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Queer Oral History Roundtable

04 December 2023, 5:00 pm–7:00 pm

Queer Oral History

With Dr Justin Bengry (Goldsmiths), Dr Amy Tooth Murphy (Royal Holloway) and Dr George Severs (Geneva Graduate Institute), chaired by Dr Rebecca Jennings (¹û¶³Ó°Ôº).

This event is free.

Event Information

Open to

All | ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº staff | ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº students

Availability

Yes

Cost

Free

Organiser

Gender and Feminism Research Network

Location

IAS Common Ground
G11, ground floor, South Wing
¹û¶³Ó°Ôº, Gower Street, London
WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom

The GFRN is delighted to bring together a group of historians working at the forefront of queer history methodologies. Join us for a roundtable discussion on the benefits and challenges of conducting queer oral history research, featuring topics such as intimacies and desire, subjectivity and social space, and the intersection of sexual health and race. All staff and students welcome for an evening of lively discussion followed by wine and nibbles. Please register at 

Dr Rebecca Jennings is Associate Professor in Modern Gender History at ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº and author of the forthcoming book , 1945-2010.

Dr Amy Tooth Murphy, Senior Lecturer in Oral History at Royal Holloway, co-editor of the forthcoming book , and founding member of the Oral History Society’s LGBTQ Special Interest Group.

Dr Justin Bengry, Convenor of the MA Queer History and Director of the Centre for Queer History at Goldsmiths, and co-editor of the 2022 book .

Dr George Severs, a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Geneva Graduate Institute in Switzerland, is working on a history of sexual health and race. His first book, HIV/AIDS activism in England, c. 1982-1997, will be published by Bloomsbury Academic in 2024. George is also Secretary of the Oral History Society’s LGBTQ Special Interest Group.