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Queer Muslims, Gender and Sexuality between South and North: Bangladesh in International Contexts
This panel brings together scholars and activists to critically engage with the intersections of gender, sexuality, religion, labour and transnational politics in the context of contemporary Bangladesh.
Social Sciences Hub
Date: Thursday 01 May 2025
Time: 13:00
Venue: Room 916, 42 Bute Gardens, Glasgow, G12 8RS
Category: Public lectures, Academic events, Student events, Alumni events
Speaker: Momin Rahman (Trent University), Matthew Waites (University of Glasgow), Adnan Hossain (University of Glasgow), Delwar Hussain (University of Edinburg
The panel responds to shifting socio-political realities—including heightened repression of gender and sexual rights and nascent LGBTQI movement, the rise of anti-gender and anti-trans movements, and growing engagement with global development and rights discourses. Moving beyond homocolonial critiques, the roundtable interrogates how these frameworks interact with local histories, religious narratives, practices, and creative forms of resistance. Drawing on diverse case studies—from the nascent LGBTQI movement to the 2024 political uprising, and donor-driven NGOisation to transnational advocacy networks—each presentation offers grounded insights into the complexities of solidarity, citizenship, and identity. This event is designed for scholars, students, activists, and practitioners interested in gender and sexual politics, Muslim subjectivities, anti-colonial feminist inquiry, decolonial thought, and South–North dynamics, to foster nuanced dialogue around resilient futures in and beyond Bangladesh.
Speaker: Momin Rahman (Trent University), Matthew Waites (University of Glasgow), Adnan Hossain (University of Glasgow), Delwar Hussain (University of Edinburgh), Mitaja Chakraborty (University of Glasgow), and Tanvir Alim (University of Glasgow).
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