GALE The Global Alliance for LGBT education
London, UK. On Saturday, 6th February 2010, the Schools OUT Annual Conference will be held at the Drill Hall, 16 Chenies Street in London. The Conference agenda entails film, theatre, story telling and workshops.
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Book at the Schools OUT website
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The 4th Africa Conference will explore the overall theme of 'Sexuality and HIV & AIDS in Africa" and several objectives and sub-themes. The Conference is calling for Abstracts: submission deadline is 19th October 2009. Read more...
Leeds, UK. The aim of the Anarchism and Sexuality conference is to explore the connections between anarchist thought and activism in regions of extensive uptake of anarchist ideas, e.g. Spain, Portugal and Latin America, with respect to an important area of anarchist ideas and practice: sexuality. Deadline of submitting abstracts is June 30, 2009. Read more...
Antwerp, Belgium: "Het Roze Huis" is organizing a Theme-evening "De Veilige Drempel" (The Safe Threshold) aimed at educators. The theme is how to open up the discussion on LGB parents during daily school lectures. The Theme-evening is in Dutch.
Meer info en inschrijven: Het Rroze Huis (Dutch)
Strasbourg, France. ANSO, Association of Nordic and Pol-Balt Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Student (LGBTQ) Organizations is inviting to participate in the Study Session "Gender Queer University: Questioning Norms in Higher Education". The Study Session will be held in Strasbourg 14th- 21st March 2010. Read more..
Antwerp, Belgium. A three-day conference organized by the Department of History of the University of Antwerp in collaboration with the Yale Research Initiative on the History of Sexualities. The heart of the conference will consist of a series of moderated closed working sessions at which participants discuss one anothers pre-circulated papers on the construction of European sexual modernities as a relational process by examining encounters (often unequal) among and between subjects, institutions, discourses, and hegemonies. Read more...
More info on website
University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. The SLSA conference will be held from March 30th to April 1st 2010, at the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. The Conference organisation launches a Call for Papers with topics relating to the theme of gender, sexuality and law. Read more...
Berlin, Germany. Workshop on understanding discrimination, learning about diversity and sharing ideas on taking action against sexist, racist and homophobic remarks. Read more....
MantiQitna is a group of activists from Arab societies within a region that is often referred to as the Middle East and North Africa.
MantiQitna QamB is a gathering of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer (LGBTIQ) activist groups and individuals in MantiQitna. The aim of the QamB is to contribute to the building of a grassroots network, a dynamic platform, created by and for the support of LGBTIQ activists in Arab societies. MantiQitna invites you to join in QamB 2010. The dates of the QamB are: May 27th-31st, 2010
The place: in MantiQitna (exact place will be given upon registration)
The deadline for registration is January 20th 2010. Read more..
Stockholm, Sweden. The International Training Program on LGBT and Human Rights organized by RFSL and RFSU on behalf of Sida is now open for applicants for 2009. For 2009 two courses will take place. Candidates from the Asia and Africa Region are invited to apply. Read more...
Besancon, France. The Conference topic is "Education and homophobia, a form of discrimination in the educational system: overview , actions, and intermediaries of action". Although the Conference is mainly focussed on French and Quebecois visitors, the call for paper is also available in a French, Spanish and Portuguese version on the website.
Read more... (French)
English version
Berlin, Germany. The CFP - International Conference 'Desiring Just Economies / Just Economies of Desire' seeks to explore how desire not only sustains current economies, but also carries the potential for inciting new forms of understanding and doing economy. Read more..
London, UK. Beyond Citizenship: Feminism and the Transformation of Belonging is organised by FEMCIT, an EU FP6 integrated research project on Gendered citizenship in multicultural Europe: the impact of contemporary womens movements, in collaboration with the Birkbeck Institute for Social Research, at Birkbeck, University of London, Rokkansenteret, at the University of Bergen, and is sponsored by the Norwegian Research Council. Read more....
Marseille, France. The Summer School is an opportunity for LGBT storytellers and LGBT volunteers who do panel sessions in schools and in other youth environments to exchange views, methods and make liaisons for international partnerships. It is also the place where GALE storytelling project partners meet and collaborate on the development of toolkit on storytelling. The Summer School takes part in the greater context of the annual Summer University on Homosexualities, which until now was mainly visited by a French speaking audience. The main language at the GALE Summer School will be English, we will try to arrange volunteer translation in Frech and if necessary Spanish. The full programme and registration form will be online here in the last week of February 2010.
Helsinki, Finland. The conference theme "Education and Cultural Change" will provide a focus for the keynote addresses, for other invited events as the EERJ Roundtable and may also be taken as a reference within the conference sessions organised by the EERA networks. Read more....
Stockholm, Sweden. The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Sida, invites candidates to apply to the LGBT and Human Rights International Training Programme 2010/2011. The programme is designed for participants working in organisations or sectors giving them an influence on issues concerning LGBT and human rights. The first part of the training will take place in Stockholm, Sweden, October 18 - November 5, 2010.
The follow-up part of the programme will take place in Africa region, May 30 June 3, 2011. Closing date for application: April 9th, 2010. Read more.. (pdf).
Download Application Form (pdf).
Antwerp, Belgium. Call for papers: The Policy Research Centre on Equal Opportunities (PRCEO) invites scholars from various disciplines and approaches to participate in the Second "Equal is not enough" Conference "Challenging differences and inequalities in contemporary societies". Read more..
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