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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=PT-BR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>[with apologies for cross-posting]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>I`m sending herewith the <b>3<sup>rd</sup> Call for Papers</b> and the <b>Call for Artistic Performances and Exhibits</b> for the 4<sup>th</sup> International Queering Paradigms Conference as this may be of interest to you. Please, feel free to share it with fellow researchers, research groups, students and queer/LGBTIQ activists and artists.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>We hope to see you in Rio next year!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Conference website: </span><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> <span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><b><span style='mso-fareast-language:PT-BR'><img border=0 width=973 height=114 id="Imagem_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CC9F9F.6233CC40" alt="Descrição: qp4 logo"></span><strong><u><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></u></strong></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:center'><strong><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>3<sup>rd</sup> Call For Papers and Call for Artistic Performances and Exhibits</span></u></strong><u><span lang=EN-US><br><br></span></u><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-US>Character of the conference and contributions:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:1.0cm'><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<sup>th</sup> to the 28<sup>th</sup> 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).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:1.0cm'><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 style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:PT-BR'>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 style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:PT-BR'> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:1.0cm'><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><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><b><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><u><span lang=EN-US>Proposals for Papers and Panels:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><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. </span>They shall be grouped into the following areas:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Queering ethics<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Queering institutions<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Queering language practices<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Queering art and literature<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Queering media practices<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Queering races and ethnicities<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Queering epistemologies and methodologies<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Queering activism<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Queering temporalities and geographies<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Queering bodies, embodiment and identities<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></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: </span><a href="http://www.alab.org.br/eventos/queering-paradigms-iv"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.alab.org.br/eventos/queering-paradigms-iv</span></a><span lang=EN-US>, <b><u>by 15 December 2011</u></b>. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><u><span lang=EN-US>Panel proposals</span></u><span lang=EN-US>: Panels may have between four and six presentations and an 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;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 so-called near-native level fluency, but rather the ability to communicate ideas clearly, which may be further enhanced by visual aids such as slides. Papers may be single- or co-authored. Potential participants may submit up to two proposals. Each presentation shall have up to 20 min. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></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 </span><a href="http://www.peterlang.com/"><span lang=EN-US>Peter Lang</span></a><span lang=EN-US>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><b><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><u><span lang=EN-US>Proposals for artistic performances and exhibits<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>We are also accepting proposals for artistic performances and art exhibits to be shown during the conference. The proposals can be for any type of artistic expression, including performances such as dance, theater, music and poetry readings, as well as exhibits such as videos, photography, painting and sculpture. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>The performances and exhibits should be related to the main theme of the conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>Proposals will be accepted based on two main criteria: (1) relevance to the themes of the congress and (2) ability to be realized in the rooms, theaters, auditoriums and/or open spaces available at the conference site. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>Proposals for artistic performances and art exhibits should be sent via email (to queeringparadigms4@gmail.com) <i>not </i>submitted through the website like the academic paper abstracts. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>We recommend that your proposal be sent along with some portfolio material (digital photos, links to youtube videos, etc.) so that we can better evaluate its relevance to the conference and its feasibility on the conference site. Please mention any technical needs (light, sound, size of space needed for performance/exhibit, etc.). For performances, keep in mind that the maximum length is 40 minutes. Also, due to the international nature of the conference, you will be able to reach a wider audience by performing in English, although Portuguese and Spanish are also welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>IMPORTANT INFORMATION:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>In response to innumerable requests, undergraduate students may now submit paper proposals as authors and/or co-authors.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>We advise authors not to wait until the last day to submit their proposals, since the online system may become overloaded with a high number of accesses.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>We have published a list of frequently asked questions (FAQs) on the conference website. Check if your problems are addressed in this list.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></b></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).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>