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Queer Studies: Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going
A symposium convened by Noreen Giffney & Michael O'Rourke at University College
Dublin, Ireland in October 2002. Speakers included Professor Myra J.
Hird (Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland), Dr Ger Moane (University College Dublin,
Ireland), Sonja Tiernan (University College Dublin, Ireland), Geraldine Cuddihy (University
College Dublin, Ireland), Dr Niall Richardson (University of Ulster, Northern Ireland), Dr Tina O'Toole
(University College Cork, Ireland), Dr Noreen Giffney (University College Dublin, Ireland), Michael
O'Rourke (University College Dublin, Ireland) and Dr Kay Inckle (The University of Dublin,
Trinity College, Ireland). Chaired by Dr Jeanne Riou (University College Dublin, Ireland).
Launch of The(e)ories: Advanced Seminars for Queer Research by Ailbhe Smyth (University College Dublin, Ireland). Selected papers appear in Feminist Theory, 5(1), 2004.
Queer Studies: Pros, Cons and 'Futural Imaginings'
A symposium convened by Noreen Giffney & Michael O'Rourke at University College
Dublin, Ireland in November 2003. Speakers included Dr Katherine O'Donnell
(University College Dublin, Ireland), Dr David Cregan (The University of Dublin, Trinity College,
Ireland), Sonja Tiernan (University College Dublin, Ireland), Dr Phillip Bernhardt-House (University
College Cork, Ireland), Michael O'Rourke (University College Dublin, Ireland), Dr Peter Stoneley
(University of Ulster, Northern Ireland), Suzy Byrne (The University of Dublin, Trinity College,
Ireland), Emma Bidwell (University College Cork, Ireland) and Tam Sanger (Queen's University,
Belfast, Northern Ireland). Chaired by Dr Danielle Clarke (University College Dublin, Ireland). Professor Tamsin Wilton (University of the West of England, Bristol, UK)
delivered the plenary address. A revised version of her paper is forthcoming in The Ashgate Companion to Queer Studies,
edited by Noreen Giffney & Michael O'Rourke (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007).
Putting the Camp into Campus and the Queer into Theory
A symposium convened by Noreen Giffney at University College Dublin, Ireland in
May 2004. Plenary address delivered by Professor Judith Halberstam
(University of California, San Diego, USA), preceded by a performance by the Shamcocks, the Irish
drag-king troupe.
An Audience with Judith Butler
One formal lecture and one informal discussion with Professor Judith
Butler (University of California, Berkeley, USA) convened by Noreen Giffney & Michael O'Rourke at University
College Dublin, Ireland in September 2004.
Mongol Studies: Origins, Developments and Suggestions
for Future Research
A roundtable discussion convened by Noreen Giffney at the International Congress
of the European Middle Ages, University of Leeds, UK in July 2003. Speakers
included Professor Peter Jackson, Professor Gregory G. Guzman, Professor Charles
W. Connell, Professor Felicitas Schmieder and Dr Antti Routsala.
Queer Methodologies and/or Queers in Medieval Studies: Where Are We Now?
A roundtable discussion conved by Michael O'Rourke as part of the International Congress of the European Middle Ages
at the University of Leeds, UK in July 2002. Speakers included Dr Noreen Giffney (University College Dublin,
Ireland), Dr Mary McAuliffe (University College Dublin, Ireland), Mr Stephen Morris (Independent
Scholar, New York, USA), Dr Klaus Van Eickels (Universitat Bamberg, Germany), Professor Lisa Weston
(California State University, Fresno, USA) and Mr Michael O'Rourke (University College Dublin, Ireland).
Selected papers appear in Medieval Feminist Forum, 36 (2003).
Problems in the Writing of Irish Women's History
A roundtable discussion convened by Noreen Giffney, in association with the UCD History Society, at University College
Dublin, Ireland in February 2002. Speakers included Professor Mary E. Daly (University College Dublin, Ireland),
Professor Máirín Ní Dhonnchadha (National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland), Dr Katherine
O'Donnell (University College Dublin, Ireland) and Dr Leeann Lane (Mater Dei Institute, Dublin,
Ireland).
Homoerotophobia in Eighteenth Century Biography
A panel of academic papers convened by Michael O'Rourke as part of the Eleventh International Congress on the Enlightenment
at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA in August 2003. Speakers included Dr Katherine O'Donnell (University
College Dublin, Ireland), Professor Sally O'Driscoll (Fairfield University, USA), Professor Susan
Maslan (University of California, Berkeley, USA) with a statement by Professor George S. Rousseau (Oxford
and DeMontfort Universities, UK) and moderated by Professor David M. Robinson (University of Arizona, USA).
