14 June 2002: Childhood and Adolescence
Children's Stories of Sexual Difference
Iain Morland
Associate Lecturer in Culture, Literature and Media, Cardiff University
Delayed Puberty
Paul Chadwick
Clinical Psychologist, St. Mary's Hospital, London
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1 November 2002: Sexual Diversity
Consensual Surgery for Adults with Intersex Conditions: A Solution to What Problem?
Mary Boyle
Professor of Psychology, University of East London
The Stark Impossibility of Thinking That: Cult TV and the Sexing of the Alien Body
Dee Amy-Chinn
Doctoral Candidate in Media Arts, Royal Holloway
How Many Sexes Are There?
Panel debate chaired by Iain Morland
Pamela Church-Gibson
Senior Lecturer in Cultural and Contextual Studies, London Institute
Sarah Creighton
Consultant Gynaecologist, UCL Hospitals Trust
Mandy Merck
Professor of Media Arts, Royal Holloway
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28 February 2003: Changing Gender Narratives
Chaired by Iain Morland
Reinventing Gender in Shakespeare
Howard Jacobs
Former Emeritus Professor of Reproductive Endocrinology, UCL
Re-negotiating Gender Positions: Can Narrative Therapy Help?
Lih-Mei Liao
Clinical Psychologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Clinical Health Psychology, UCL
The Spectacular Specimen
Del La Grace Volcano
Visual Artist
Is There Such a Thing as Sexual Dysfunction?
Panel debate chaired by Lih-Mei Liao
Selim Cellek
Senior Research Scientist, UCL
Naomi Crouch
Research Fellow in Gynaecology, UCL
Lisa Downing
Lecturer in French, Queen Mary, University of London
Jackie Doyle
Clinical Psychologist, Hillingdon Hospital
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23 May 2003: Sexual Politics, Sexual Practices
Chaired by Lih-Mei Liao
Reading the Rorschach: Inventing the Homosexual Personality from World War 1 to Evelyn Hooker
(Read by Iseult Twamley)
Peter Hegarty
Lecturer in Social Psychology, University of Surrey
Slippery Sex: Subversive Possibilities in Sex and Semantics
Wendy O'Brien
Lecturer in Literary and Cultural Studies, Central Queensland University
Autassassinophilia: From Sexology to Phenomenology
Lisa Downing
Lecturer in French, Queen Mary, University of London
and
Dany Nobus
Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Psychoanalytic Studies, Brunel University
Sexual Politics, Sexual Practices
Panel debate chaired by Iain Morland
Paul Chadwick
Clinical Psychologist, UCL and Royal Free Hospitals
David Goldmeier
Lead Clinician and Physician, Jane Wadsworth Sexual Function Clinic
Annabelle Willox
Independent Scholar
with Lisa Downing , Dany Nobus and Wendy O'Brien
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5 November 2003: Sexing the Child
Chaired by Lih-Mei Liao
Paedophilia or Paternalism: Reconfiguring Ethics with Michel Foucault and Michael Jackson
Nikki Sullivan
Lecturer in Critical and Cultural Studies, Macquarie University
Surgery for Intersex: Problem or Solution?
Sarah Creighton
Consultant Gynaecologist, UCL Hospitals Trust
The Age of Gender
Panel discussion chaired by Iain Morland
Gerry Conway
Consultant Endocrinologist, UCL Hospitals Trust
Philip Ransley
Paediatric Urological Curgeon, Great Ormond Street Hospital
Katrina Roen
Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Health Research, Lancaster University
Del La Grace Volcano
Visual Artist
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27 February 2004: Psychoanalysis: Time to Sex Down?
Chaired by Lih-Mei Liao
Deciding Sexuality: Psychoanalytic Manoeuvres between Medicine and Social Constructionism
Dany Nobus
Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Psychoanalytic Studies, Brunel University
Intersex and Psychoanalysis: The Organ's Apprehension
Iain Morland
Doctoral Candidate in English Literature, Royal Holloway, University of London
Psychoanalysis and Medicine
Panel discussion chaired by Lisa Downing
Peter Hegarty
Lecturer in Social Psychology, University of Surrey
Sue Gessler
Consultant Clinical Psychologist in Gynae-Oncology and Honorary Lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, UCL
Valerie Walkerdine
Professor of Psychology, Cardiff University
with Iain Morland and Dany Nobus
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30 April 2004: Masculinities
Chaired by Iain Morland
Dude, Where's My Gender?
