The 25th Lesbian Lives Conference will take place in University College Cork, Ireland from 4th-5th March 2022. The LGBT+ Staff Network of University College Cork, in conjunction with the community organisation LINC and scholars from University College Dublin, Cambridge University, and University of Brighton Centre for Transforming Sexuality and Gender Research, are delighted to host the conference.

The theme for the 2022 Lesbian Lives Conference is Solidarity.

As organisers of this two-day international and interdisciplinary conference, we now welcome proposals from academics, scholars, students, activists, documentary and filmmakers, writers and artists.

The confirmed Keynote Presenters at the Lesbian Lives 2022 Conference are:  

• Professor Susan Stryker, Gender and Women’s Studies, and Institute of LGBT Studies, University of Arizona   
• Val McDermid, author 
• Poets: Felicia Olusanya/Felispeaks,  Julie Field/Julie Goo,  Sarah Clancy,  and journalist Zaniab Boladale 

Explore the University of Cork website for more information.

To contact the conference organisers, please email ll2022@ucc.ie