Are We Post-Queer Yet?
A roundtable discussion convened by Noreen Giffney at Lesbian Lives 12: The Closet at University College Dublin, Ireland
in February 2005. Speakers included Professor Sara Ahmed, Dr Angelia R. Wilson, Professor Vicki L. Eaklor, Michael
Rourke and Dr Kay Inckle.
Cripping the Middle Ages
A roundtable discussion convened by Michael O'Rourke as part of the International Congress for the European Middle Ages
at the University of Leeds, UK in July 2004. Speakers included Mr Mark O'Toole (University of California,
Santa Barbara, USA), Professor Edward Wheatley (Hamilton College, USA), Dr Cory Rushton (Bristol
University, UK) and Dr Irina Metzler (Independent Scholar, UK).
Modern Representations of the Medieval in Heroic Fantasy Fiction
Panel of Academic Papers convened by Noreen Giffney at the International Congress for the European Middle Ages at the
University of Leeds, UK in July 2002. Speakers included Professor Edward James, Dr Noreen Giffney and Dr
Elva Johnston. Sponsored by the journal, Studies in Medievalism (Boydell and Brewer Press).
Irish Queer Studies Symposium
A one-day colloquium on gender, sexuality and queer studies in Irish cultural criticism convened by Michael O'Rourke
at University College Dublin, Ireland in April 2002. Speakers included Mr Michael O'Rourke (University College
Dublin, Ireland), Mr David Rose (Goldsmith's College, University of London, UK), Dr Katherine O'Donnell
(University College Dublin, Ireland), Professor Gerardine Meaney (University College Dublin, Ireland),
Dr Eibhear Walshe (University College Cork, Ireland), Professor Anne Fogarty (University
College Dublin, Ireland) and Ms Ailbhe Smyth (University College Dublin, Ireland).
The Holy and the Unholy: Theoretical Approaches to Good and Evil in the Middle Ages
Panel of Academic Papers convened by Noreen Giffney at the International Congress for the European Middle Ages at the
University of Leeds, UK in July 2003. Speakers included. Speakers included Professor Garrett P.J. Epp, Dr Noreen Giffney
and Michael O'Rourke. Chaired by Dr Sarah Salih.
Queering the Icelandic Saga
A panel of academic papers convened by Michael O'Rourke as part of the International Congress for the European Middle
Ages at the University of Leeds, UK in July 2005. Speakers included Mr Michael O'Rourke (University College
Dublin, Ireland) and Dr David Ashurst (Birkbeck College, London, UK).
Freaks of Nature? Queering the (Non-) Human
Panel of Academic Papers convened by Noreen Giffney at Lesbian Lives 10: Looking Back, Thinking Forward at University
College Dublin, Ireland in February 2003. Speakers included Professor Myra J. Hird, Dr Noreen Giffney, Dr Phillip
Bernhardt-House and Geraldine Cuddihy.
(Dis)Ability in the Middle Ages
A panel of academic papers convened by Michael O'Rourke as part of the International Congress of the European Middle
Ages at the University of Leeds, UK in July 2005. Speakers included Professor Cory Rushton (Malaspina University
College, Nanaimo, Canada), Dr Irina Metzler (University of Bristol, UK) and Professor Wendy Turner
(Augusta State University, Georgia, USA).
Reading Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick: A Retrospective, 1980-2005
4 day-long symposia convened by Noreen Giffney & Michael O'Rourke at University College Dublin, Ireland in September
2005, and devoted to examining Professor Sedgwick's work (CUNY Graduate Center, New York, USA) work, two with her in attendance.
Gender, Sexuality and Horror Cinema
3 day-long symposia convened by Noreen Giffney at University College Dublin, Ireland in March 2006, and devoted to considering
horror cinema. Facilitators included Dr Darryl Jones, Eve Watson, Michael O'Rourke, Diarmuid Hester, Dr Noreen Giffney
and Emma Radley. with a keynote address by Dr Patricia MacCormack on
the third day.
Heterosexuality After Queer Theory
2 day-long symposia convened by Noreen Giffney and Michael O'Rourke at University College Dublin, Ireland in June 2006,
and devoted to considering heterosexuality after work in feminism, lesbian and gay studies, and queer theory. Facilitators
included Dr Katherine O'Donnell, Dr Anne Mulhall, Dr Noreen Giffney, Michael O'Rourke, Michael Cronin and
Dr Kay Inckle. With a keynote lecture by Professor Calvin Thomas on the second day.
