CfP: Konferenz »Queer(ness) x Nation: Music and Performance Cultures as Sites of Queer Nationalisms«, 3.–5.6.2027 (Kunstuniversität Graz, Österreich), Deadline: 31.1.2027


Queer(ness) x Nation: Music and Performance Cultures as Sites of Queer Nationalisms

June 3-5, 2027

University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, Austria

We invite researchers, artists, musicians, performers, activists, and cultural practitioners to explore these intersections through interdisciplinary and situated approaches. We particularly welcome contributions that interrogate established categories and examine the contradictions, exclusions, and transformative possibilities of queer musical and performative practices in relation to the nation.

Contributions may address, but are not limited to, the following themes:

  • Nationhood, Coloniality, and the Production of Queerness

  • Queer Nationalisms, Heteronationalism, and Sexual Citizenship

  • Music, Performance, and the Reappropriation of National Symbols

  • Memory, Belonging, Resistance, and Queer Futures

  • Transnational Circulation, Migration, and Diaspora

  • Digital Platforms, Visibility, and Algorithmic Politics

  • Research, Artistic Practice, and Knowledge Production

Please see attached document for the full CfP and details for submission. 

Deadline for submission is 31 January 2027. 

The program committee will select proposals via a peer-reviewed process and notify participants of their acceptance by 1 March 2027.

PUBLICATION

A publication based on selected presentations is planned as a tangible outcome of the symposium.

HOST INSTITUTION

The symposium will be hosted by the Institute for Ethnomusicology at the University of Music and

Performing Arts Graz.

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