Final Programme - Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies

Final Programme
Friday 7 th June 2013, UNESCO Amphitheater, Opening Ceremony
18:30 – 19:00 Welcome Addresses
Professor Constantinos Phellas, Vice Rector for Faculty and Research at the University of Nicosia, President of the Cyprus
Sociological Association
Margarita Kapsou, Chair of the Board of Directors, Cyprus Family Planning Association, on behalf of all Co-organisers
Official Representative, University of Nicosia
Representative of the Cyprus Ministry of Health
19:00 – 19:45 Key-note Speech
Jeffrey Weeks, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, London South Bank University, UK, appointed Officer of the Order of the British
Empire (OBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to Social Science
Title of speech: Sexualities in Global Context
19:45 – 20:00 Discussion
20:00 – 20:30 Drinks
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Saturday 8 June 2013, Morning Sessions
9:00-11:20 Session 1: SEXUALITY IN LITERATURE
UNESCO Amphitheater
Chair: Stavros Karayianni, European University Cyprus
09:00-09:15 “Sexual Indifference and Identity in Samuel Becket’s
Trilogy”
Paul Stewart, University of Nicosia
09:15-09:30 “Racial and Gender Cross-Dressing in Caryl Phillips’s
Dancing in the Dark”
Petra Tournay-Theodotou, European University Cyprus
09:30-09:45 “Desiring or Simply Human: Jeannete Winterson’s Written
on the Body”
Rossitsa Terzieva-Artemis, Department of English Language
and Literature, University of Nicosia
09:45-10:00 “Napoleon Lapathiotes de Profundis: Homosexuality and
Religion in the Poetry of a Greek Aesthete”
Ioanna Skordi, Centre for Hellenic Studies, King’s College
London
10:00-10:15 “Misogynism as Disidentification”
Zackheos Marilena, The Cyprus Center for Intercultural
Studies
10:15-10:30 Discussion
Session 2: Sexuality and Identity
Leonardo Da Vinci Amphitheater
Chair: Constantinos Phellas, University of Nicosia
“Bisexuality in Lithuania: The Experiences and The
Formation of Bisexual Social Identity”
Darja Lyzenko, Vytautas Magnus University (Kaunas,
Lithuania)
“Attitudes, Desires and Behaviors in Relation to Sexuality:
Differences Between Male and Female Students of the
University of Cyprus”
Epaminondas Epaminonda, Intercollege, University of Nicosia
“Factors Influencing Help-Seeking Behaviour in Unwanted
Pregnancy”
Namer, Yudit; Aleksandrowicz, Aleksandra; Parperis,
Dimitrios(Lead Analyst); Sergiadou, Nadia; Ślęczka, Pawel;
Teeney, Jennifer; &Thiel, Miriam
Junior Researcher Program, European Federation of
Psychology Students’ Associations, Belgium
Discussion
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10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:15-11:30 Session 1A: SEXUALITY IN THE ARTS
UNESCO Amphitheater
Chair: Mike Hajimichael, University of Nicosia
11:30-11:45 “Unscrupulous Men and Licentious Women: The
Construction of Cypriot Sexualities by Travellers to Cyprus”
Rita C. Severis, Costas and Rita Severis Foundation
11:45-12:00 “Exploring Sexual Inequalities and Gendered Identities in
Cyprus through Collaborative Theatrical Creation”
Georgina Christou, Mediterranean Institute of Gender
Studies [MIGS] & Ellada Evangelou, Rooftop Theatre Group
12:00-12:15 “The Ethical Task of the Performance Artist: The work of
Marina Abramovic and Franko B.”
Karolina Lambrou, University of Cyprus
12:15-12:30 “Re-evaluating Traditional Sexual Identities in
Performance: Cyprus of the 21st Century”
Elli Doukanari, University of Nicosia
Session 3: SEXUALITY IN EDUCATION
Leonardo Da Vinci Amphitheater
Chair: Maria Epaminonda, Cyprus Family Planning
Association
“Understanding homophobia in schools: A multiple research
case-study of twelve (LGBT) individuals' personal narratives”
Charalambous Georgia, Avraamidou Lucy, University of
Nicosia
“Qualitative Research for Mapping Homophobia in Cyprus
Education”
Panayiota Shoshilou, Cyprus Youth Council
Elena Vasiliou, Cyprus Family Planning Association
“Shield Against Homophobia in Education” – a Breakthrough
Campaign
Constantinos Papageorgiou, Youth for Exchange and
Understanding
“I love her. Why do I feel like a monster?” Lesbians’
Experience in Greek Educational System
Zacharenia Karathanasi, Aegean University, & Maria
Gasouka, Aegean University
12:30-12:45 Discussion “The Political Discourse of LGBT issues in Cyprus”
Aristos Tsiartas, Office of the Commissioner for
Administration and Human Rights (Ombudsman)
12:45-13:00 Discussion
13:00-14:30 Lunch
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Saturday 8 June 2013, Afternoon Sessions
Session 4: SEXUALITY, POLITICS AND LAW
UNESCO Amphitheater
Chair: Yoryis Regginos, LGBT ACCEPT Cyprus
14:30-14:45 “What Greek Politicians Refer to When They Talk About
‘Homosexuality’?”
