Frederik Byrn Køhlert

Gender and Sexuality Research at Edinburgh Napier University
Mar 6, 2024

Description Let’s get together and listen to colleagues working on gender and sexuality! And then let’s talk about their fascinating ideas, and how they relate to our own work and topics! This event is envisaged as informal and friendly gathering, following the success of similar gathering in 2023. We want to continue on this good tradition, and build new connections, learn about inspiring research we are doing across the university, feel inspired and nurtured.
Please send any queries to: Dr Roberto Kulpa (r.kulpa@napier.ac.uk)

SCHEDULE

14:00-14:10
Welcome (Roberto Kulpa)

14:10-15:00 TRANS LIVES
GUEST: Gina Gwenffrewi (University of Edinburgh) will start with an input about trans* people's cultural production online (i.e. YouTube, Twitter/X), framing the moral panic, and its impact on the trans* communities.

Rob Clucas (Law) will speak to the latest ‘gender critical’ challenge to the Gender Recognition Act 2004 in the appeal to the Supreme Court in the For Women Scotland case. He suggests that a solution to the current poisonous polemic around trans* rights can usefully be sought in the dialogic theory of Martin Buber (Buber 1958).

Toni Kania (Social Sciences) will introduce their PhD project about conceptualising bodily autonomy and sovereignty of trans* people – and from trans* peoples’ perspective – in Poland.

15:00-15:10 Coffee and pastries break
15:10-16:00 GENDERED VIOLENCE
Amy Beddows (Counselling) will speak about the potential of horror texts as tools for survivors processing the experiences of gendered violence.
Anne Schwan (English) will reflect on femicide, perpetrator narratives and the challenge of restorative justice, drawing from her analysis of Em Strang's novel “Quinn” (2023).
Fiona McQueen (Social Sciences) will conclude this section pondering on her project on Scottish young men’s attitudes towards prevention messages on violence against women, incl. queer & trans men’s accounts and insights.

16:00-16:10 Coffee and pastries break
16:10-17:00 REPRESENTATIONS
Yen Nee Wong (Social Sciences) will introduce us to queer cultures of ballroom dancing and the role of Strictly Come Dancing’s representations and mainstreaming.
David Bishop (Creative Writing) will speak about his creative writing PhD, instigation into the scarcity of queer sleuths in historical mystery fiction set before the Victorian era, and the politics of outing and authorship.
Phiona Stanley (Tourism) will talk about labels – ‘spinsters’, ‘crazy cat ladies’, ‘witches’. It is also, in theoretical terms, about queering queerness by negotiating the queer and deeply gendered queerness of spinsterhood.

17:00-17:10 Coffee and pastries break
17:10-17:45 POP!
Ashley Stein (Music) will introduce their PhD project on how hyperpop and other electronic music practices can be used to destabilise gender binaries.
Frederik Byrn Køhlert (English, Visual Cultures) will close this input section with a reflection on the representation of gender and sexuality in comics & graphic novels, incl. examples from work as editor of a Routledge series on Gender, Sexuality, and Comics.

17:45-onwards: Post-Event Drinks & Food at nearby The Golf Tavern
30-31 Wright's Houses, Bruntsfield, EH10 4HR

Event Organisation:
Dr Roberto Kulpa
School of Applied Sciences: Deputy Research Degrees Lead
Co-Director: MSc Applied Social Research
Co-Investigator: (2022-2026) ‘RESIST. Fostering Queer Feminist Intersectional Resistances against Transnational Anti-Gender Politics’ (EU Horizon Europe grant no. 101060749).

Location Merchiston Campus, room: MER_H11

People Amy Beddows
Anne Schwan
Ashley Stein
David Bishop
Fiona McQueen
Frederik Byrn Kohlert
Phiona Stanley
Rob Clucas
Roberto Kulpa
Toni Kania
Yen Wong

Org Units Business School
School of Applied Sciences
School of Arts and Creative Industries

Research Areas Acoustics
Art and design
Children’s Rights
Criminology
Critical studies
Cultural heritage
Education
Ethics and sustainability
Families and Relationships
Film and television
Gender
Geopolitics
Health and wellbeing
Hospitality
Human rights
Intercultural Communication
Law and Legal Policy
Literature
Mental health
Migration and Mobility
Music
Pedagogy
Public health
Publishing
Reproductive health
Social justice
Tourism

