Convenor name: Sophie Chamas
Convenor email: sc118@soas.ac.uk
Office room: Main Building P574
Office hours: Fridays 15:30 to 17:30
Appointment booking link: https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/85ac48a95c6842989bb2b2ce2f19281f@soas.ac.uk/meetingtype/YHcP1J9R40WC3svqp30mcw2?bookingcode=4822d99b-0986-4afa-ba61-1e79ef6e3e9e&anonymous&ismsaljsauthenabled&ep=mlink
Module dates: Semester 2: Fridays from 13:00-15:00; Room: S209
Intended learning outcomes:
- Understanding the political, social, economic, demographic and other factors underlying the expression of sexual minority identities in postcolonial Asia, Africa and the Middle East
- Learning to analyse the anxieties and phobias that such expression arouses on the part of postcolonial states and elites, and to contextualise these developments in relation to the consolidation of postcolonial identities more generally
- Gaining knowledge of the strategies of advocacy that queer social movements have developed in struggles for self-determination
- Appreciating how struggles for queer self-determination can shed light on central questions of international relations and political theory: the constitution of modernity, the proliferation of rights and claims for justice, the consolidation and deconstruction of postcolonial identities, the endurance of imperial civilising missions, etc.
Assessment 1: Name: Practical (PR1)
Assessment 1: Weighting: 30%
Assessment 1: Due date: 20 March 2026
Assessment 1: Permitted AI usage: Retrieval;Editing
Assessment 2: Name: Assignment 1 (AS1)
Assessment 2: Weighting: 70%
Assessment 2: Due date: 8 May 2026
Assessment 2: Permitted AI usage: Editing;Retrieval
Page type: Module
Study year: 2025/26
Librarian name: Naomi Hart
Librarian email: nh64@soas.ac.uk
Page template: 2025/26 On campus
