The UMD Latin American Studies Center presents, “QUEER/CUIR AMERICAS: Rebels, Counternarratives, Solidarities.”

Conference Description:

Although it defies a single definition, QUEER is an identity, an approach, and a politics. Queers may stand outside, beyond, or on the edge of institutions. Queer bodies are often unwieldy, moving against normative ways of being in the world. They question history, social structures, and cultural expectations.

We approach our inquiry into the Queer Americas through the themes of rebels, counternarratives, and solidarities. REBELS encourage us to oppose power and the official stories that come from authorities. They push us to imagine other possible futures, and shape alternative histories, or COUNTERNARRATIVES in our everyday lives. We look to Latin American histories of rebellion for models of SOLIDARITY, strategies for taking collective action across difference.

The conference features student panels; a keynote panel discussion with scholars, activists, and artists; artistic workshops; and a closing reception. Free and open to all community members, undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff.

For more information contact: lasc [at] umd [dot] edu.