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You are invited to register: https://skjemaker.app.uib.no/view.php?id=16424929Queering Nordic Borders - the second conference of the Nordic Network for Queer History Archives and Activities (NNAQH) will take place in Bergen on April 20, 2024 (with pre-conference activities and dinner the night before). The conference addresses the arbitrary nature of national borders within the Nordic and Baltic regions. How can we through our practices as archivists, activists and historians question, cross and “queer” those borders?
Read more about the conference: https://skeivtarkiv.no/nnaqh-seminar-bergen-2024
The conference will be available via live streaming, allowing attendees to participate digitally. A link for accessing the stream will be provided.
PROGRAM (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
Friday April 19th
Location: Skeivt arkiv, The Norwegian Queer Archive, Sydnesplassen 7.
18.00-21.00: Pre-conference reception with pizza / drinks and tour of The Norwegian Queer Archive.
Saturday April 20th
Location: Nygårdsgaten 5 (NG5), which is the building of the administration of the University of Bergen.
Streaming link: Will be published on the conference page and sent to all the participants.
08.30-09.00: Registration and coffee.
09.00-09.15: Welcome & opening of the conference.
09.15-09.50: Opening lecture by Jens Rydström: A Life in the Archives
Jens Rydström shares memories and reflections about archival research in Nordic archives over the past thirty years.
09.50-11.10: Queer archiving and queer history in Norway
Chair: TBA.
09.50-10.05: Line Førre Grønstad: The history of The Norwegian Queer Archive (Skeivt arkiv).
10.05-10.20: Runar Jordåen: A short introduction to queer archives in Norway
10.20-10.35: Silje Gaupseth: Queering Polar History – queering the Polar Museum in Tromsø.
10.35-10.55: Tone Hellesund: Queer history in Norway: Status, research projects, challenges
10.55-11.10: Discussion
11.10-11.30: Break
Coffee and light refreshments.
11.30-13.00: Queering Sámi history
Chair: TBA
11.30-11.45: Sara Lindquist: Queering Sápmi – a retrospect
11.45-12.00: Elisabeth Stubberud and Dávvet Buun-Solbakk : Queering the gákti: Weaving tradition and identity in new ways.
12.00-12.15: Torjer Olsen: Gender and queer perspectives in Sámi research: Gaps and steps forward. (Digital participation.)
12.15-12.30: Anna Linder: Queer Moving History - part 5: Imagine Native - Queer Moving Images from Sápmi. Ongoing project.
12.30-13.00: Panel Discussion
13.00-14.00: Lunch
Lunch served at the premises.
14.00-15.20: Crossing Borders: Queer history and archivism beyond the nation state in the Nordic and Baltic regions
Chair: TBA.
14.00-14.20: Íris Ellenberger: Queer desires in Danish-Icelandic transnational spaces in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
14.20-14.40: Riikka Tavetti (University of Turku). Finnish Queer Histories and Shifting Nordic and Baltic Borders”
14.40-15.00: Peter Edelberg: Beyond Methodological Nationalism in Scandinavian LGBT+ Activist History: Some Norwegian Examples.
15.00-15.20: Discussion: How can we as queer historians and archivists transgress the nation state in our practices?
15.20-15.40: Break
15.40-16.30: Summary and final discussion
Led by Pia Laskar.
The conference is supported by NIKK Nordic Information on Gender, Stiftelsen Fritt Ord and Meltzerfondet.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Nygårdsgaten 5, 5015 Bergen, Norge, Nygårdsgaten 5, 5015 Bergen, Norge,Bergen, Hordaland, Norway