Judith Halberstam
Professor of Literary and Cultural Studies, University of California, San Diego
Sons of Belial: The Contaminating/Contaminated Male Body
Lesley Hall
Archivist, Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine, and Honorary Lecturer in the History of Medicine, UCL
Cultures of Masculinity
Panel discussion chaired by Annabelle Willox
Jackie Doyle
Clinical Psychologist, Hillingdon Hospital
William Spurlin
Senior Lecturer in English and Critical and Cultural Theory, Cardiff University
Del La Grace Volcano
Visual Artist
with Judith Halberstam and Lesley Hall
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5 November 2004: The Ethics of Embodiment
Chaired by Iain Morland
Bodies of Knowledge: Embodiment and Ethics
David Armstrong
Reader in Sociology as Applied to Medicine, King's College London
The New Genetics: Retelling and Reinterpreting an Old Story
Deborah Kirklin
Senior Lecturer in Medical Humanities, University College London
Thinking with the Body
Panel discussion chaired by Iain Morland
Lisa Downing
Lecturer in French, Queen Mary, University of London
Michelle O'Brien
Doctoral Candidate in Sociology, Roehampton University
Josephine Wilson
Doctoral Candidate in Gender, London School of Economics
with David Armstrong and Deborah Kirklin
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9 February 2005: What can we Learn from Pornography?
Chaired by Iain Morland
'What Women Want': Answers (and Questions?) from Porn
Meg Barker
Senior Lecturer in Psychology, South Bank University
and
Ani Ritchie
Lecturer in Media with Cultural Studies, Southampton Institute
and
Esther Saxey
Associate Tutor in Sexual Dissidence, University of Sussex
Babes in Pornland: Women Researching Sexually Explicit Material
Petra Boynton
Lecturer in International Primary Care, UCL
Questioning Pornography
Panel debate chaired by Iain Morland
Del La Grace Volcano
Visual Artist
with Meg Barker, Petra Boynton , Ani Ritchie and Esther Saxey
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11 May 2005: Dilemmas in Care
Chaired by Katrina Røn
Surgery for Intersex
Sarah Creighton
Consultant Gynaecologist, UCL Hospitals Trust
Support Groups for Intersex
Jane Rolin
Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome Support Group (AISSG)
Telling Children about their Intersex Diagnosis
Polly Carmichael
Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital
The Dilemma of Intersex Care
Roundtable discussion chaired by Katrina Røn
with Polly Carmichael , Sarah Creighton and Jane Rolin
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2 November 2005: The Vagina
Chaired by Lih-Mei Liao
The Pursuit of Perfection: Aesthetics, Pleasures & 'Designer Vagina' Surgery
Virginia Braun
Lecturer in Psychology, University of Auckland
Commodification of the Vagina
Georgina Voss
Doctoral candidate,
Science and Technology Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex
Women & Sexual Pleasure: Why was Vaginal & Clitoral Sensation so Heavily Contested during the 20th Century? (And are the arguments all over now?)
Hera Cook
Lecturer, Department of Modern History, University of Birmingham
Roundtable discussion chaired by Lisa Downing
with Virginia Braun, Georgina Voss and Hera Cook
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15 February 2006: Outness and Sexual Self-Disclosure in Academia and the Clinic
Chaired by Meg Barker
The Closet's Revolving
Door
Jeffrey Weeks
Professor of Sociology, LSBU
Inside and Outside of the Dilemma: Perspectives from a Heterosexual
Ally, Academician, and Clinician
Kathleen Ritter
Professor of Counseling Psychology, California State
University, Bakersfield, and Psychotherapist in private practice
Outing Mandy and Condi
Mandy Merck
Professor of Media Arts, Royal Holloway, University of
London
Roundtable discussion chaired by Meg Barker
with Jeffrey Weeks, Kathleen Ritter and Mandy Merck
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21 June 2006: Heterosexualities
Chaired by Lisa Downing
The Psychologization of Marriage and the Heteronormativity of High IQ
Peter Hegarty
Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Surrey
Why Question Heterosexuality?
Stevi Jackson
Professor and Director, Centre for Women's Studies, Department of Sociology, University of York
On Being Post-Normal : Heterosexuality after Queer Theory
Calvin Thomas
Associate Professor of Literary Theory and Cultural Studies, Georgia State University
Roundtable discussion chaired by Lisa Downing
with Peter Hegarty, Stevi Jackson and Calvin Thomas
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1 November 2006: Female Genital Mutilation
Chaired by Lih-Mei Liao
Socio-Cultural Aspects of FGM
Efua Dorkenoo
Researcher and Activist; founder, Foundation for Women's Health, Research and Development (FORWARD)
Genital Cutting and Bodily Integrity
Iain Morland
Lecturer in Cultural Criticism, Cardiff University
FGM: What Should Care-Providers do now?
