wish to interrogate the politics of inclusion and exclusion both within and beyond queer spaces, inviting research that critically examines how queer people negotiate their identities within: i) social structures such as political systems, class hierarchies, nation states, kinship networks, and religious institutions; and ii) technologies such as AI, social media, and digital communication.
Keynote Lectures
- Dr. Nikki Lane (Duke University)
- Dr. Kevin Guyan (the University of Edinburgh, Business)
- Prof. Erez Levon (Universität Bern)
- Dr. Stamatina Katsiveli (The American College of Greece)
- Dr. Eddie Ungless (the University of Edinburgh, Informatics)