Queer Bibliography in the South Keynote Roundtable: “Archiving the Queer South”

Queer Bibliography in the South: Space, Place, & Community, March 12-14

 

The fourth iteration of the Queer Bibliography Symposium brings together a cross-disciplinary cohort of queer and trans book-workers, or those interested in queer and trans book-work, including librarians, archivists, academics, book sellers, artists, and collectors to think about how space and place (this space and this place) contribute to queer(ing) bibliography. Queer Bibliography in the South seeks to highlight how the dynamics of space and place (both within and outside of the American South) have influenced queer and trans bibliographic history, calling attention to the ways that the queer material presences are produced, documented, preserved, and promoted within a variety of communities: rural and urban, local and international, institutional and communitarian. The conference is cross-period and features papers touching on topics from early medieval Europe to modern day LA. 

 

Plenary Lecture: Jaime L. Harker (University of Mississippi and Violet Valley Bookstore), “Queering the South: Sapphic Print Culture, Queer Bibliography, and Queer Southern Culture”. Hargrett Special Collections Library, Thursday 12th March, 4pm

 

Poetry Reading: In collaboration with the Athens-based Sound Studies reading series, featuring Julie R. Enszer, Ellie Swensson, and jay morris. Work.Shop, Fritz Mar Lane, Thursday 12th March, 7pm

 

Keynote Roundtable: “Archiving the Queer South” with Morna Gerrard (GSU), Derek T. Mosley (Auburn Ave), Randy Gue (Emory), and Aaron McIntosh (Southern Queer Kudzu and Concordia University). GHOST Apothecary, 1662 South Lumpkin, Friday 13th March, 5pm

 

All welcome. Attendance free. Registration required.