Sarah Creighton
Consultant Gynaecologist, UCH & Honorary Senior Lecturer, UCL; Chair, Female Genital Mutilation National Clinical Group, www.fgmnationalgroup.org
Panel debate chaired by Lih-Mei Liao
with the three speakers and:
Amma Kyei-Mensah (Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, Whittington Hospital, London)
Haseena Lockhat (Consultant Clinical Psychologist, North Warwickshire NHS Trust)
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28 February 2007: Sexual Subcultures and Discourses of Health and Harm
Chaired by Dany Nobus (Brunel University)
AIDS is not a Disease but a Discourse
Robert Gillett
Senior Lecturer in German, Queen Mary, University of London
Breeding Culture: Barebacking, Bugchasing, Giftgiving
Tim Dean
Professor of English, University at Buffalo SUNY
Beyond Safety: Erotic Asphyxiation and the Limits of SM Discourse
Lisa Downing
Professor and Director of the Centre for the Interdisciplinary Study of Sexuality and Gender in Europe, University of Exeter
Panel debate chaired by Dany Nobus
with the three speakers and:
Martin Baggaley (Consultant Psychiatrist, Clinical Lead NHS Connecting for Health London)
Darren Langdridge (Lecturer in Social Psychology, Open University)
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26 June 2007: Embodying Femininity
Guest-convened by Paula Reavey (London South Bank University)
Supersexualize Me! Advertising and the midriffs
Ros Gill
Senior Lecturer in Gender Theory and Gender Studies, London School of Economics
Between discourse and embodied experience: Reflections on analysing women’s accounts in feminist post-structuralist research
Helen Malson
Reader in Social Psychology, University of the West of England
Moving within and beyond the surface: young women’s embodied experiences in everyday life
Lilliana Del Busso
PhD candidate, London South Bank University
and
Paula Reavey
Senior Lecturer in Psychology, London South Bank University
Respondent:
Elizabeth Stephens (Research Fellow, Centre for the History of European Discourses, University of Queensland, Australia, and British Academy Visiting Fellow, Centre for the Interdisciplinary Study of Sexuality and Gender in Europe, University of Exeter)
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7 November 2007 : International Approaches to Bisexuality
Organised by Meg Barker
Chaired by Alessandra Iantaffi
Speakers:
Ron Fox (Professor in Psychology, Saybrook Graduate School, San Francisco)
"International Perspectives on Bisexuality: Documenting and Preserving History in the Making"
Matthew Waites (Lecturer in Sociology, Dept. of Sociology, Anthropology and Applied Social Sciences, University of Glasgow) "Bisexuality, 'Sexual Orientation' and Human Rights: The Global Politics of Sexual Identities"
Clare Hemmings (Senior Lecturer in Gender Theory and Gender Studies, London School of Economics)
"Bisexuality and Queer Transnationalism "
The seminar was preceded by a morning of related events, namely a series of presentations and workshops by and for PhD students and others researching bisexuality.
9.30-11.00 – five 15 minute presentations
Toni Brennan – Charlotte Wolff and the history of bisexual research
Robin Cackett - The Freud-Fliess-Controversy or: Investments in Bisexuality in Early Psychoanalysis
Helen Bowes-Catton – 'Swordfighting, Drag Kings, and Cuddles- Embodying Identity in 'spectacular' bisexual space
Christian Klesse – Personal identities and sexuality research: on reflexivity and positionality
Alex Toft – Bisexual Christians: The Lived Experiences of a Marginalised Community
11.30-1.00
Workshop on the links and tensions between bi academic research and queer theory, bi activism and queer activism. Facilitated by Camel Gupta and Meg Barker
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9 April 2008: 'Extreme' Pornography and Discourses of Censorship
Organised and Chaired by Lisa Downing
Speakers:
Julian Petley (Professor of Film and Television Studies, Brunel University)
"The Dangerous Images Act"
Clarissa Smith (Programme Leader, MA in Media & Cultural Studies, University of Sunderland)
"On Being an apologist for porn"
Alexandra Dymock (SM and feminist activist, Backlash)
"
Against the Backlash: Pornography, Power and the Pressure Group"
Martin Baggaley (Consultant Psychiatrist, Clinical Lead NHS Connecting for Health London)
"Links between extreme pornography and psychiatric disorder - much conjecture but little evidence"
Respondents:
Adeola Agbebiyi (Film and Video Examiner, British Board of Film Classification)
Fiona Handyside (Lecturer in Film, University of Exeter)
Eleanor Wilkinson (Teaching Assistant in Geography, University of Leeds)
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