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Yugo Queer

19 February 2026, 2:00 pm–9:00 pm

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Yugo Queer remaps the Balkans from a war-torn region into one where new forms of activism, art, and affinity can emerge. This hybrid conference aims to make area studies more queer and queer studies more far-reaching.

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Organiser

Natalija Stepanović

Location

IAS Common Ground and online
G11, ground floor, South Wing
UCL, Gower St, London
WC1E 6BT

Yugo Queer is a one-day conference featuring an Academics’ Bloc, an intermezzo with three collectives presenting their work, and an Artists’ Bloc. It remaps the Balkans from a war-torn region into one where new forms of activism, art, and affinity can emerge. The conference aims to make area studies more queer and queer studies more far-reaching.

Guests will have the opportunity to browse the makeshift Balkan queer library or take home a piece of the Yugo Queer archive.

IAS Octagon Grant Fund
Hailing from diverse disciplines and institutions, the speakers are Catherine Baker (University of Hull), Mišo Kapetanović (Austrian Academy of Sciences), MOSTOVI, Julija Ovsec (Charles University), Dino Pešut, Meg Poff (City, University of London), POMOC, Arbër Qerka-Gashi (Balkanism), Koen Slootmaeckers (City, University of London), and David Zlatevski (Queen Mary University of London).


A project by Natalija Stepanović, with support from UCL FRINGE, qUCL and the IAS Octagon Fund.

Come join us at UCL in the IAS Common Ground – or tune in online! Please choose the appropriate ticket when you register: 
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/yugo-queer-tickets-1977600522398

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