LGBT History Month 2018
Events at Canterbury:
Film Screening – Call Me by Your Name – Friday 2 February 2018
On Friday 2nd February at 7pm there will be a re-screening of ‘Call Me By Your Name’ at the Gulbenkian Cinema followed by a post-film discussion hosted by the University of Kent’s LGBT+ Staff Network. Find out more and book here: https://thegulbenkian.co.uk/event/call-me-by-your-name-with-q-a/. The post-film panel discussion will include speakers from the LGBT+ Staff Network and Kent Union.
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ophelia. treading water – Thursday 8th February 2018 On Thursday 8th February at 7.30pm. Written and performed by Stuart Crowther, this year’s LGBTQ Writers’ Festival event, a performance of the queer lineage play, ophelia. treading water. This event is sponsored by the Centre for Gender, Sexuality, and Writing and the Medical Humanities research cluster (School of English). At Garage Coffee, 1-2 Jewry Lane, Canterbury CT1 2NR. Tickets can be booked free of charge: https://www.facebook.com/events/148511782476730/?notif_t=plan_user_associated¬if_id=1516889354742627 or just come along. *Contains partial nudity, adult language and content.
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Researching the Rainbow Conference 2018 – Thursday 15 February 2018
Registration is now open for the Researching the Rainbow Conference from 15.00 – 19.00 on Thursday 15th February in Grimond Lecture Theatre 1 on the Canterbury campus. The conference is free and open to all. Register online at (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/researching-the-rainbow-conference-2018-tickets-42317189854)
The conference will showcase the vast array of excellent research being done on or related to LGBT+ people and issues, and to encourage multi-disciplinary collaboration and networking. The conference will be opened by University of Kent Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Karen Cox, who also acts at the Executive LGBT+ Staff Network Group’s LGBT+ Champion.
Topics include literary and cinematic representations of homosexuality, transsexuality in mental health care and the legal system, and the decolonization of sexuality, from students and academics from a range of schools and disciplines, as well as external partners.
Researching the Rainbow 2018 Agenda b
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Events at Medway (hosted by Canterbury Christ Church University):
Film Screening – A Different Country – Thursday 22 February 2018
Film screening of ‘A Different Country’ followed by a discussion, on Thursday February 22nd, 12.45-1.45pm Canterbury Christ Church University Medway Campus, Cathedral Court, room CCg16.
John Gilmore (Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing) is hosting a film screening and post-film discussion on the Medway Campus. ‘A Different Country’ tells the story of the LGBT community in Ireland advocating for the change of laws which made homosexuality illegal in Ireland.
LGBT History Month Medway film screening 22 March
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Other events of interest – Canterbury Christ Church University (Canterbury Campus):
Friday February 9th: 12pm “Global LBGT Rights in 11 Maps” Room Lg25 (Laud Building, NHR campus)
Drawing on this year’s theme of ‘Geography – Mapping the World’ we have organised a lunchtime session hosted by Dr Julia Maxted (Senior Lecturer in Human Geography) focusing on the rights of LGBT peoples around the globe.
Thursday February 15th: 12pm Session led by Pete Mercer, Head of
Public Sector Membership Programmes, Stonewall: Room Lg20 (Laud Building, NHR campus)
Pete Mercer, Head of Public Sector Membership Programmes from Stonewall will host an engaging session building on Stonewall’s global work including campaigning for LGBT equality, providing training, advocacy and research.
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Researching the Rainbow – Speakers Announced!
Please find the Agenda on
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Flying the Flags – LGBT History Month 2018
In case you were wondering, this year the University has added some new flags to its collection, to celebrate LGBT History Month.
You will be familiar with the rainbow flags, but the other flags symbolise the following:
Eliot College – Trans
Darwin College – Asexual
Rutherford College – Pansexual
Woolf College – Bisexual
Turing College – Nonbinary
Keynes College – Lesbian
Enjoy LGBT History Month!
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Canterbury Christ Church University Event for LGBT History Month
LGBT Flag Raising
Date & Time: 12:00, Thursday 01-February-18
Location: Augustine House
The flag raising will kick-start the CCCU month of activity and will bring the community together to show their support for equality for all. The flag will be flown across the month to show the University’s proud support for LGBT History Month.
Other Canterbury Christ Church University Events for LGBT History Month can be seen by following this link:
https://canterburyccq.wordpress.com/
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LGBT History Month – Film Screening – Call Me by Your Name – Friday 2 February 2018
On Friday 2 February 2018 at 7pm there will be a re-screening of Call Me By Your Name at the Gulbenkian Cinema.
Film showing and post-film discussion hosted by the University of Kent’s LGBT+ Staff Network as part of LGBT History Month. Find out more and book here – https://thegulbenkian.co.uk/event/call-me-by-your-name-with-q-a/
Members of the LGBT Staff Network can buy discounted tickets from the Gulbenkian by selecting “Student” on the website and entering the discount code LGBT50 at the check out.
The post-film panel discussion will include speakers from the LGBT+ Staff Network and Kent Union.
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Researching the Rainbow Conference 2018 – Registration now open!
Registration is now open for the Researching the Rainbow Conference from 15.00 – 19.00 on Thursday 15 February 2018 in Grimond Lecture Theatre 1 on the Canterbury campus. We strongly suggest you register online to confirm your place by Monday 5 February.
The conference, which forms part of the University’s LGBT History Month celebrations, is to showcase the vast array of excellent research being done on or related to LGBT+ people and issues, and to encourage multi-disciplinary collaboration and networking. The conference will be opened by University of Kent Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Karen Cox, who also acts at the Executive Group’s LGBT+ Champion.
Topics include literary and cinematic representations of homosexuality, transsexuality in mental health care and the legal system, and the decolonization of sexuality, from students and academics from a range of schools and disciplines, as well as external partners.
If you would like to display a research poster, please email lgbtstaffnetwork@kent.ac.uk by Monday 5 February. The conference is free and open to all. Please forward this invitation to any colleagues/friends who may be interested.
LGBT+ Staff Network
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Researching the Rainbow Conference 2018 – Call for Papers
Following the success of last year’s inaugural event, the LGBT+ Staff Network are pleased to open the call for papers for the Researching the Rainbow Conference from 15.00 – 19.00 on Thursday 15 February 2018 on the Canterbury campus.
The conference, which takes part during LGBT History Month, is to showcase the vast array of excellent research being done at Kent on or related to LGBT+ people and issues, and to encourage multi-disciplinary collaboration and networking. The conference will be opened by University of Kent Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Karen Cox, who also acts at the Executive Group’s LGBT+ Champion.
Speakers last year included academics and students from the Schools of English, Law and History, discussing topics such as British colonial laws on sodomy, transgender and parenting identities within the law, homosexual WWII clandestine operatives and queer exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Art.
Research posters from students and academics from across the University are also welcomed for display. If you would like to do a talk (30 minutes) or display a poster, please email lgbtstaffnetwork@kent.ac.uk by Monday 15 January. The conference is free and open to all.
Regards,
Kasia Senyszyn
LGBT+ Staff Network