[Commlist] Queer Youth and Media Cultures - Symposium

*Queer Youth and Media Cultures –Five Years On and New Activism - A free 
symposium*

Fusion Building, Bournemouth University, UK, Monday 8^th July, 2019

Link below:

https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/about/our-faculties/faculty-media-communication/queer-youth-media-cultures

It’s been five years since the edited collection /Queer Youth and Media 
Cultures /was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2014.  Editor 
Christopher Pullen and The Inclusivity Team of Bournemouth University, 
Faculty of Media and Communication invite you a free symposium event 
which celebrates the continuing and developing academic study of LGBTQ 
youth in the media, in a time when there is much needed work in this area.

                In the UK, recent political responses to the ‘No 
Outsiders’ programme reveals how the representation of LGBTQ identity in 
school is complex and sensitive.  Also we are living in an age where our 
role models are often young queer citizens.  Undocumented queer youth 
are trailblazers in the United States. Transgender activists such Jazz 
Jennings in the reality series /I am Jazz/, and many others online are 
making impact.  Queer youth are leading causes for equality, respect and 
transformation.

We invite you to take part in our symposium as a presenter, workshop 
panel member or simply an attendee (see details below).  We will reflect 
on the advent of /Queer Youth and Media Cultures/, besides defining new 
areas of study and the advent of a new proposed edited collection on 
queer youth activism in the media, which we will invite formal proposals 
for, after the symposium.

                We are inviting academics passionate about the subject 
area to take park in the event, and we will produce a full programme 
just after 5^th June.  We look forward to meeting you to make 
connections and develop research alliances.

*Confirmed keynote speakers*, and original contributors to /Queer Youth 
and Media Cultures/

*               Stephanie Selvick* of the University of 
Wisconsin-Whitewater, USA, will talk about her new research on Queer Pop 
Culture

*Rohit Dasgupta* of Loughborough University London, will talk about 
queer identity in India

*               Matt O’Neill* of Belfast will talk about Transgender 
Youth Online

*               Ieuan Franklin* of Bournemouth University will talk 
about Queer Community Video

*               Christopher Pullen* of Bournemouth University will talk 
about school and the No Outsiders Project.

*Please contact* Christopher Pullen at Bournemouth University 
(cpullen /at/ bournemouth.ac.uk) <mailto:(cpullen /at/ bournemouth.ac.uk)> should you 
wish to participate in this free event (with refreshments) or simply 
wish to attend.

*We will first review proposals for participation, then publish the full 
programme, whilst releasing spaces for attendees only.*

*YOUR OPTIONS ARE – with a deadline June 5^th 2019*

**

*Propose a presentation*: please submit a paper working title, a 
200-word abstract,

and a short biography.

*Propose being a workshop panel member*: please submit 100 words stating 
your research interests,

and a short biography.

*Or simply attend*, please email Christopher, and he will put you on a 
list, then remind you when the formal registration is open, a little 
after June 5^th.


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