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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear all<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We are delighted to announce an upcoming academic/activist multidisciplinary conference:
<b><a href="https://contemporarygender.wordpress.com/"><span style="text-decoration:none">Gender in the Contemporary World: Articulation, Navigation and Change</span></a></b>. The conference will take place on
<b>Saturday 3 March</b>, 9:30am until 8:00pm at the Graduate Centre, Queen Mary University of London. Below is a description of the conference – additional information including the full schedule is available on our website, linked at the bottom.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Gender in the Contemporary World is a free one-day multidisciplinary conference focusing on how gender is conceptualised, navigated and articulated in the contemporary world. We aim to create
a space where such topics are discussed by different voices: a racially and gender-diverse pool of PhD students, academic faculty, activists, charities and members of the general public. By joining the different approaches to and lived realities of gender,
the conference will enable two-way knowledge transfer with the ultimate aim of creating new discussions and collaboration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In the daytime we have academic, activist and charity presentations plus a keynote from <b><a href="http://travisalabanza.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none">Travis Alabanza</span></a></b>.
In the late afternoon we have a workshop on how to teach/talk about gender in different contexts. The evening will feature a keynote lecture from <a href="https://www.york.ac.uk/sociology/our-staff/academic/ben-vincent/" target="_blank"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">Ben
Vincent</span></b></a> and <a href="https://www.open.ac.uk/people/mjb2276" target="_blank"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">Meg-John Barker</span></b></a> about gender in the contemporary world. As well as informing the less well-versed attendees, this
will provide a demonstration of techniques explored during the workshop as well as insights from beyond the mainstream.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The conference is kindly funded by Queen Mary University of London’s <a href="http://www.qmul.ac.uk/publicengagement/" target="_blank"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">Centre for Public
Engagement</span></b></a> and <a href="http://www.barefootwine.co.uk/" target="_blank"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">Barefoot Wine</span></b></a>. Further funding is to be confirmed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Subject areas:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> gender, trans studies, non-binary identities, activism, language and linguistics, media and visual communication, sexuality
and public engagement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Website:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
<a href="https://contemporarygender.wordpress.com">https://contemporarygender.wordpress.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Registration:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
<a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-in-the-contemporary-world-articulation-navigation-and-change-tickets-42963038605">
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-in-the-contemporary-world-articulation-navigation-and-change-tickets-42963038605</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Facebook:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/184125728855402">https://www.facebook.com/events/184125728855402</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Twitter:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
<a href="https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&q=%23contemporarygender">#contemporarygender</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please share the word within your own networks!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Andy Law (they), Elisa Passoni (she) and Erez Levon (he)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Department of Linguistics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Queen Mary University of London<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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