The End of Gender?

This panel event considers the concept of gender, its identification with LGBTQ and queer studies, and contemporary homophobia. Speakers include Maciej Duda, author of Polish War Against Gender (2016), and Gerard Coll i Planas, Director of Gender Studies at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and author of Illustrating Gender (2017). Błażej Warkocki, one of Poland’s most influential queer theorists, will present the first attempts to create an anthology of contemporary queer literature.

Discussions will be chaired by Dr Urszula Chowaniec, Senior Teaching Fellow in Polish Language. The event is one of a series of seminars relating to Gender/Queer and Art/Lit/Film in the Other Europe, a research project based at UCL’s School of Slavonic and East European Studies.