Lesbian Lives 2026
Fri, May 15
|Cork
The Lesbian Lives Conference is a large international event focusing on lesbian studies, creativity and activism that draws speakers and participants from all continents and hosts the best-known as well as emerging scholars in the field.
Time & Location
May 15, 2026, 8:30 AM – May 17, 2026, 9:30 PM
Cork, University College, Cork, Ireland
About the event
The Lesbian Lives Conference is a large international event focusing on lesbian studies, creativity and activism that draws speakers and participants from all continents and hosts the best-known as well as emerging scholars in the field.
Running since 1993, the guiding values of the conference are accessibility, diversity, dialogue and an inclusive welcome.
This ethos has meant that our conference has been attended and organized by people of all genders and none, with differing embodiments, a variety of sexual (and asexual) orientations, and different political affiliations.
In the past we have hosted Kate Bornstein, Barbara Carrellas, Emma Donoghue, Jackie Kay, Del La Grace Volcano, Joan Nestle, Phyll Opoku-Gyimah, Sarah Schulman, Cherry Smyth, Sarah Waters, Campbell X, and academics such as Sara Ahmed, Terry Castle, Eleanor Conlin Casella, Davina Cooper, Laura Doan, Lisa Downing, Lillian Faderman, Sarah Franklin, Claire Hemmings, Alison Hennegan, Alison Oram, Sally R. Munt, Yvette Taylor, Helena Whitbread, and Bonnie Zimmerman, among many others.