PANEL | Nonbinary Futures: Reflections on a Forthcoming Special Issue of Continuum Journal
WHEN: 8 May 2025 – 2 pm-3:30 pm
WHERE: Haus der Kulturen der Welt
PANELLISTS: Nana Bauernfeind, Ezra Oosthoek, and Simon(e) von Saarloos
ORGANIZED AND MODERATED BY: Claude Kempen and CQ Quinan
Panel Description
We, CQ Quinan and Claude Kempen, are co-editing a Special Issue on The Future of Nonbinary for Continuum Journal. Our presentation will introduce the issue, addressing key gaps in Transgender Studies, Queer Theory, and Nonbinary Studies. We aim to shape future directions and spark new conversations on Nonbinary as a political, theoretical, and analytical tool. Engaging with scholars across disciplines, we look forward to exploring how this work can expand and challenge Gender Studies frameworks. We are excited to discuss these themes with our co-panellists and special issue contributors Nana Bauernfeind, Ezra Oosthoek, and Simon(e) von Saarloos.
Bios of Organizers and Moderators
Dr CQ Quinan
CQ Quinan’s expertise lies in the fields of trans studies and queer theory, with a particular focus on examining how anxieties around nationality and racial difference come to be transposed onto queer, trans and gender diverse bodies and subjectivities. Their first book is entitled Hybrid Anxieties: Queering the French-Algerian War and its Postcolonial Legacies (University of Nebraska Press, 2020), and their second monograph, entitled The Borders of Gender: Recognition, Representation, Resistance, is in progress. They are a Senior Lecturer in Gender Studies at the University of Melbourne.
Claude Kempen
Claude Kempen is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Melbourne and Potsdam, focusing on contemporary nonbinary memoirs, with the aim of developing a Nonbinary Theory. Their previous work has examined Islamophobia in pornography (ZMO Working Papers, 2020) and medical gatekeeping in German trans healthcare (Routledge, forthcoming).
Instagram: @claudekempen
