Seminar: British South Asian Issues of Gender and Sexuality
Mon, 14 Dec 2015 09:28:00 GMT
CRISS held another very successful SexGen seminar at the University in October, attracting attendees from across the UK seeking to hear about – and discuss – a range of topics of relevance to British Asians with an interest in gender and sexuality (seminar organisers: Surya Monro and Jo Woodiwiss). The SexGen seminar series is collaborative interdisciplinary network bringing together gender and sexuality based research centres around the North of England. Series organising contacts are: Sally Hines, University of Leeds, Jo Woodiwiss, University of Huddersfield, and Eleanor Formby, Sheffield Hallam University.
Those interested in learning more about the network can interact with the group via the blog, or the Facebook page.
Speakers at the event were:
- Santokh Gill (University of Huddersfield): British Sikh Masculinities in Transition
- Nafhesa Ali (University of Huddersfield): Older South Asian migrant (SAM) women, gender and sexuality: Constructing 'appropriate femininities'
- Sarah-Jane Page (Aston University): South Asian Identities, Religions and LGBTQI Sexualities: Attitudes and Experiences'
- Jawad Syed (University of Huddersfield):Islam and Sexual Diversity
- Katherine Twamley (UCL): Sex and intimacy among Gujarati Indians in the UK and India
The network was also pleased to be able to show 2 short films: Little Elephant: is about the estranged relationship between a father and his gay daughter, now a young mother. Chariot Riders: is about a boy’s feelings of first love for his best friend, another boy. Both films are part of the Love Works Duology: depicting South Asian LGBT lives in contemporary Britain. Director Kate Jessop; Script Carl Miller; Commissioned and Produced by Bobby Tiwana. Supported using public funding by Arts Council England. Seed funder: Gem Arts, Sheffield City Council, Homotopia and Shout Festival.
