title: Quare Eire.
abstract: In this position piece we will briefly introduce The(e)ories: Advanced Seminars for Queer Research, which we founded and have convened at University College Dublin, Ireland, since January 2003. We will do this in an effort to illustrate how the aims and development of The(e)ories have mirrored, but also deviated from the US/UK-centric model of Queer Theory which (although largely a myth) continues to dominate discussions of sexuality. In this, we endeavor here to show how Queer Theory and Lesbian Studies, while not interchangeable, intersect with each other in important ways in our praxis in Ireland and thus, are not reducible to the 'collision model' (Doan, this volume) forwarded by proponents and critics alike.
authors.affiliation: Women's Studies (WERRC), School of Social Justice, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland. noreen.giffney@ucd.ie
authors.forename: Noreen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Giffney
mesh_terms: D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D018452:Homosexuality, Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007494:Ireland; D008297:Male; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D012107:Research Design; D012922:Social Change; D012933:Social Identification; D012938:Social Perception; D014495:Universities