What does queer mean? What does queer do? Is queer a noun, a verb, or an adjective? Join us for a conversation bringing together expertise in queer history and contemporary life. Professor Matthew Ball (QUT), Professor Alastair Blanshard (UQ), and Dr Karin Sellberg (UQ) will unpack this prolific concept from antiquity to the present, from the ideal to the real.
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Alastair Blanshard is the Paul Eliadis Professor of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Queensland, Meanjin/Brisbane. He researches the intersection of masculinity and the erotic. He is one of the editors of a recent collection on the work of Oscar Wilde and the classics and a contributor to The Routledge Handbook of Classics and Queer Theory.
Karin Sellberg is a lecturer in humanities at the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry at the University of Queensland, Meanjin/Brisbane. She is a literary studies scholar with research interests in gender studies, trans* theory, and queer theory. She is the author of Gender: Time, Corporeality and Culture, and a forthcoming book on transgender-identity narratives.
Matthew Ball is a Professor in the School of Justice at Queensland University of Technology, Meanjin/Brisbane. His research explores the intersections of sexuality, gender diversity, and criminal justice. He is a foundational scholar in the field of queer criminology, the author of Criminology and Queer Theory, and the editor of LGBTQ+ Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice.
