"Queer Feminist Perspectives on Political Homophobia and Anti-Feminism in the Middle East and Europe" - Day 1 with Deniz Kandiyoti (Keynote), Faris Amin (performance), Opening Panel.
1. Opening remarks
2. Keynote address by Deniz Kandiyoti. Moderated by Nadje Al-Ali. Participation by event organizers Gökçe Yurdakul, and Katharina Galor
3. Music performance by Palestinian cellist Faris Amin
4. Opening panel with Khalid Abdel-Hadi, Andrea Pető, Ann Phoenix, and Alyosxa Tudor. Moderator: Tunay Altay. Participation by event organizers Nadje Al-Ali, Gökçe Yurdakul, and Katharina Galor
Deniz Kandiyoti is an emeritus professor in the Department of Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. She is the author of Concubines, Sisters and Citizens: Identities and Social Transformation (1997) and editor of Gender, Governance and Islam (2019) and Fragments of Culture: The Everyday of Modern Turkey (2002).
There are three objectives. Firstly to situate far-right and authoritarian actors in their respective socio-historical contexts, and, secondly, to discuss how political homophobia and anti-feminism have developed as core ideological elements of the far right in a local transregional framework. Finally, the conference aims to shed light on local, transregional, and global responses to homophobia and anti-feminism in the respective regions. Queer and feminist paradigms will significantly contribute to our conversation about the far right and social justice.
By adopting this lens, we will bring an intersectional perspective to the study of sex, sexuality, gender, and intimacy: one that builds on the awareness of diverse context boundaries while focusing on the non-normative expressions, practices, identities, and desires at a time of a resurgence of far-right nationalisms.
This keynote is part of the digital conference titled "Queer Feminist Perspectives on Political Homophobia and Anti-Feminism in the Middle East and Europe", co-organized by Humboldt University, Brown University, and Heinrich Böll Foundation on September 24-25, 2021. The event is organized by Tunay Altay, Nadje Al-Ali, Gökçe Yurdakul, and Katharina Galor.
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