invited speaking engagements

‘Queering Community Development in DIY punk spaces’
Video presentation
Arts, Culture and Community Development Book Launch
September 2020, with Dr Ruth Pearce

Queer and Feminist Punk in the UK
Musicology Departmental Seminar, University of Huddersfield
February 2020

‘Lifecycles of LGBTQI+ Community Centres’
FASS Festival of Research, University of Surrey
January 2020

Platform: Punks in Academia
Invited panel speaker
Weave by Abertay University
November 2019

‘We Are the Best’
Film screening: discussant and invited guest
Part of the Watch, Talk, Think Film Season in collaboration with the Swedish Embassy
Victoria and Albert Museum of Childhood, London
April 2018

Dutch Punks on Tour: Connecting Communities through Subcultural Flows
Keynote lecture
Doctoral College Conference, University of Surrey
July 2017

Punk and Politics from the Netherlands to the UK: An Academic journey and a personal journey
Seminar Presentation
Departmental Research Afternoon, Department of Sociology, University of Surrey
December 2016

Riot Grrrl: Revolution Grrrl Style Now…And Then!
Presentation and zine making workshop
Nine Worlds Geekfest
August 2013, with Dr Ruth Pearce


 

conference papers

Queer Punk Spaces
LGBTQI History Month, Department of Sociology Showcase, University of Surrey
February 2019

‘Feminist Punk Politics in Action’
Departmental PhD research seminar, University of Surrey
November 2018

Forgotten’? punk histories’
Subcultures Network Conference, at the University of Reading
September 2018

‘No Borders’ Whilst Maintaining ‘Safe Spaces’: Boundary Management in Feminist and Queer DIY Punk
ISA World Congress of Sociology, Toronto, Canada
July 2018

ANOK4U2? Crass, Rondos and the Politics of Punk, 1977–84
Keep It Simple, Make It Fast!, University of Porto, Portugal
July 2018, with Professor Matthew Worley

‘Safe(r) spaces policies and boundary management in queer DIY punk’
Keep It Simple, Make It Fast!, University of Porto, Portugal
July 2018

‘‘No Borders’ Whilst Maintaining ‘Safe Spaces’: Boundary Management in Feminist and Queer DIY Punk’
BSA Annual Conference, Northumbria University
April 2018

‘Forgotten punk histories’
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Festival of Research, University of Surrey
January 2018

‘DIY Punk and Safe(r) Spaces’
Punk Scholars Network Conference, University of Bolton
December 2017

 ‘‘No Borders’: contesting boundaries in feminist and queer DIY punk’
IASPM-UK postgraduate conference, University of Surrey
October 2017

Anarchy in the UK’ to ‘Dutch Disease’: Punk from Britain to The Netherlands
Britain and the World Conference, King’s College London
June 2016

Punks’ Politics: Educative practices in subcultural circles
BSA Annual Conference, Aston University, Birmingham
April 2016

Nothing Like the Rest of Holland: The Groningen Punk Scene
Punk Scholars Network, 2nd Annual Postgraduate Conference, Birmingham City University
October 2015

‘Mobility and Connections: in and beyond the Dutch punk scene’
Keep It Simple, Make It Fast!, University of Porto, Portugal
July 2015

‘Punks’ Politics: Educating each other to resist the system’
Keep It Simple, Make It Fast! Summer School, University of Porto, Portugal
July 2015

‘After doing this for so many years you want your comfort a bit’: Squatting and negotiating authenticity as an ageing punk
BSA Annual Conference, University of Leeds
April 2014

‘Subculture (or not?): identity and inclusion in trans performance events’
IAS Symposium, University of Warwick
June 2013, with Dr Ruth Pearce

Trans Music Isn’t: De/constructing DIY Identity
ESRC Seminar Series, University of Warwick, ‘Trans as Everyday Culture’
May 2013, with Dr Ruth Pearce

‘Trans Music Isn’t: De/constructing DIY Identity’
Centre for the Study of Women and Gender Graduate Seminar Series, University of Warwick
February 2013, with Dr Ruth Pearce

‘Narratives of Eastern Europe in the Netherlands’ Punk Scene’
IASPM-UK Annual conference, University of Salford
September 2012

'The popular experience of Punk in Eastern Europe'
University of Warwick History Department Postgraduate Conference
May 2008