(Dis)Locating Queer: Schedule Rundown!

Hi Everyone,

Here is our schedule of events for the rapidly approaching (Dis)Locating Queer Conference! Please Facebook, tweet and MySpace this info far and wide, particularly to interested graduate students or faculty at your home institution. This schedule will be updated as further information becomes available. See you then!

(Dis)locating Queer Symposium Program Schedule

--Unless otherwise indicated, all conference events will take place at the Asian American Cultural Center located at:

1210 West Nevada Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801

THURSDAY, May 5

5:00-7:00 pm, Conference registration (and informal meet and greet).

7:30pm, Keynote Address

“Rethinking ‘Illegal’ Immigration Through Queer Theories”

Eithne Luibhéid, Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies, University of Arizona. To be held at Levis Faculty Center, located at 919 West Illinois Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801

9:00-10:00pm, Post Keynote Reception. Levis Faculty Center

FRIDAY, May 6

9:00 am-10:45 am, Panel 1: Disrupting Queer Narratives of Community

11:00 am- 12:45 pm, Panel 2: Unsettling Queer Regions

12:45-1:45pm, Lunch (provided by us)

2:00-3:45 pm, Panel 3: Queering Imperial Encounters

4:00-5:45 pm, Panel 4: Sexually Dangerous Citizens

FRIDAY NIGHT: An Evening of Performance, featuring Durell Callier (UIUC) and Kareem Khubchandani (Northwestern University)

SATURDAY MORNING SESSIONS:

9:00-10:45 am, Panel 5: Queer Kinship

11:00 am - 12:45 pm, Panel 6: Queer Challenges to "Progress"

Information on Conference Lodging and Transportation

Lodging

We have reserved a block of rooms at the Holiday Inn in Urbana, IL at the rate of $79/night.

Holiday Inn Urbana
1001 Killarney Street
Urbana, IL 61801
217-328-7900

Reservations: Conference participants must call the hotel at 217-328-7900. Please use the group code “GWS” when making your reservation in order to get the conference rate of $79/night.

Cut-off date: Please reserve your room by April 25. (Rooms not reserved by that date will be released for general sale.)

Guarantee method: A major credit card of advance deposit is required to guarantee reservations.

Check-in/out: Standard hotel check-in time is 4pm. Standard check-out time is 12noon. Should you need to change these times, please alert the agent when making a reservation.

Cancellation Policy: Individuals may cancel reservations up until 6pm on the day of arrival with no penalty. Should cancellation not be received by 6pm, you will be charged for the first night of the stay, plus tax.

For more information, email us for a .pdf fact sheet.

Local transportation:

Shuttle: Because the Holiday Inn is not within walking distance to campus, we will arrange a shuttle between the hotel and campus for conference participants.

Parking: If you are driving to Champaign and would like to park your car on campus, you will need a parking pass for Lot F29 which is located on the corner of Dorner and Gregory. Out-of-town conference participants should e-mail Virginia Swisher by noon on April 25 to request a parking pass for the campus lot.

Transportation to Champaign-Urbana:

Airport: Willard Airport (CMI) has service through American Airlines. For transportation from the airport to the hotel, please contact the Holiday Inn for information about a courtesy van.

Train: Amtrak has daily service to Champaign. For transportation from the train station, please contact the Holiday Inn for information about arranging for a courtesy van.

Automobiles: Champaign-Urbana is at the intersection of I-72, I-74 and I-57. Please see the Holiday Inn website for directions to the hotel.