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EVENTS

International Workshop on “LGBT” Politics in Asia

Date: February 23 (Friday), 2018
Time: 14:00-18:00

Venue: Room Number AA 447 (fourth floor), Research Building # 2 Graduate
School of Asian and African Area Studies (ASAFAS) Yoshida Campus, Kyoto University
Map: https://www.asafas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/about/access

Moderators: Wataru Kusaka (Nagoya University), Tsukasa Iga (Kyoto University)

Program:
14:00~14:10
Welcome speech and the explanation for the project
Wataru Kusaka (Nagoya University)

14:10~14:40
John Andrew G. Evangelista (University of the Philippines)

Convergence of Opportunities, Resources and Ideologies: Understanding and
Negotiating the Metro Manila Pride March

14:40~15:10
tan beng hui (Independent Researcher, Malaysia)
Politicised Islam and LGBT Persecution in Malaysia: State-building of a
different kind?

15:10~15:40
Peter A. Jackson (Australian National University)
LGBTQ Rights and Activism in Asian Capitalist Dictatorships: A View from Thailand

15:40~16:00: Break

16:00~16:20: Comment
Anjana Suvarananda (Sexualities Studies Association of Thailand)

16:20~18:00
General discussion

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