Chrysovalantis Papathanasiou,
Themistoklis Apostolidis
Laboratory of Social Psychology (LPS EA849), Aix-Marseille
Université
14:45-15:00 “Discover, Love, Respect”
Stavri Argyrides, Constantinos Constantinides, Constanteion
Criminology-Psychology and Forensic Science Research
Center
15:00-15:15 “Constructing “Selves” and “Others”: Sexual Subjectivities,
Queer Normativity and the Politics of Sexuality in Cyprus”
Nayia Kamenou, Department of Social and Political
Sciences, University of Cyprus
Session 5: REVISITING GENDER
Leonardo Da Vinci Amphitheater
Chair: Susana Pavlou, Mediterranean Institute of Gender
Studies
“Gendered Asymmetries of Equality in the Narratives of
Adolescents in Greek Cypriot Schools”
Georgina Christou, Margarita Kapsou
Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies [MIGS]
“Media Beauty Ideals and their Impact in Children’s Identity
Construction and Self-sexualization”
Galatia Kallitsi, University of Cyprus
“Youth Sexual Aggression and Victimization- The Case of
Cyprus”
Christiana Kouta, Cyprus University of Technology
15:15-15:30 Discussion “Human Trafficking: The Social Framework”
Maria Kyprianou, University College London (UCL)
15:30-15:45 “Gen Y Gone Wild: A Brief History of the Young and
Hypersexed”
Rachel Hills, Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia
15:45-16:00 Discussion
16:00-16:30 Coffee-Break
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Session 6: SEXUALITY IN THE ARTS 2
UNESCO Amphitheater
Chair: Despina Michaelidou, ACCEPT LGBT Cyprus
16:30-16:45 “Sexuality & Reggae – Reggae & Sexuality”
Mike Hajimichael, University of Nicosia
16:45-17:00 “Revisiting the Raj Revival Genre: Expressions of
Masculinity in the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”
Andreas Athanasiades, University of Cyprus
17:00-17:15 «Images of women in Bob Fosse’s “Sweet Charity”:
Performance of Masquerade, Mimicry, and Camp»
Dara Milovanovic, University of Nicosia
17:15-17:30 Discussion
17:30 – 19:30 ART PERFORMANCE
17:30-18:00 Diomides Koufteros, “Shushu” (film)
18:00-18:45 Dancing for Gender
18:45-19:00 Stavros Karayianni
19:00-19:15 Dancing Department, University of Nicosia
19:15-19:30 Andreas Pashias, Performance Artist “ Roga”
19:45 Departure
21:00 Dinner
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Sunday 9 June 2013, Morning Sessions
Session 7: SEXUAL HEALTH, GAY, TRANSEXUALS
UNESCO Amphitheater
Chair: Christiana Kouta, Cyprus University of Technology
10:00-10:15 “Selling Sex and Coping with HIV Risk: Exploring Male Sex
Workers’ Attitudes and Beliefs about Sexual Risks”
Chrysovalantis Papathanasiou, Elizabeth Ioannidi-Kapolou,
National School of Public Health, Athens
10:15-10:30 “The Medicalization of ‘Eros’ in the Era of AIDS:
Experiences and Concerns of Gay Men Living with HIV
regarding the Effects of HAART on Sexual Life”
Chrysovalantis Papathanasiou, National School of Public
Health, Department of Sociology, Greece
Christiana Nöstlinger, Institute of Tropical Medicine,
Department of Public Health, Belgium
10:30-10:45 “Long-term versus Short-term Relationship Intentions. A
Cross-National Study of Gay Men and Lesbian Online
Daters”
Gina Potarca & Melinda Mills, Department of Sociology/ICS,
University of Groningen, Netherlands
10:45-11:00 “Hidden from the Public Eye: Dunia Waria and Street
Nightlife”
Terje Toomistu, University of Tartu, Estonia
11:00-11:15 Discussion
11:30-12:00 Closing, Coffee
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