Date: Friday 19th & Saturday 20th March 2010
Location: Dublin City University
Venue: School of Nursing, Dublin City University, Ireland
Contacts: Dr Mel Duffy, Mr Jean-Philippe Imbert

The Self, Selves and Sexualities International Conference 2010 is a cross-faculty venture, in keeping with the academic ethos of Dublin City University. It is co-organised by Dr Mel Duffy, from the School of Nursing (SON), and Jean-Philippe Imbert from the School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies (SALIS). SON is part of the Faculty of Science and Health, and SALIS belongs to the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, at Dublin City University.

The many discourses of Sexuality Studies permeate and inform the different narratives of life, be it at private or public levels. For this very reason, this cross-, inter-, and multi-disciplinary conference is aimed at enhancing sexual literacy, generating well being and advocating social justice.

Our aim, as conference co-organisers, is to provide a global platform on which to discuss in an open fashion the varied processes and variations in sexual cultures, sexual identities and gender role formation. In so doing, we will elaborate on the many debates informing the cultural, economical, ethical, historical, and social foundations of sexuality, at personal and societal levels. This is why we are looking forward to presenting you with all our speakers, more than 60 in total, who come from all continents and from diverse academic cultures. We are also delighted to present you with academic posters which will add to these two days. Papers and posters are coming from several disciplines in the fields of Arts, Health, Humanities and Social Sciences, as can be seen through our exciting programme.

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Anne, Madden. Winged Figure, 2004, oil on canvas, 390 x 342 cm
Collection: Dublin City Hall.
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