[with apologies for cross-posting]<div><br></div><div>Please, help us circulate the 2nd CforP for Queering Paradigms 4 among fellow researchers, graduate students and queer/LGBTIQ activists and artists in your region.<br><div>
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</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: center; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, sans-serif"><strong><u><span lang="EN-US">2^nd Call For Papers – Queering Paradigms IV</span></u></strong><u><span lang="EN-US"><br>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: justify; "><b><span lang="EN-US">Character of the conference and contributions:</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1cm; "><span lang="EN-US">Following the success of the three international,
interdisciplinary Queering Paradigms conferences held thus far on three
continents, the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Applied Linguistics at
the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), the Graduate Program in Social
Memory at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO) and
the Brazilian Association of Applied Linguistics (ALAB) are proud to announce
Queering Paradigms IV, to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from the 25^th
to the 28^th of July, 2012. Our confirmed keynote speakers are
Annamarie Jagose (University of Sydney, Australia), José Quiroga (Emory
University, USA), Alípio Sousa Filho (Federal University of Rio Grande do
Norte, Brazil), Jack Halberstam (University of Southern California, USA), Luiz
Paulo da Moita Lopes (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Jô
Gondar (Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1cm; "><span lang="EN-US">As in the previous conferences, we use the term ‘queer’
to refer to an indefinite, borderless domain of non-normative genders,
sexualities and bodily practices that is also affiliated with critical analytic
approaches, </span><span lang="EN-US">while recognizing that the term does
not resonate globally as it emerged from Western experience</span><span lang="EN-US">. ‘Queering’</span><span lang="EN-US"> thus questions, contrasts,
challenges and destabilizes heteronormativity, but is not restricted to it:
homo-, class-, religion-, race-, ethnic-, scientific- and academic-normativity
are also part of its scope of analysis.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1cm; "><span lang="EN-US">The aim of the conference is thus to analyze the status
quo and the future challenges of Queer and LGBTIQ Studies from an ample,
inter/multidisciplinary perspective, in order to problematize/destabilize (i.e.
to queer) essentialized discourses and totalizing paradigms. Our intention is
to bring together researchers from many countries in an exploration of queer
and LGBTIQ social practices, presenting from disciplines as diverse as, but not
limited to, anthropology, sociology, language studies, theology, political
science, law, social medicine, philosophy, geography and social psychology. </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><b><span lang="EN-US"> </span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><b><u><span lang="EN-US">Proposals
for Papers and Panels:</span></u></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US">Paper and panel
proposals are invited on any aspect of Queer or LGBTIQ Studies. They shall be
grouped into the following areas:</span></p>

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 54pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>Queering ethics</p>

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 54pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>Queering institutions</p>

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 54pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>Queering language practices</p>

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 54pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>Queering art and literature</p>

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 54pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>Queering media practices</p>

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 54pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>Queering races and ethnicities</p>

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 54pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>Queering epistemologies and methodologies</p>

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 54pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>Queering activism</p>

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 54pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>Queering temporalities and geographies</p>

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 54pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>Queering bodies, embodiment and identities</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US">The proposals
will undergo a peer-review process by our international board of reviewers and
should be submitted through our website: <a href="http://www.alab.org.br/eventos/queering-paradigms-iv">http://www.alab.org.br/eventos/queering-paradigms-iv</a>,
<b><u>by 15 December 2011</u></b>.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 54pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><u><span lang="EN-US">Proposals for individual papers</span></u><span lang="EN-US">: These should take the form of abstracts with
a minimum of 1500 and a maximum of 3500 characters, followed by three keywords.
</span></p>

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 54pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><u><span lang="EN-US">Panel proposals</span></u><span lang="EN-US">: Panels may have between four and six participants, one of whom shall
be the organizer. The submission must include a panel rationale of between 1500
and 3500 characters followed by three keywords, as well as four to six paper
abstracts of the same length, each also including three keywords. The organizer
is responsible for writing the panel rationale, collecting the participants’
abstracts, and submitting everything together through our website.</span></p>

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 54pt; text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US">Proposals
may be submitted, and papers may be presented, in English, Portuguese or
Spanish, but due to the international nature of the conference, the use of English
is highly encouraged. Abstracts should be written in the intended language of
presentation. For those who use English as a second/foreign language, please
note that what matters for our conference is not a so-called near-native level fluency,
but rather the ability to communicate ideas clearly, which may be further
enhanced by visual props such as slides. Papers may be single- or co-authored. Potential
participants may submit up to two proposals.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US">The proceedings of this conference will be
prepared for peer-reviewed publication in the Queering Paradigms Series, made
available by the international academic publishers <a href="http://www.peterlang.com/">Peter Lang</a>.</span></p>

<p style="text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US">Requests for further information
can be sent by email to: <a href="mailto:queeringparadigms4@gmail.com" target="_blank">queeringparadigms4@gmail.com</a>. You can also learn more on
our website (<a href="http://www.alab.org.br/eventos/queering-paradigms-iv"><span lang="ES-TRAD">http://www.alab.org.br/eventos/queering-paradigms-iv</span></a>),
and follow us on Twitter (@QueeringP4) and on our Facebook page (<span class="il">Queering</span> <span class="il">Paradigms</span> 4).</span></p>

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