Abstract: With fascism on the rise globally, we propose a research cluster exploring the intersection of global fascism and queer and trans resistance, with a focus on anti-gender ideology movements in Canada, the United States, India, the U.K., and Europe. Our cluster will examine how rising fascist and authoritarian governments around the world evoke and rely on gender binarism and nuclear heteronormative family norms to consolidate power. Through this grant, we aim to build a collaborative working group consisting of faculty, staff, and graduate students at UBC, fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and knowledge exchange. Additionally, we will actively cultivate relationships with diverse community organizations, ensuring that our research is grounded in community insights and experiences. Throughout the grant duration, we will host a series of talks and panels to create spaces for the co-creation and dissemination of knowledge across academic and non-academic spheres. We seek to advance a queer and trans studies community responsive to the stakes of the contemporary social-political-economic context and foster grassroots solidarity across and beyond UBC.
Team Members:
PI: Dr. Jasbir Puar, GRSJ
Dr. Jordy Rosenberg, Department of English Language and Literatures
Dr. Elif Sari, Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts;
Dr. Kiran Sunar, Department of Asian Studies
Dr. Kyle Frackman, CENES
About the Public Humanities Research Clusters
In the 2024-26 competition, a total of $30,000 was awarded to two research clusters to support innovative public humanities research and emergent stages of collaboration, and knowledge mobilization among interdisciplinary teams of public humanities scholars at UBC and beyond with the intent subsequently to apply for Tri-Council funding.
