Here we list events organised by our project as well as other events we hope will interest you. If you would like to advertise your event relating to the history of sexual science here please contact us.
Wellcome Collection Symposium on Sexual Desire
Wellcome Collection 183 Euston Rd, London, United KingdomOur co-director Professor Kate Fisher joins other academics, writers and curators to consider sexual desire, drawing upon history, psychology and neurophysiology. Part of the Institute of Sexology exhibition. See the event website for the programme, […]
Wellcome Collection Sexology Season – Sex in the Afternoon
Southbank Centre Belvedere Rd, London, United KingdomListen to a podcast of the event here. Dr Jana Funke, our co-director, contributes to a discussion with four acclaimed writers - Malika Booker, Kei Miller, Warsan Shire and Rachel Mars - whose […]
Guest Speaker: Chiara Beccalossi (University of Lincoln)
Northcote House Council Chamber University of Exeter, Exeter, United KingdomSexology, Hormones and Medical Experiments in the ‘Latin Atlantic World’: Local Power and International Networks, c. 1926-1950, Dr Chiara Beccalossi. Part of the Centre for Medical History seminar series at University of […]
Guest Speaker: Ina Linge (University of Cambridge)
XFi Conference Room 1 University of Exeter, Exeter, United KingdomListen to a recording of the paper here. ‘Something different’: Sexology and the Department Store, Ina Linge (University of Cambridge). All welcome. Part of the Centre for Medical History seminar series at […]
IHR History of Sexuality Seminar: Ivan Crozier (University of Sydney)
IHR Pollard Seminar Room, N301, Third Floor, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Senate House, London, United KingdomCulturally Situating Sadism and Masochism in Havelock Ellis's Love and Pain: the uses of history and anthropology in the construction of sexual kinds, Ivan Crozier (University of Sydney) Part of The History […]
Gender Identities in the Past and Present: Hatshepsut & Akhenaten – LGBTQ+ History Month Special Event
The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology University College London, Malet Place, London, United KingdomGender Identities in the Past and Present: Hatshepsut & Akhenaten - LGBTQ+ History Month Special Event The Rethinking Sexology project and the Petrie Museum will be leading a discussion around gender identity […]
IHR History of Sexuality Seminar: Ina Linge (University of Cambridge) & Tommy Dickinson (University of Manchester)
IHR Pollard Seminar Room, N301, Third Floor, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Senate House, London, United KingdomLife writings and sexual sciences: writing the queer self in early 20th-century Germany and Austria, Ina Linge (University of Cambridge) 'Curing Queers'. Mental Nurses and their Patients, 1935-1974, Tommy Dickinson (University of […]
Introduction, Film Screening and Discussion: Fighting for Sexual Rights in the Early Twentieth Century: Magnus Hirschfeld, Sexual Science and Anders als die Andern (1919)
LT1 Queens Building The Queen's Drive, Exeter, United KingdomSpecial film screening of Anders als die Andern (1919) with introduction and discussion. Released in 1919, Anders als die Andern is one of the first films in history to portray male […]
A queer turn of events: LGBTIQ Psychology, past and present
Manchester Business School, , Manchester Metropolitan University Oxford Rd, Manchester, United KingdomPanel Session Five of The Third What Is LGBT history? Conference: Methods, Subjects, Approaches, 26- 28 February 2016 Manchester Metropolitan University Registration must be made for the entire conference - click here. A queer […]
Screen Talk: The Danish Girl – LGBTQ+ History Month Special Event
Exeter Picturehouse Bartholomew Street West, Exeter, United KingdomJoin us for a discussion before a screening of The Danish Girl (2015), the story of Lili Elbe (1882-1931) a trans woman living in early 20th century Denmark. Our project director Dr Jana […]