<div dir="ltr">Please circulate this message to your graduate students.  Thanks.<div>Perla</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">EDOARDO PELLIGRA</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:edoardopelligra@g.ucla.edu">edoardopelligra@g.ucla.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Mar 16, 2026 at 3:11 PM<br>Subject: CFP - UCLA QGrad 2026: Queer/Trans Studies Graduate Conference<br>To:  <<a href="mailto:uclalgbtq@gmail.com">uclalgbtq@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_-931800731125324401m_6096620584997990228gmail-docs-internal-guid-d3fb8259-7fff-69af-6890-95db62c0da7e"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.22182;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Hello,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.22182;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.22182;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">we hope this email finds you well. Our organizing committee would like to invite your graduate students to this year’s </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">QGrad Conference</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, which is the longest running conference in the United States for graduate students working in queer and trans studies.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.22182;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.22182;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">QGrad 2026 will convene around the theme “Selvage” and will take place on October 30, 2026, at UCLA. Abstracts are due April 10, 2026.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.22182;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.22182;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We would be grateful if you could circulate our Call for Papers to your students, and to any departments or programs that may be interested. Please find attached our flyer, along with links to the CFP and Submission Form. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.22182;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.22182;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Thank you very much!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.22182;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Kind regards,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.22182;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.22182;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">QGrad 2026 Organizing Committee</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.22182;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1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