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FRIDAY 9 FEBRUARY
Professor Sasha Roseneil, Leeds University illustrated lecture entitled:
Pleasure, Play and Politics amongst the Queer Women of Greenham
7:30pm - Theatre O - Arts Building
SATURDAY 10
FEBRUARY
9:00 Registration - 9:30 Opening and Welcome -Arts Annexe, Car
Park 5
9:45 PARALLEL SESSIONS I
(1) THE PLAY GROUP (Strictly Adults Only) This Session is for those unafraid
to get down and dirty. (Who can forget last year's sticky carpet
scene?) It is highly participatory (with room for some voyeurs). Requires
good lickin' and stickin' skills with Carol Lanigan.
(2) SOME BOTHER IN BOOMTOWN: Jobs for all, net immigration, the city
rebuilt and the emigrant returned - but who's going to make a community
while we're all busy making a living? The Celtic Tiger has turned his
gimlet gaze on us, now even once-unemployable Rebel Queer Outcasts are assimilated
into the workforce. Izzy Kamikaze, (once bound for the dole queue until
pension age, now gainfully employed) reports from the battlefield and
invites all burnt-out veterans, the IT-erati, homecoming hotshots,
incoming Miss-iles, up and coming bright sparks and the shell-shocked
remains of the layabout generation to discuss the changing State of the
Lesbian Nation.
11:15 COFFEE BREAK - GROUND FLOOR AREA
11:30 PARALLEL SESSIONS II
(1) SEXUAL ANATOMY 101 - The first stop sex positive workshop in the
Sexualities series. A must for those of you who like to know more
about
the where? what? how? of your bits n' pieces. Bring your sense of
humour & bag for the end of class prizes! No nudity required...unless
you really, really want it! - For Women-identified-Women Only .
(2) LOVING AGAINST RACISM & HETEROSEXISM : A CLASS IN PLAY A fun,
participatory workshop for anyone interested in exploring alliances,
equality, respect and dismantling our oppressor roles. A desire to think
well, have fun and love each other is definitely necessary. A
willingness to take risks, listen and learn is essential with Shalini
Sinha.
(3) LESBIANS ORGANISING- WORK OR PLAY? What have we learnt from our
years organising in small groups & large organisations? Has it been a
heart-warming or heart-breaking experience? What makes a successful
lesbian organisation ? Why and when do our organisations collapse or
split? Should we have formal organisations and what models do we use
in
setting them up? Workshop with Marie Quiery
1:00 LUNCH - GROUND FLOOR AREA - EXHIBITIONS & SALES
2:00 PARALLEL SESSIONS III
(1) BETWEEN WORK & PLAY: Gill Dunne & Roisin Ryan-Flood talk
about
their academic research on lesbian parenting and Rita Wilde presents her
practical experience. Chaired by Susannah Bowyer
(2) GIRLS, DRINK, FECK: LESBIAN CLUBBING IN IRELAND A roundtable discussion
with some of Ireland's foremost Lesbian Club promoters ; the logistics,
the philosophies, the ceoil & craic. Chaired by Mary McAuliffe
(3) ARE THE LAWS WORKING TO PROTECT US? Eilish Barry, barrister, head of
the legal section of the Republic of Ireland's Equality Authority gives
an account of how cases are progressing under new legislation & Barbary
Cook, Coalition on Sexual Orientation, (CoSo) speaks on the experience
in the North of Ireland. Chaired by Ursula Barry
(4) PLAY IT FOR POWER! In our lesbian lives - and all our different
lives - we have a multitude of parts to play.- Join poet &
hypnotist hayley FOX roberts in a game-playing, imagination-stirring
hour of finding great power in all those realities. Learn some DIY
skills for being potent and beautiful in all those different
guises and for shaping our worlds the way we want them.
3:30 TEA BREAK - GROUND FLOOR AREA
3:45 - 4:45 PARALLEL SESSIONS IV
(1) IRISH LESBIAN & GAY STUDIES FORUM Calling Queer theorists!
This
session provides an opportunity to discuss the idea of a Lesbian & Gay
Studies Forum. Are you interested in creating a space for queer thinkers
and theorists to come together and share ideas, present papers/give presentations
and to seriously develop queer theory in Ireland? with Rob Curry.
(2) WHEN WORK IS PLAY: ON RESEARCHING LESBIAN CREATIVE ARTISTS IN
IRELAND. An Experimental Paper-Performance. This autobiographical and experimental
piece aims to imaginatively and entertainingly add to our understandings
of lesbian artists' lives in contemporary Ireland, and
the relationships between sexuality and culture as played out in their
lives and works with Liz O'Riordan.
(3) SURPASSING THE LOVE OF WOMEN AND WRITING BADLY ABOUT IT: MY GRANNY
WAS RIGHT, SOMETHINGS ARE BETTER LEFT UNSAID. - A journey through some
of the worst lesbian erotic writing with Marie Mulolland.
(4) A DYKE AT THE OPERA - A talk with video illustration proving that
there is more to opera than the Three Tenors, de-bunking snobbery and
sharing a long-standing passion for the campest high-art form known to humanity
with Margaret Moran.
5:00 - 6:00 THEATRE O (main Arts Block) -
Closing Plenary
'BE EQUAL BE DIFFERENT' EXHIBITION & ON-GOING PROGRAMME OF DYKE MOVIES
Conference Registration costs £12/£5
LUNCH, CRΘCHE AND SIGNERS FOR THE DEAF PROVIDED, WHEELCHAIR
ACCESSIBLE
If your child is under a year old please contact us with regard to a
crθche place
This is a draft programme -minor changes may be made before the
conference
-Check the website-: www.ucd.ie/~werrc/
For further queries please contact Jennifer Morawiecki <werrc@ucd.ie>
01-706-8571
Lesbian Lives Party hosted by Clitoratae
on Saturday night at Voodoo 39-40 Arran Quay Doors open at 9:30pm
till 3am. All tickets at the door
are £12.
DISCOUNT TICKETS FOR CLITORATAE
OF £8 AVAILABLE ON REGISTRATION AT THE
CONFERENCE
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