Lesbian Studies and the Premodern: At the Intersections
3 panels of academic papers and one roundtable discussion convened by Noreen Giffney & Diane Watt at the International
Congress of the European Middle Ages at the University of Leeds, UK in July 2006. Speakers included Professor Valerie
Traub, Professor Helmutt Puff, Professor Anna Roberts, Professor Lara Farina, Professor Michelle M. Sauer, Professor Lisa
M.C. Weston, Professor Diane Watt, Dr Noreen Giffney and Dr Mary McAuliffe.
Subverting What? Perversion, Transgression and Normalisation in Queer Theory and Psychoanalysis
2 day-long symposia convened by Noreen Giffney and Michael O'Rourke at University College Dublin in February and March
2007, and devoted to considering four key concepts as they are used in queer theory - subversion, perversion, transgression
and normalisation - primarily through the lens of psychoanalysis. Facilitators included Dr Anne Mulhall, Dr Ide
Corley, Dr Declan Sheerin, Michael O'Rourke, Graham Price and Dr Noreen Giffney. With keynote lectures
by Professor Lisa Downing and Professor Tim Dean on the second day.
Queer Theory and Deconstruction After Jacques Derrida
2 day-long symposia convened by Noreen Giffney and Michael O'Rourke at University College Dublin in July 2007, and devoted
to examining the inter-relationship between the work of Jacques Derrida and queer theory. Facilitators included Dr
Paul Bowman, Diarmuid Hester, Michael O'Rourke, Mark Mason, Dr Noreen Giffney, Adam Kelly and Eamonn Dunne.
With keynote lectures by Professor Martin McQuillan and Professor Nicholas Royle on the
second day.
Genealogies of Queer Theory: Lesbian Studies, Intersex Activism and Continental Philosophy
Panel
of Academic Papers convened by Noreen Giffney at Lesbian Lives 13: Historicising the Lesbian at University College Dublin,
Ireland in February 2006. Speakers included Professor Morgan Holmes, Michael O'Rourke and Dr Noreen
Giffney.
Sexuality
and the Death Drive: Reading Lee Edelman's No Future
A two-day intensive seminar convened by Noreen Giffney
& Anne Mulhall at University College Dublin in July 2007, and devoted to discussing Lee Edelman's book, No Future,
in the context of queer theory, psychoanalysis, lesbian and gay studies and feminist theory. Respondents and facilitators included Eve Watson, Michael O'Rourke, Dr Anne Mulhall,
Dr Olga Cox Cameron, Dr Moynagh Sullivan, Dr Ide Corley, Emma Radley, Dr Noreen Giffney, Claire Bracken and Michael
Cronin. With a plenary lecture by Professor Lee Edelman.
Sexuality & Phenomenology: Reading Sara Ahmed's Queer
Phenomenology
A two-day intensive, interdisciplinary seminar devoted to reading Sara Ahmed's important
book, Queer Phenomenology: Orientations, Objects, Others (Duke University Press, 2006), and convened by Noreen
Giffney & Michael O'Rourke at University College Dublin in May 2008. Respondents and facilitators included Dr
Jones Irwin, Dr Katherine Johnson, Dr Aislinn O'Donnell, Dr Felix O Murchadha,
Eve Watson, Dr Jon Mitchell, Professor Eileen Joy, Dr
Noreen Giffney, Professor Margot Backus, Michael O'Rourke, Dr Anne Mulhall.
With a plenary lecture by Professor Sara Ahmed.
Gender, Sexuality & Bioethics
A 2-day international, interdisciplinary seminar on Wednesday 2 and Thursday
3 July 2008 with sessions on organ transplantation, intersex activism and studies, self-injury, reproductive rights, animal
studies and the non/human, cosmetic surgery and performance art. Speakers included Professor Morgan
Holmes (Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada), Dr Kay Inckle (The University of Dublin, Trinity College, Ireland), Dr Anat Pick
(University of East London, UK), Dr Margrit Shildrick (Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland) and Ailbhe
Smyth (University College Dublin, Ireland). Respondents includesd Dr Steven Angelides (Monash University,
Australia), Sorcha Ui Chonnachtaigh (National University of Ireland, Galway), Dr Olga Cox Cameron (Psychoanalyst and University
College Dublin/Trinity College Dublin), Dr Noreen Giffney (The(e)ories Organiser), Dr Jones Irwin (St Patrick's College, Drumcondra),
Michael O'Rourke (The(e)ories Organiser) and Eve Watson (Psychoanalyst and University College Dublin).
This
event was sponsored by Irish Studies and the Humanities Institute of Ireland (HII) at University College Dublin. Our
thanks to Dr Marc Caball & Dr Anne Mulhall.
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