[with apologies for cross-postings]<div><br></div><div>Due to some requests, the submission deadline for Queering Paradigms 4, 2012 in Rio, has been extended until 15 January, 2012. Please, help us circulate the call for papers among researchers, students and queer/LGBTIQ activists and artists.</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:center"><strong><u><span lang="EN-US">4<sup>th</sup> Call For Papers and 2<sup>nd</sup> Call for Artistic Performances
and Exhibits</span></u></strong><u><span lang="EN-US"><br>
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</span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">The deadline for abstract submission has been extended to <b><u>15 January 2012</u></b> and a <b>pre-conference workshop</b> has
been added to the program (see details below).<b></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US">Character of the conference and contributions:</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. A pre-conference workshop with Jack
Halberstam will be held on the 23<sup>rd</sup> of July (details below). 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: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">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: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></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US">1-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></b><b><u><span lang="EN-US">Proposals for Papers
and Panels:</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US"> </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. They shall be
grouped into the following areas:</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:54.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Queering ethics</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:54.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Queering institutions</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:54.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Queering language practices</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:54.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Queering art and literature</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:54.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Queering media practices</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:54.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Queering races and ethnicities</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:54.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Queering epistemologies and methodologies</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:54.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Queering activism</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:54.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Queering temporalities and geographies</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:54.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</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>.
The deadline has been extended to <b><u>15 January
2012</u></b>. <b></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:54.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</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:54.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:54.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" 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 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. </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"> </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 class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US">2-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></b><b><u><span lang="EN-US">Proposals for artistic performances
and exhibits</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US"> </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. </span></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 performances
and exhibits should be related to the main theme of the conference.</span></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">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. </span></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">Proposals for
artistic performances and art exhibits should be sent via email (to
<a href="mailto:queeringparadigms4@gmail.com">queeringparadigms4@gmail.com</a>) <i>not </i>submitted through the website like the
academic paper abstracts. </span></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">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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US">3-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></b><b><u><span lang="EN-US">Pre-conference workshop</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">We are pleased to announce an addition to the conference program: a
pre-conference workshop given by Jack Halberstam </span><span lang="EN-US">(University
of Southern California, USA), entitled “Interdisciplinary Queer Studies in
a Global Frame”. The workshop will be held on the 23<sup>rd</sup> of July, from
1pm to 5pm. There will be no additional charge; however, the workshop enrolment
will be limited to the first participants who register for it starting in
March, 2012. More information on the workshop and how to sign up for it will be
available shortly on our website.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">IMPORTANT
INFORMATION:</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:54.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US">In
response to innumerable requests, undergraduate students may now submit paper
proposals as authors and/or co-authors.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:54.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:54.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US">We
have published a list of frequently asked questions (FAQs) on the conference
website. Please check to see if your questions are addressed in this list.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US"> </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).</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p></div>