IAAK Queer Week 2026

Primary texts discussed:

• "QueerGen: How LLMs Reflect Societal Norms on
  Gender and Sexuality in Sentence Completion Tasks" (Sosto et al., 2026)

• "Queer Bias in Natural Language Processing: Towards More Expansive Frameworks of
  Gender and Sexuality in NLP Bias Research" (Zhou, 2024)

This seminar is part of the BA-module "Applied Linguistics". 

Knowledge of the source material is beneficial.

^{This seminar is part of the BA-module "Issues in Literary and Cultural Studies".} 

At QuInt, we wish to bring together students and researchers of the University of Bonn who work on queer topics from different perspectives and disciplines. 

There will be snacks and tea/coffee. We are looking forward to an interesting discussion!

This seminar will discuss the following text:

• Zimman, L. (2014). The discursive construction of sex: Remaking and reclaiming the gendered body in talk about genitals among trans men. In: L. Zimman, J. Raclaw and J. Davis (Eds.), Queer excursions: Retheorizing binaries in language, gender, and sexuality (pp. 13-34). Oxford University Press.

^{This seminar is part of the BA-module "Issues in Language and Communication".}

Primary Text Discussed:

• Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Refugees (2017) (“The Other Man”, “I’d Love You to Want Me”)

 Required Readings:

• Cristina Pividori, “Make America Great Again”: (De)Colonising Masculinities in Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Refugees (2017). History, Culture, and Heritage, AHM Conference 2023: 'Diasporic Heritage and Identity' 2 (2023), 39-46.
• King-Kok Cheung, “An Empathetic Art: Renwen 仁文Masculinity on Asian American Literature.” The Routledge Companion to Masculinity in American Literature and Culture. New York: Routledge, 2021. 301-16.

^{This seminar is part of the MA-modules "North American and Postcolonial Literatures and Cultures" and "Transdisciplinary Perspectives".}