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Reactions to HIV/AIDS since the 1980s: Transnational and comparative history perspectives
Conference, University of St Andrews, 30-31 August, 2022
Co-organisers: Nikolaos Papadogiannis, Rachel Love
Programme
Tuesday 30 August
09.00-09.15: Welcome and introductory comments
09.15-11.15: Panel 1: Mobilities and Networks, Part 1
Chair: Bernhard Struck (University of St Andrews)
- Christopher Ewing (Virginia Commonwealth University)
“Sex Tourism Starts at Home”: German law, transnational advocacy, and the AIDS Enquete Commission - Somak Biswas (Institute of Historical Research)
Managing Black Immigrants: HIV/AIDS and the Remaking of British Border Regimes, 1980-1990s - Giulia Sbaffi (New York University)
Sex Workers and AIDS in Italy: Resisting the virus of oppression - Nikolaos Papadogiannis (University of St Andrews)
Sex work, AIDS activism and cross-border migration: The case of Berlin in the 1980s-1990s
11.15-11.30: Coffee break
11.30-13.15: Panel 2: Policies
Chair: Maud Bracke (University of Glasgow)
- Maja Lukanc (Institute of Contemporary History)
Doctors, journalists and gay activists as actors of HIV/AIDS awareness in Slovenia (1984–1987) - Ayodele Mathew Oluwaseun (University of Leipzig)
Programs, Policies, and Institutions: Reproductive Health Intervention in Postcolonial Nigeria, 1960-2000 - Michael Nebeling Petersen, Bolette Frydendahl Larsen, and Tobias de Fønss Wung-Sung (University of Copenhagen)
Locating transnational connections in the cultural history of AIDS in Denmark
13.15-14.15: Lunch
14.15-16.15: Panel 3: Mobilities and Networks, Part 2
Chair: Nikolaos Papadogiannis (University of St Andrews)
- Javier Fernández-Galeano (Universitat de València)
Transnational Correspondence Networks in Spanish: The Institut Lambda’s Response to HIV (1983-1998) - Brian de Grazia (Independent scholar)
“Photographic terrorism:” HIV/AIDS, Benetton, Race, and Migration - Elazar Ben-Lulu (Ariel University)
The American Reform Jewish Response to HIV/AIDS - Rachel Love (University of St Andrews)
Translation and the Italian Activist Response to HIV/AIDS
Wednesday 31 August
9.30-11.00: Roundtable Discussion: Studying political and social reactions towards HIV/AIDS from a transnational perspective.
Part 1: Talks
Chair: Rachel Love (University of St Andrews)
- Christophe Broqua (French National Centre for Scientific Research)
- Agata Dziuban (Jagiellonian University) and Todd Sekuler (Humboldt University of Berlin)
- Lukas Engelmann (University of Edinburgh)
- Laura Kelly (University of Strathclyde)
- Ayaz Qureshi (University of Edinburgh)
11.00-11.15: Coffee break
11.15-12.15: Roundtable Discussion.
Part 2: Q&A
12.15-13.15: Lunch
13.15-14.45: Panel 4: Testimonies
Chair: Kate Ferris (University of St Andrews)
- Colin Moore (University of Strathclyde and University of Edinburgh
Communicating Prevention - Jade Crimson Rose Da Costa (York University)
The Periphery Within: How Canada Biomedicalized HIV Prevention by Forgetting Racialized and Indigenous People - Yuji Kawasima (Independent scholar)
The Death of the Author As The Talk of The Town: A Brazilian HIV+ Art History Through Leonilson’s Illustrations for Folha de S. Paulo
14.45-15.00: Final remarks