Organized by Haruki Sekiguchi (Asian Studies) and Ervin Malakaj (CENES), this symposium brings together scholars at UBC working in any area of queer/trans cinema studies.
The event is open to the public and no prior registration is required. Join us for an afternoon of conversation and community around emerging scholarship at UBC.
SCHEDULE
12:00-12:15 Welcome and Introductions
Moderator: Haruki Sekiguchi (Asian Studies) and Ervin Malakaj (CENES)
12:15-1:45 Session 1
Moderator: Ervin Malakaj (CENES)
- “The Many Lives of Girls in Uniform” Ilinca Iurascu (CENES)
- “‘A different kind of love story’: Queering Race, Gender and Genre in The Half of It” JP Catungal (GRSJ)
- “Queering the Visuals: Summer Vacation 1999 and Haptic Voices” Haruki Sekiguchi (Asian Studies)
2:00-3:30 Session 2
Moderator: Haruki Sekiguchi (Asian Studies)
- “Cinephilistinism and the Second Coming” William Brown (Theatre & Film)
- “In search of begumpurā: abject bodies’ quest for belongingness in ek jagah apni” Shubham Arora (Asian Studies)
- “Ambient Green Screens” Danielle Wong (English Language and Literatures)
- “Public Humanities and Gay Shit” Tim Frandy (CENES)
3:45-5:15 Session 3
Moderator: Ervin Malakaj (CENES)
- “Queering the Derech: Queer analysis of E.A. Dupont’s Das alte Gesetz (1923)” Braden Russell (CENES)
- “Impossible Borderlands, Possible Crossings: Punjabi Cinema and its Queer Discontents” Kiran K. Sunar (Asian Studies)
- “Shallow Focus and Queer Intimacy” Ervin Malakaj (CENES)
- “Queer Film Pedagogy: Does It Have an Impact?” Chelsea Birks (Theatre & Film; The Cinematheque)
5:30 Symposium End
Moderator: Haruki Sekiguchi (Asian Studies)
How to Attend:
Join us on Saturday, March 30, 2024, from 12:00pm-5:30pm in Buchanan Tower, 997.