Themes AI and Technologies
Culture and Communities
Environment
Health

Research Centres/Groups Centre for Arts, Media and Culture
Centre for Child & Family Law and Policy
Centre for Creative Practice Research
Social Sciences Research Group

Description	Let’s get together and listen to colleagues working on gender and sexuality! And then let’s talk about their fascinating ideas, and how they relate to our own work and topics! This event is envisaged as informal and friendly gathering, following the success of similar gathering in 2023. We want to continue on this good tradition, and build new connections, learn about inspiring research we are doing across the university, feel inspired and nurtured. Please send any queries to: Dr Roberto Kulpa (r.kulpa@napier.ac.uk) SCHEDULE 14:00-14:10 Welcome (Roberto Kulpa) 14:10-15:00 TRANS LIVES GUEST: Gina Gwenffrewi (University of Edinburgh) will start with an input about trans* people's cultural production online (i.e. YouTube, Twitter/X), framing the moral panic, and its impact on the trans* communities. Rob Clucas (Law) will speak to the latest ‘gender critical’ challenge to the Gender Recognition Act 2004 in the appeal to the Supreme Court in the For Women Scotland case. He suggests that a solution to the current poisonous polemic around trans* rights can usefully be sought in the dialogic theory of Martin Buber (Buber 1958). Toni Kania (Social Sciences) will introduce their PhD project about conceptualising bodily autonomy and sovereignty of trans* people – and from trans* peoples’ perspective – in Poland. 15:00-15:10 Coffee and pastries break 15:10-16:00 GENDERED VIOLENCE Amy Beddows (Counselling) will speak about the potential of horror texts as tools for survivors processing the experiences of gendered violence. Anne Schwan (English) will reflect on femicide, perpetrator narratives and the challenge of restorative justice, drawing from her analysis of Em Strang's novel “Quinn” (2023). Fiona McQueen (Social Sciences) will conclude this section pondering on her project on Scottish young men’s attitudes towards prevention messages on violence against women, incl. queer & trans men’s accounts and insights. 16:00-16:10 Coffee and pastries break 16:10-17:00 REPRESENTATIONS Yen Nee Wong (Social Sciences) will introduce us to queer cultures of ballroom dancing and the role of Strictly Come Dancing’s representations and mainstreaming. David Bishop (Creative Writing) will speak about his creative writing PhD, instigation into the scarcity of queer sleuths in historical mystery fiction set before the Victorian era, and the politics of outing and authorship. Phiona Stanley (Tourism) will talk about labels – ‘spinsters’, ‘crazy cat ladies’, ‘witches’. It is also, in theoretical terms, about queering queerness by negotiating the queer and deeply gendered queerness of spinsterhood. 17:00-17:10 Coffee and pastries break 17:10-17:45 POP! Ashley Stein (Music) will introduce their PhD project on how hyperpop and other electronic music practices can be used to destabilise gender binaries. Frederik Byrn Køhlert (English, Visual Cultures) will close this input section with a reflection on the representation of gender and sexuality in comics & graphic novels, incl. examples from work as editor of a Routledge series on Gender, Sexuality, and Comics. 17:45-onwards: Post-Event Drinks & Food at nearby The Golf Tavern 30-31 Wright's Houses, Bruntsfield, EH10 4HR Event Organisation: Dr Roberto Kulpa School of Applied Sciences: Deputy Research Degrees Lead Co-Director: MSc Applied Social Research Co-Investigator: (2022-2026) ‘RESIST. Fostering Queer Feminist Intersectional Resistances against Transnational Anti-Gender Politics’ (EU Horizon Europe grant no. 101060749).
Location	Merchiston Campus, room: MER_H11
People	Amy Beddows Anne Schwan Ashley Stein David Bishop Fiona McQueen Frederik Byrn Kohlert Phiona Stanley Rob Clucas Roberto Kulpa Toni Kania Yen Wong
Org Units	Business School School of Applied Sciences School of Arts and Creative Industries
Research Areas	Acoustics Art and design Children’s Rights Criminology Critical studies Cultural heritage Education Ethics and sustainability Families and Relationships Film and television Gender Geopolitics Health and wellbeing Hospitality Human rights Intercultural Communication Law and Legal Policy Literature Mental health Migration and Mobility Music Pedagogy Public health Publishing Reproductive health Social justice Tourism
Themes	AI and Technologies Culture and Communities Environment Health
Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Arts, Media and Culture Centre for Child & Family Law and Policy Centre for Creative Practice Research Social Sciences Research Group

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