QUEER(ING)CONTEMPORARYITALIANCULTURES
HOME AND BEYOND

Virtual Symposium
University of Toronto
April 1-2, 2022

Objectives

A gathering of thinkers, artists, activists, and scholarsto discuss the complexities at the juncture of queerand Italian identities – in the homeland and indiasporic communities. Preference given to proposalsrelated to Italian LGBTQ+ geographies, movement,and mobilities.

Possible Topic

• Rural and urban LGBTQ+ communities in Italy today
• LGBTQ+ migration to and from Italy, internal migration
• LGBTQ+ experiences in the global Italian diaspora
• New LGBTQ+ Italian (Italian-American, Italian-Canadian, etc.)cultural production
• Queer(ing) Translation
• Italian LGBTQ+ spaces
• Intersections of class, race, gender, sexuality in Italian LGBTQ+communities
• Intergenerational kinships
• Queer pedagogies in Italy and in Italian Studies
• New research in Queer/LGBTQ+ Italian Studies
• Legal developments and issues in Italy

Please, submit 200-wordabstracts (English or Italian) and75-word bios by Feb. 25, 2022.
paolo.frasca@utoronto.ca
LCanton@accenti.ca
Confirmation of acceptance will besent by March 1, 2022.
Talks will be 20 minutes long.