The Making of Sexuality. Entangled Histories of Regulation, Intelligibility and Subjectivation

In current public debates, ideological fault lines are increasingly organized around issues of gender and sexuality as prominently illustrated by the formula of the “sexual clash of civilizations”. According to this vision, “Western” sexual democracy or sexual liberation is opposed to allegedly backward, oppressive, misogynist, as well as homophobic cultures and religions – most notably Islam. We take the ongoing politicization of sexuality as a point of departure for looking into the general problem of the regulatory production and deployment of sexual matters more systematically. The workshop focuses on how, in particular settings, the domain of the sexual is produced and (re-)configured by complex regulatory regimes and frames of intelligibility. We want to explore this in an interdisciplinary perspective with a particular focus on the modern and contemporary period, exploring entanglements and interconnections in the globalized world. The workshop brings together scholars from a broad range of disciplines such as history, anthropology, cultural studies, social sciences, literary studies, psychoanalysis, and area studies. Workshop Program Thursday, June 15, 2017 Public Keynote Lecture (Venue: UZH Main Building: Rämistrasse 71, Room G 217) 18:15–20:00 Éric Fassin Sexual Nationalisms Old and New in the Age of Terror 20:00 Drinks and Small Plates Friday, June 16, 2017 (Venue: Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies Rämistrasse 59, Room E 08) 09:30 09:45 Registration and Coffee Official Welcome: Andreas Jucker, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Bettina Dennerlein, Professor of Gender Studies and Islamic Studies, Monika Gsell, Research Fellow and Coordinator MA Gender Studies Panel 1: Entangled Histories of Science Chair: Justyna Jaguscik 10:00–10:45 Dagmar Herzog Where They Desire They Cannot Love: Critical Sexology in Germany between Marx and Freud and Masters and Johnson 10:45–11:30 Omnia El Shakri The Arabic Freud and the Invention of the Psychosexual Subject Coffee Break Panel 2: Ethnographies of Sexuality Chair Yasmine Berriane 11:45–12:30 Fuambai Ahmadu The Making of Sexuality: Gender Inclusive Genital Surgery among the Mandinka of The Gambia 12:30–13:15 Aymon Kreil In and Out of Morals: Fun Time and Norms of Desire in Egypt 13.30–14:30 Lunch Panel 3: Queer Theory Revisited Chair: N.N. 14:45–15:30 Christa Binswanger A Third Sexual Revolution? Current Perspectives on Sexuality in Critical Sexualities Studies, Affect Studies, Queer Studies and Gender Studies 15:30–16:15 Monika Gsell Psychoanalysis and the (Queer) Making of Sexuality Coffee Break Public Event (Venue: Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, Rämistrasse 59, Room G 15) 17:00–19:00 Teresa de Lauretis: Freud and the Sexual A Presentation by Teresa de Lauretis, Followed by a Conversation with Frauke Berndt Saturday, June 17, 2017 (Venue: Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, Rämistrasse 59, Room E 30) Panel 4: The Politicization of Sexuality Chair: Sarah Farag 9:30–10:15 Sherine Hafez Gender and the Epistemology of Islamophobia in the 21st Century 10:15–11:00 Bettina Dennerlein Sexuality in Contemporary Islamic Discourse: Negotiating the Religious-Secular Divide Coffee Break 11:15–12:00 Saskia Wieringa Sex, Lies and Communist Phobia in Indonesia 12:00–13:00 Closing Discussion Lunch and Farewell