Brown Bag Biography with Roz Bellamy

November 16, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Mānoa Campus, Biomed B-104 & Zoom

The Center for Biographical Research presents: /ā€œ'Living a life that allows happiness to grow': Explorations of agency in life writing by LGBTQ+ youthā€ / Dr. Roz Bellamy, Academic, La Trobe University, Melbourne/Naarm / In this presentation, Roz Bellamy will examine findings from an empirical study into the life writing of 15 LGBTQ+ people aged 16-20 living in Australia, and Bellamy's own life writing that allowed them to explore their positionality duringļ»æ the study. The participantsā€™ writing offered insights into their processes of developing as agentic selves and making sense of life experiences, including trauma and adversity. Their writing also indicated that struggling with mental ill-health may involve some sort of loss of agency and voice, and that life writing may provide an outlet for (re)gaining agency./ Roz Bellamy is an academic, author, and editor based in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia. In 2022, they completed their PhD research examining the impact of life writing on young LGBTQ+ peopleā€™s sense of self, identity, and subjectivity. Rozā€™s memoir, Mood: A Memoir of Love, Identity and Mental Health, was published in October 2023 by Wakefield Press. / Cosponsored by Hamilton Library, the 51ĀŅĀ×»»ĘŽŹ»inuiākea School of 51ĀŅĀ×»»ĘŽian Knowledge, the Matsunaga Institute, Conflict and Peace Specialist, the School of Communication & Information, and the Departments of American Studies, English, Ethnic Studies, Sociology, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies / Thursday, November 16 / Biomed B-104 & Zoom / 12PM to 1:15PM HST / https://hawaii.zoom.us/j/92817275646 /Meeting ID: 928 1727 5646 / Password: 771827


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